Alabama Academy of Family Physicians

MAY 15, 2025

Ed Oliver, HB 45 would require the Alabama Medicaid Agency to cover any noninvasive colorectal cancer screening test assigned a grade A or B under the recommendations of the United States Preventive Services Task Force. HB 86 – Rural Hospital Investment Fund Bill What’s in the Bill: Sponsored by Rep.

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The Medical Futurist

JUNE 21, 2025

In 2016, The Guardian reported that a blind woman suffering from this disease was fitted with the implant labelled “bionic eye” in the UK as part of a trial at the Oxford Eye Hospital. The 80-year-old Ray Flynn lost his central vision entirely, but with the help of the retinal implant, he could make out shapes on the computer screen.

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GeriPal

MAY 5, 2022

Screening for addressing hearing loss should be an integral part of what we do in geriatrics and palliative care, but it often is either a passing thought or completely ignored. How to screen for hearing loss. Including more hospital utilization or healthcare utilization, maybe cognitive impairment issues. Is that right?

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Alabama Academy of Family Physicians

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Running from February 4 to May 15, this session promises to bring substantial changes to medical consent laws, Medicaid coverage, rural hospital funding, taxation on essential goods, and the transparency of healthcare costs. Here’s a brief overview of the key pieces of legislation that AAFP is diligently monitoring.

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GeriPal

MAY 8, 2025

Vincent’s Hospital in Melbourne, Australia. Alex 06:03 Is psilocybin that’s used for medicinal purposes in your studies, for example, is that manufactured or is it derived directly from mushrooms? So medication adjustments. James, welcome to the GeriPal Podcast. James 00:32 Good afternoon. Im b leary eyed.

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Alabama Academy of Family Physicians

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

By Wes Stubblefield, MD, MPH, FAAP ADPH Medical Officer H5N1 influenza, or “bird flu,” is a type of influenza that was first discovered in the 1950s. Since 2016, HPAI H5N1 has been detected in wild birds in the United States during screening efforts by wildlife authorities.

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GeriPal

DECEMBER 7, 2023

And so we do see hospital admissions for heat exposure and certainly cardiovascular and respiratory problems related to air pollution with climate change and also cognitive problems. And it is going to affect, if it hasn’t already, our food quality, the food that’s available, our medications. Ruth: Right. Ruth: Yeah.

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