Concierge Choice Physicians

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

​Healthcare model emphasizes more times, convenience and a closer doctor-patient relationship ROCKVILLE CENTRE, NY – November 13, 2024 – Concierge Choice Physicians (CCP), the nation’s leading full-service concierge medical service provider, is pleased to announce that Dr. Margaret Greenough, a family medicine specialist in San Luis Obispo, CA, has opened a new medical practice offering patients the Concierge Choice FullFlex™ program.

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NPR Health

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Among the names being floated to head the Department of Health and Human Services are RFK Jr. and Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo. Both are vaccine skeptics, which worries pediatricians.

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Me and My Doctor

NOVEMBER 10, 2024

Texas Medical Association (TMA) telah lama menjadi kekuatan pendorong dalam dunia kedokteran, tidak hanya di Texas tetapi juga di seluruh Amerika Serikat. Sebagai organisasi profesional yang mewakili dokter di negara bagian tersebut, TMA berperan besar dalam pengembangan sistem kesehatan, kebijakan medis, dan pendidikan kedokteran. Salah satu aspek penting dari TMA adalah komitmennya dalam memperkenalkan inovasi dan inisiatif yang berfokus pada pendidikan kedokteran.

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The Clinical Problem Solvers

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

[link] Episode description: Jas presents a fascinating case of chest pain, dyspnea, and lower extremity edema that ends up in a very different place than any of us expected. Welcome to our new teammate Elena! Featuring: Mukund Raguram Jasdeep Bajwa Valeria Roldan Elena Storz Schemas Chest pain Dyspnea Pyramid Lower extremity edema Hypertension AKI overview Nephrotic syndrome Glomerulonephritis Anemia thought train Hemolytic anemia Download CPSolvers App here RLRCPSOLVERS Click here to vi

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Family Integrative Medicine

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Exosome therapy has emerged as a groundbreaking approach in regenerative medicine and supportive modalities for various health conditions. It uses tiny vesicles released by cells that contain proteins, lipids, RNA, and other molecules. These exosomes play a role in cell communication and can influence various biological processes.

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NPR Health

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Protect your loved ones from foodborne illnesses with this refresher course on food safety. Experts offer guidance on how long to leave food out, when to toss leftovers and more.

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FDA Law Blog

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

By Deborah L. Livornese & JP Ellison — On November 8, 2024, FDA issued a proposed order to remove the oral decongestant ingredient phenylephrine (including both phenylephrine hydrochloride and phenylephrine bitartrate) (collectively, PE) from the OTC monograph on the basis of a lack of effectiveness. FDA also noted that it has concluded that no safety signal was identified for oral PE at doses permitted under the monograph.

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PEMBlog

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Hypertrophic pyloric stenosis is such a down home diagnosis. You bring your baby home and then their weight goes down. Also the ultrasound measurements are a muscle wall greater than 3mm thick and a channel length greater than 14mm. 3 and 14 – 3.14, pi. Get it? Did you read this far? Lyrics [verse] Across the room The vomit goes It’s on the wall And my clothes Have a slice of pie – it’s on the menu Projectile emesis – does that offend you?

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NPR Health

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

The government in Lahore has closed schools and public spaces and shut down factories. Environmental lawyer Ahmad Rafay Alam shares his perspective: "frustrated" but still fighting.

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FDA Law Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2024

By Sarah Wicks & James E. Valentine — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) plays a pivotal role in fostering the development of treatments for rare diseases through its Orphan Products Grants Program. Each year, FDA selects a limited number of clinical trials to fund to help sponsors pursue development of medical products for rare diseases and advance their field.

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GeriPal

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Summary Transcript CME Summary Falls are very common among older adults but often go unreported or untreated by healthcare providers. There may be lots of reasons behind this. Patients may feel like falls are just part of normal aging. Providers may feel a sense of nihilism, that there just isn’t anything they can do to decrease the risk of falling.

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NPR Health

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Sudan's civil war has displaced 10 million citizens. Here are profiles of two young people from the most vulnerable groups: an unaccompanied minor caring for twin brothers, a woman who was raped.

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NPR Health

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

More people are getting cancer in their 20s, 30s, and 40s, and surviving, thanks to rapid advancement in care. Many will have decades of life ahead of them, which means they face greater and more complex challenges in survivorship. Lourdes Monje is navigating these waters at age 29.

