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Nutrition and dietary guidelines: stirring the (policy) pot

The Health Policy Exchange

At first glance, federal nutrition policy seemed to be an unusual topic for our Georgetown Health Policy Seminar for family physicians. As described in a recent JAMA Internal Medicine editorial , future doctors receive little formal instruction about healthy dietary habits. and MyPlate.

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Physician Felons: How to Stay Out of Prison

Pamela Wible MD

Matt – Internist, Ohio When their main doctor left, Matt stepped up to help a friend working at a local detox center by performing exams and continuing Suboxone for opioid-dependent patients—assuming a physician with a DEA waiver had initiated treatment. government convicted him for distributing controlled substances.

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