June, 2024

A.D.H.D. Startup Executives Accused of $100 Million Fraud in Adderall Scheme

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June 21, 2024

Patients using Done or similar telehealth platforms may experience disruptions in care, health officials warned. New York Times By Dani Blum June 13, 2024 Tens of thousands of patients with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder nationwide could face disruptions to their care after two executives of a major telehealth company that distributed A.D.H.D. drugs were indicted...   read more


Leaked documents reveal patient safety issues at Amazon’s One Medical

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June 21, 2024

Patient safety issues have increased since One Medical shifted care to a call center staffed by contractors, employees say. The Washington Post  By Caroline O’Donovan June 15, 2024 Since Amazon acquired the primary-care service One Medical, elderly patients have been routed to a call center — staffed partly by contractors with limited training — that...   read more


Older men die by suicide at steep rates. Here’s how the VA is trying to change that

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June 21, 2024

Los Angeles Times  By Emily Alpert Reyes June 5, 2024  It was a Friday morning and George McCune had roused himself to make the 2.4-mile trip from his Northridge home to the Veterans Affairs campus in North Hills. The 77-year-old was greeted there that March day by the usual crew training for the Golden Age...   read more


Doctors couldn’t help. They turned to a shadow system of DIY medical tests.

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June 21, 2024

Buoyed by regulatory vacuums, Silicon Valley is building a booming online wellness market that aims to leave the doctor’s office behind. The Washington Post  By Elizabeth Dwoskin, Daniel Gilbert, and Tatum Hunter June 9, 2024 Angelika Sharma was desperate. An array of basic first foods — from bananas to sweet potatoes — caused her 6-month-old...   read more


Autism, dyslexia, ADHD. How the University of San Diego is helping ‘neurodivergent’ students succeed

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June 21, 2024

The Los Angeles Times  By Olivia SanchezThe Hechinger Report  June 6, 2024 She was bored in school. She had a “near photographic” memory and didn’t need to study — so she never learned how to, Elliot said. She remembers finishing her assignments in five minutes and spending the next 30 waiting for her classmates to...   read more


Panel recommends FDA reject MDMA as treatment for PTSD

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June 21, 2024

The advisory committee’s recommendation is nonbinding, and the agency’s final action sometimes differs. The Washington Post  By Daniel Gilbert and David Ovalle   June 4, 2024 A U.S. Food and Drug Administration advisory committee overwhelmingly voted Tuesday that evidence is lacking that MDMA-assisted therapy is effective for treating post-traumatic stress disorder, and that the benefits don’t...   read more


Alzheimer’s Takes a Financial Toll Long Before Diagnosis, Study Finds

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June 21, 2024

New research shows that people who develop dementia often begin falling behind on bills years earlier. The New York Times  By Ben Casselman Published May 31, 2024       Updated June 3, 2024 Long before people develop dementia, they often begin falling behind on mortgage payments, credit card bills and other financial obligations, new research shows. A team...   read more


Matthew Perry and the ketamine boom: Expensive, dangerous and very ‘en vogue’

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June 21, 2024

Los Angeles Times  By Salvador Hernandez and Richard Winton May 29, 2024 When Los Angeles County medical examiners worked last year to determine how Matthew Perry died, they discovered something startling. The amount of ketamine in Perry’s bloodstream was about the same as what would be used during general anesthesia, his autopsy showed. Perry’s death — now the...   read more


When dementia becomes too much to handle, this tool offers guidance

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June 21, 2024

A first-of-its-kind website offers caregivers a comprehensive approach to managing combativeness and other neuropsychiatric symptoms of dementia. The Washington Post  By Judith Graham May 26, 2024 Caring for older adults with dementia is stressful, especially when they become physically or verbally aggressive, engage in other inappropriate or repetitive behaviors, or refuse to let caregivers help...   read more