The Nurse Break

DECEMBER 23, 2022

On Saturday 18th January 2003 a freak and devastating firestorm tore through my city. It has been well documented that during a disaster the bulk (and often, the most critically injured) of patients will arrive by their own means and not by ambulance, and that is exactly what happened. Republished article of The Nurse Path.

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Healthcare Law Insights blog

JUNE 30, 2023

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published a draft guidance document with foundational considerations for researchers that are developing psychedelic drugs for the treatment of medical conditions. The document frequently refers readers to existing guidance while noting key considerations that are unique to psychedelic drugs in each section.

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Pallimed

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

In November 2003, the Orlando Sentinel published a series of articles on OxyContin, exemplifying the media’s moral panic about opioids (12). Although this reduced Washington state’s Medicaid costs, it contributed “to the deaths of at least 2,173 people between 2003 and late 2011 (23, 25).” Orlando Sentinel, October 19, 2003.

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Pallimed

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

Their reporting prompted the state of Washington to “issue a public health advisory that singles out the unique risks of methadone” as contributing to the deaths of at least 2,173 people between 2003 and late 2011 (14). However, PNN received 1,500 pages of documents “so heavily redacted they were completely blank (52, 53; See Figure 2 Below).

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