Nursing Home Medical Directors Should Be Named Publicly, Bill Urges
(MedPage Today) -- It's just a two-page, barely 200-word bill. But if passed as the authors intend, it would require all 15,000 Medicare-approved nursing homes in the nation to publicly report the name of their medical director.
Physicians involved... (Source: MedPage Today Primary Care)
Source: MedPage Today Primary Care - September 21, 2022 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
In Wake of Philips Recall, Patients Still Waiting for Sleep Apnea Devices
(MedPage Today) -- More than a year after the start of a recall now involving more than 5 million breathing devices, doctors and patients are still feeling the effects as manufacturer Philips continues to remediate machines and weathers scrutiny... (Source: MedPage Today Primary Care)
Source: MedPage Today Primary Care - September 21, 2022 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Not Just Recalls: Philips Tangles With Law Enforcement
(MedPage Today) -- This is a sidebar to the main story on the recall of Philips breathing devices.
The FDA isn't the only federal agency Philips has tangled with in the last year. The Department of Justice (DOJ) also had its eye on the company... (Source: MedPage Today Primary Care)
Source: MedPage Today Primary Care - September 21, 2022 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Long COVID, ME/CFS Patients Protest in Front of White House
(MedPage Today) -- WASHINGTON -- "Many of us are going to be so sick tomorrow."
Those were the words of Terri Wilder, one of the patients with long COVID or myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) who protested in front of... (Source: MedPage Today Primary Care)
Source: MedPage Today Primary Care - September 19, 2022 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Online Yoga: Not Much Help for Knee Pain, Study Finds
(MedPage Today) -- An internet-delivered, unsupervised yoga program designed to relieve knee osteoarthritis pain and improve function showed hints of efficacy but apparently needs some tweaking, researchers suggested.
When evaluated at week 12... (Source: MedPage Today Primary Care)
Source: MedPage Today Primary Care - September 19, 2022 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
