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Another Legislative Attempt to Revive Gene Patenting

Bill of Health

One hundred sixty civil rights, medical, scientific, patient advocacy, and women’s health organizations opposed the Coons-Tillis bill, arguing that if it were enacted, “Patients will again be at risk of lacking access to information about their genes, about their very selves. Yet this “exclusion” is a sleight of hand.

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Heart Health at #CES2019 – Food and Tech as Medicine

Health Populi

With my public health hat on, I assert that smoking cessation is good for everyone (except perhaps for tobacco companies’ bottom lines). These vibrations help calm the nervous system, the science of which is documented in this research article demonstrating a reduction in 70% of stress in as few as 30 seconds of use.

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For Your Information: Government Response to Long COVID

Total Medical Compliance Resources

Advancing the Nation’s Understanding of Long COVID Launching the National Research Action Plan on Long COVID: The National Research Action Plan on Long COVID – PDF provides a unified overview of ongoing federal research on Long COVID, including over 75 research projects and hundreds of published articles.

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Home Health PPS Final Rule for CY 2024: CMS Steps Back from the Brink

Hall Render

The issue of agencies “strategically” choosing patients to maximize profitability came up in other comments. One commenter, from a patient advocacy group, noted that home health had become “big business” and that agencies focus on profits for shareholders, not patient care. Previously Waived Fingerprinting.