Members of a congressional oversight committee said Tuesday that they fear public trust in organ donation has been fractured after a federal report found that an organ procurement organization ignored signs of life in patients when authorizing attempted organ removals. The hearing followed a federal investigation by HRSA that found that a group responsible for overseeing the removal of organs from deceased patients and getting them to patients in need exhibited 'concerning patterns of risk to neurologically injured patients.'
Named after its founder—the world's richest woman and an heir to the Walmart fortune—the school will train students over the next four years in a radically different way from the method most traditional medical schools use. And that's the point. Instead of drilling young physicians to chase symptom after symptom and perform test after test, Alice Walton wants her school's graduates to keep patients healthy by practicing something that most doctors today don't prioritize: preventive medicine and whole-health principles, which involve caring for (and not just treating) the entire person and all of the factors—from their mental health to their living conditions and lifestyle choices—that contribute to wellbeing.
For decades now, obesity has been defined by a number on a scale or where you land on the body mass index (BMI) measure. But a groundbreaking study has found that it’s far more complex, uncovering 11 distinct biological types of obesity, each with unique causes and health risks that could change how we treat and understand the disease.
To address situations where patients may be unaware that their blood sugar is falling to critical levels, MIT engineers have developed an implantable device that holds a supply of glucagon beneath the skin. This device can be activated to release the hormone automatically when glucose drops too low.
According to the reprimand, he was found to have conducted telemedicine appointments with patients in Rhode Island without properly documenting, and to have conducted asynchronous telemedicine, where a patient is treated without interacting with the physician in real time.