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Tapping the potential applications of mHealth

The Health Policy Exchange

FEBRUARY 20, 2014

Food and Drug Administration recently moved to regulate health apps that act as medical devices (e.g., In the developing world, "mHealth projects are launching at an exponential rate," declared a recent issue of Johns Hopkins Public Health Magazine. electrocardiogram) and would pose safety risks to patients if they malfunctioned.

Chronic Disease

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Maria Ansari, MD, FACC, named to Modern Healthcare’s list of 50 Most Influential Clinical Executives

Permanente Medicine

JUNE 10, 2025

Co-CEO of The Permanente Federation and leader of multiple Permanente Medical Groups at Kaiser Permanente, recognized for advancing AI technology, improving care access, and advocating for value-based care measures OAKLAND, Calif. Kaiser Permanente is comprised of the Permanente Medical Groups and Kaiser Foundation Health Plans and Hospitals.

Clinic

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Attachment theory: What people get wrong about pop psychology's latest trend for explaining relationships

Medical Xpress

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

In magazines and books, in the news, on social media and in our conversations with each other. Attachment theory is almost everywhere.

Relationship

New study debunks the assumption that menstrual cycles disqualify women from exercise research

Medical Xpress

JANUARY 27, 2023

Peruse any women's magazine, and you'll likely find advice on how to boost workouts. But what many don't realize is that the research behind most exercise advice is based almost entirely on men.

Complication

Complication Medical

Millions of American kids have an ADHD diagnosis. Are they being treated effectively?

NPR Health

APRIL 24, 2025

ADHD has been considered a medical disorder, treatable with drugs like Ritalin, but New York Times Magazine writer Paul Tough says recent studies question that assumption and treatment options.

Diagnosis

Diagnosis Medical

Critics Suggest FDA Approving Aduhelm Will Erode the “Public Trust”: What About Patients’ Trust?

FDA Law Blog

JUNE 23, 2021

As someone who studied in the fields of public health, medical sociology, and biomedical ethics, I was impressed with how quickly the pharmaceutical and biotechnology arena caught up with what took many decades to occur in the context of the physician-patient relationship. When a Patient Speaks (Sept. 25, 2014).

Patients

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Medical Cannabis Revisted: A Podcast with David Casarett and Eloise Theisen

GeriPal

OCTOBER 24, 2024

David is a physician who wrote the book “ Stoned: A Doctor’s Case for Medical Marijuana ” and gave a TED talk on “ A Doctor’s Case for Medical Marijuana ” that was watched over 3 million times. laughter] Alex 01:39 Material here for songs related to medical marijuana or marijuana in general. Eric 01:34 Yeah.

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William Condrell, MD now offering a more personalized approach to healthcare with theConcierge Choice from Concierge Choice Physicians

Concierge Choice Physicians

APRIL 23, 2025

Condrell’s Concierge Choice program, please call 877.888.5590 or email members@ccpmd.com About William Condrell, MD William Condrell, MD, is an internal medicine physician with a private medical practice called Condrell Primary Care, located in Washington, DC and Bethesda, MD.

Healthcare

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Episode 309 – Antiracism in Medicine Series – Episode 23 – Anti-Blackness, Anti-Fatness, and Food Shaming

The Clinical Problem Solvers

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Harrison Time Stamps 00:00 Opening 00:45 Introductions 03:07 Guest Introduction 1 04:46 Guest Introduction 2 08:15 On the Intersection of Black, Fat, and Trans Communities and the Medical-Industrial Complex 13:35 History and the Racial Underpinnings of Food Shaming in the U.S. Time Magazine. Journal of Women’s History, 29(2), 14–37.

Community

Community Manufacturing Patients Medical

Normalcy, Introspection, & the Experience of Serious Illness: Bill Gardner, Juliet Jacobsen, and Brad Stuart

GeriPal

AUGUST 31, 2023

We have a wide ranging conversation that touches on how to place aging, disability, and multimorbidity in the context of serious illness conversations, “striving toward normal,” stoicism, existentialism, psychedelics, the goals of medicine, medical aid in dying and more. Brad: I got into medical school and I won’t say where it was.

Illness

Illness IT Diagnose Medical

What is going on with MAID in Canada? Bill Gardner, Leonie Herx, & Sonu Gaind

GeriPal

JANUARY 11, 2024

Summary Transcript Summary Four percent of deaths in Canada are due to Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID). What’s up with Medical aid in dying in Canada? Eric: So again, the topic is going to be medical aid in dying in Canada. Four percent. Transcript Eric: Welcome to the GeriPal Podcast. This is Eric Widera.

