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Dr. Logan Gladney: Heart Health Risk Assessment

Boulder Medical Center

What is your risk of having a major cardiovascular event such as a heart attack or stroke? Internist Logan Gladney, MD, shares tools that are used to assess heart disease. The post Dr. Logan Gladney: Heart Health Risk Assessment appeared first on Boulder Medical Center.

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Scrub-a-Dub-Dub: FTC is Cleansing the Orange Book of Device Patents

FDA Law Blog

By Sara W. Koblitz — As we have noted for the last year or so, the FTC has been on a mission to clean up the Orange Book by removing what it deems to be “improper” patents. The FTC has put out policy statements, challenged patent listings, tapped Congress, appeared on talk shows, and filed amicus briefs all in the span of the last 8 months. It seems like all that work is paying off.

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Episode 339: Neurology VMR – left facial numbness for 5 days

The Clinical Problem Solvers

[link] Episode 339: Neurology VMR – left facial numbness for 5 days We continue our campaign to #EndNeurophobia, with the help of Dr. Aaron Berkowitz. This time, Aye presents a case of left facial numbness for 5 days to Andrea and Sridhara. Neurology DDx Schema Aye Chan Moe Thant Aye graduated from University of Medicine, Mandalay, Myanmar, and has been working with her mentor neurologist, one of only three neurologists covering the Upper Myanmar region of 23 million population.

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Prolapse: A Common Problem

Evergreen Family Medicine

Written By: Mary Powell, MD/OB/GYN Pelvic organ prolapse is a common condition that affects many women. It is estimated 1 out of 4 women in their 40s have some degree of prolapse. The prevalence increases as women age so much; that more women in their 80s have prolapse than do not. Prolapse literally means “to drop”. The pelvic organs (bladder, uterus with cervix, or bowel) can fall or drop out of their normal anatomical position.

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Medical Music Mondays: Turn the Heart Rate Down

PEMBlog

Supraventricular tachycardia is really fun to convert. You go do all kinds of vagal maneuvers which are basically heart games. Then there’s the REVERT maneuver – it works great! Search for it and learn it. Or watch this video. Lyrics S V T! A heart rate so fast as fast as can be S V T! EKG super fast rate with no p waves Q R S is narrow, that’s what you will see S V T!

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OTC Hearing Aids: “Nothing to See Here” Says GAO Report

FDA Law Blog

By Sara W. Koblitz & Jeffrey N. Gibbs — It’s been over a year and a half since Over-the-Counter (“OTC”) hearing aids became legal, and it’s not clear that they’ve made the difference in hearing loss treatment that Congress anticipated. (FDA once estimated that OTC hearing aids would save patients over $3000.) A recent GAO Report hasn’t found that OTC hearing aids have had much impact.

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Cachexia and Anorexia in Serious Illness: A Podcast with Eduardo Bruera

GeriPal

Summary Transcript Summary I always find cachexia in serious illness puzzling. I feel like I recognize it when I see it, but I struggle to give a clear definition or provide effective ways to address it. In today’s podcast, we had the opportunity to learn from a renowned expert in palliative care, Eduardo Bruera, about cachexia and anorexia in serious illness.

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HP&M Seeks Attorney with Significant Experience in Government Discount Programs and Price Reporting

FDA Law Blog

Hyman, Phelps & McNamara, P.C. (HP&M) seeks to add an experienced attorney (7+ years) to our government discount program and price reporting practice. Our ideal candidate will have significant substantive experience working with: Price calculation and reporting under the Medicaid Drug Rebate Program and the 340B Drug Discount Program Average sales price reporting under Medicare Part B Price reporting and contracting with the Department of Veterans Affairs Drug discounting requirements un

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HP&M’s Larry Houck A Panelist in FDLI’s Marijuana Rescheduling Webinar

FDA Law Blog

Last month the Department of Justice and the Drug Enforcement Administration submitted a notice of proposed rulemaking to reschedule cannabis from schedule I under the federal Controlled Substances Act (“CSA”) to schedule III. Hyman, Phelps & McNamara, P.C. Director Larry Houck will participate as a panelist focusing on this timely topic in the Food and Drug Law Institute’s (“FDLI’s”) “High Time for a Change: Implications of DEA’s Proposed Marijuana Rescheduling” webinar June 12, 2024, 2:00

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More Diversion Cases and WCF’s Opioid & Fentanyl Abuse Management Summit

FDA Law Blog

By Larry K. Houck — It seems as though we cannot get through a week without hearing about controlled substance diversion by employees at another hospital or healthcare facility. We learned this week that Palomar Health, one of California’s largest healthcare districts, agreed to pay $250,000 to resolve allegations that numerous vials of fentanyl had been diverted from automated medication dispensing machines over a five-month period and that the hospital did not properly dispose of unused fentan

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Ready, Set, START – 7 Programs Selected for FDA’s START Rare Disease Pilot Program

FDA Law Blog

By Sarah Wicks & Charles D. Snow & James E. Valentine & Frank J. Sasinowski — Hyman, Phelps & McNamara (HPM) would like to congratulate the 7 rare disease programs selected for the inaugural class of the FDA’s “Support for clinical Trials Advancing Rare disease Treatment” (START) pilot program. The START pilot program was announced last September as a way to offer selected participants developing potentially life-saving and life-changing rare disease therapies enhanced communicat