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AAFP Represents Members During 2025 Legislative Session

Alabama Academy of Family Physicians

What Happened: The Senate Committee on Finance and Taxation Education did not meet to discuss the bill. Sponsored by Representative David Faulkner, the bill aims to provide more affordable health coverage options for farmers and self-employed agricultural workers who lack access to employer-sponsored plans.

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Researchers Propose Solutions to Improve GLP-1 RA Access

Physician's Weekly

Cost-sharing and education may improve access to GLP-1 therapies for obesity, but systemic barriers remain, requiring broader policy and clinical reforms. Healthcare Professionals Among healthcare professionals, potential barriers include lack of education, safety concerns, and obesity stigma/weight bias.

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9 Technologies That Will Shape The Future Of Dentistry

The Medical Futurist

Smart toothbrush While AI helps dental professionals provide better treatments, smart toothbrushes enable all of us to take better care of our teeth. These provide real-time feedback via a companion app warning you if you are applying too much pressure, where you are brushing and even coach the user as to how to brush properly.

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HP&M Director, Allyson Mullen, Appointed to the Association of Medical Diagnostic Manufacturers 2024-2026 Board of Directors

FDA Law Blog

is pleased to announce that Director Allyson Mullen has been appointed to the Board of Directors of the Association of Medical Diagnostic Manufacturers (AMDM). Mullen brings to the AMDM board a wealth of knowledge and expertise gained from her years of providing counsel to medical device and IVD manufacturers.

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FDA Publishes Discussion Paper Seeking Feedback on 3D Printing of Medical Devices at the Point of Care

FDA Law Blog

In October 2014, FDA held a public workshop titled “Additive Manufacturing of Medical Devices: An Interactive Discussion on the Technical Considerations of 3D Printing.” The discussion paper provides an overview of FDA’s current approach to regulation of 3D-printed devices. use in education, construction, art, and jewelry).

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The Healthcare Vision of ChatGPT-4o and Multimodal LLMs

The Medical Futurist

It will break language barriers These M-LLMs will easily facilitate communication between healthcare providers and patients who speak different languages, translating between various languages in real time. Just as we’ve seen how live translation works with ChatGPT-4o.

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MN Legislative Session 2025: Updates on Health Care Bills

Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians

As we move into the tenth week of the legislative session, Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians (MAFP) lobbyist Megan Verdeja breaks down what’s happening at the Minnesota State Capitol and provides an update on health care bills. SENATE EDUCATION POLICY COMMITTEE S.F. Read a summary of S.F. Read a summary of H.F.