Illness

Illness IT Medical Provider

Hospice in Prison Part 1: An interview with Michele DiTomas and Keith Knauf

GeriPal

JUNE 22, 2023

Summary Transcript Summary In the early 1990’s, California Medical Facility (CMF) created one of the nation’s first licensed hospice units inside a prison. Alex: We are in the California Medical Facility and we will ask our guest about that. I’ve known Michele a long time, since the Joint Medical Program. Michele: Yep.

Families

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Potentially Unsafe Low-evidence Treatments: Adam Marks, Laura Taylor, & Jill Schneiderhan

GeriPal

APRIL 24, 2025

And so this term was developed by our group to capture either non traditional therapies or really conventional medical therapies that patients may be pursuing with little hope of reaching a goal of care and significant risk. Eric 04:02 Jill, you practice alternative and integrated medicine. Did I say that correctly? Adam 07:05 Absolutely.

Patient-Centered

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Hospice in Prison Part 2: An interview with the Pastoral Care Workers

GeriPal

JUNE 29, 2023

On last week’s podcast we interviewed the medical director and the chaplain of the prison’s hospice unit (Hospice in Prison Part 1 ). Alex: Coming up we talk with three pastoral care workers who are inmates who have been volunteering in the hospice at the California Medical Facility prison for some time.

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Writing for the Lay Public: Rosanne Leipzig and Louise Aronson

GeriPal

MARCH 16, 2023

I was like, I’m fascinated when I read medical books and they’re quoting patients these long paragraphs. But I was focused on his very ill wife. So I don’t remember it. But I really think for integrity reasons, you have to be one or the other. Eric: Yeah. How in the world did you do that? Something like that.

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KFF Health News’ ‘What the Health?’: RFK Jr. Upends Vaccine Policy, After Promising He Wouldn’t

Physician's Weekly

JUNE 13, 2025

Kennedy then appointed new members, including vaccine skeptics, prompting alarm from the broader medical community. Kennedy Jr. this week fired every member of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, the group of experts who help the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention make those evidence-based judgments.

Vaccination

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Conscientous Provision of MAID and Abortion: Robert Brody, Lori Freedman, Mara Buchbinder

GeriPal

JANUARY 5, 2023

No matter what your position on medical aid in dying (I’m ambivalent) or abortion (I’m pro-choice), this is a bioethics podcast, and I hope that we can all agree that the ethical issues at stake deserve a critical re-think. Today, medical aid in dying is legal in some 10 states, and illegal in others. . Summary Transcript Summary.

Provider

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Ageism and Elections: Louise Aronson and Ken Covinsky

GeriPal

JULY 16, 2024

Eric Widera reminds us of the history of the Goldwater Act created by the American Psychological Association in the 1960s which states that psychiatrists should refrain from diagnosing public figures, and the American Medical Association code of ethics which likewise discourages armchair diagnosis (rule established in 2017).

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Tapping the potential applications of mHealth

Maria Ansari, MD, FACC, named to Modern Healthcare’s list of 50 Most Influential Clinical Executives

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Attachment theory: What people get wrong about pop psychology's latest trend for explaining relationships

New study debunks the assumption that menstrual cycles disqualify women from exercise research

Millions of American kids have an ADHD diagnosis. Are they being treated effectively?

Critics Suggest FDA Approving Aduhelm Will Erode the “Public Trust”: What About Patients’ Trust?

Medical Cannabis Revisted: A Podcast with David Casarett and Eloise Theisen

William Condrell, MD now offering a more personalized approach to healthcare with theConcierge Choice from Concierge Choice Physicians

Episode 309 – Antiracism in Medicine Series – Episode 23 – Anti-Blackness, Anti-Fatness, and Food Shaming

Normalcy, Introspection, & the Experience of Serious Illness: Bill Gardner, Juliet Jacobsen, and Brad Stuart

What is going on with MAID in Canada? Bill Gardner, Leonie Herx, & Sonu Gaind

Hospice in Prison Part 1: An interview with Michele DiTomas and Keith Knauf

Potentially Unsafe Low-evidence Treatments: Adam Marks, Laura Taylor, & Jill Schneiderhan

Hospice in Prison Part 2: An interview with the Pastoral Care Workers

Writing for the Lay Public: Rosanne Leipzig and Louise Aronson

KFF Health News’ ‘What the Health?’: RFK Jr. Upends Vaccine Policy, After Promising He Wouldn’t

Conscientous Provision of MAID and Abortion: Robert Brody, Lori Freedman, Mara Buchbinder

Ageism and Elections: Louise Aronson and Ken Covinsky

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