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NPR Health

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Participant reported relief from chronic low back pain and reduced need for pain-relief medications.

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NPR Health

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Groups that connect elders and teens — both in real life and online — have a new sense of urgency in the loneliness epidemic.

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NPR Health

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

A person has tested positive in British Columbia, Canadian health officials said, though the results must be sent to another lab for confirmation.

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NPR Health

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Earlier this year, a surprising story emerged about RFK Jr. — the newly named nominee for secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services — and a parasitic brain worm.

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NPR Health

NOVEMBER 9, 2024

Piano lessons and soccer practice can encourage grit. But if your kid isn’t into it, it can become a stress-inducing obligation. Here’s how to have hard conversations with your child about quitting.

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NPR Health

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

The anti-malarial drug Artemisinin is highly effective. It's critical for kids, who are especially vulnerable. A new study comes to an alarming conclusion.

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NPR Health

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Many parents are grappling with how to talk to even to their young children about the election. Experts offer tips on how to start the difficult conversation.

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NPR Health

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Mahamat Djouma is one of the millions displaced by the civil war in Sudan. He is part of an especially vulnerable group — unaccompanied minors. Here is his story.

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NPR Health

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Journalist Annie Lowrey has a rare disease that causes a near-constant itch that doesn't respond to most treatments. She likens the itchiness to a car alarm: "You can't stop thinking about it.

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FDA Law Blog

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

By Jennifer D. Newberger — “An open foe may prove a curse, but a pretended friend is worse.” When the poet John Gay wrote these words in 1727, the idea of an administrative agency like the FDA was likely the furthest thing from his mind. That he is now being quoted in a blog post to discuss the relationship between medical device companies and their regulatory oversight body shows that some ideas really do have staying power.

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NPR Health

NOVEMBER 10, 2024

Hospitals have been forced to innovate with new ways of hydrating patients and giving them medications, after a key factory that produces IV fluid bags flooded during Hurricane Helene. (This story first aired on Morning Edition on Nov. 7, 2024.

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NPR Health

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

An analysis of brains at various stages of Alzheimer's found that neurons called inhibitory neurons are the first to be affected by the disease.

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NPR Health

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

NPR's Leila Fadel talks with actor Patrick Dempsey about his efforts to raise money for cancer treatment and prevention.

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NPR Health

NOVEMBER 9, 2024

Your daily light exposure impacts your health. A new study finds that too much light at night and not enough natural light during the day can be harmful. This story first aired on Morning Edition on Nov. 4, 2024.

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NPR Health

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

A new CDC report shows at least 16,000 lives were saved over a 12-month period. Experts say the U.S. is experiencing the biggest drop in fatal overdoses seen since the opioid crisis began in the 90s.

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FDA Law Blog

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

By Ricardo Carvajal — Among the more interesting developments in the recent election was the emergency of Robert Kennedy as a prominent figure in the MAGA movement – and the collateral emergence of the MAHA movement (Make America Healthy Again). As crisply laid out in short YouTube video , MAHA aims to transform public health by zeroing in on “our nation’s biggest health challenge – chronic disease.

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NPR Health

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Groups trying to reduce overdose deaths and the spread of infectious diseases are using vending machines to get clean needles, pipes, wound care kits, Narcan and other safety supplies to drug users.

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NPR Health

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

RFK Jr. wants to tackle chronic disease. Despite controversial views on vaccines, his focus on healthy food and taking on special interests may find broad support — and face political headwinds. (Image credit: Michael M.

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NPR Health

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

If the new administration embraces proposals to cut the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's budget and its mission, the public health agency could look very different than it does today.

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NPR Health

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

The National Institutes of Health, the crown jewel of biomedical research in the U.S., could face big changes under the new Trump administration, some fueled by pandemic-era criticisms of the agency.

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NPR Health

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Permanent tent cities are another idea Trump has for dealing with people who are unhoused. Sequestering people with mental illness or substance abuse in one place has been tried, an expert says, and "it turns into hell on earth.

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NPR Health

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says President-elect Trump wants "measurable impacts" toward ending chronic disease within two years. About 60% of Americans suffer from at least one chronic disease.

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NPR Health

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

President-elect Donald Trump promised to limit transgender health care access and ban trans athletes from school sports. We asked two experts what that would mean for trans people in the U.S.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2024

President-elect Donald Trump tried unsuccessfully to get rid of the Affordable Care Act during his first term. What action will he take this time around?

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