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Post #2 Back-to-Sleep Series

Sensible Medicine

Research by Collett et al (2018) shows that, despite some improvement in PP by 18 months, the deformations persist beyond 36 months. In the resulting document , the working group changed the ages at which children can be expected to reach developmental milestones. Let’s look at 1967 vs. 2022 for the DDST and the CDC: Table 2.

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Optum: Testing Time for an Invisible Empire

The Healthcare Blog

Then someone discovered that the largest living thing in the world was actually the 106 acre, 47 thousand tree Pando aspen grove in central Utah, which genetic testing revealed to be a single organism. However, Optum Health’s profit margin declined from more than 10% in 2018 to about 6.6% Optum Health is a $95.3 It generates nearly $6.6

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Peter Attia, Outlive, Cardiology 3.0 and primordial prevention of heart attacks

Sensible Medicine

Designed to help fund good nutritional research with the ultimate goal of reducing obesity and testing the hypothesis that “all calories are equal,” NUSI, unfortunately has floundered and is dead. He now knows these numbers indicate high levels of apoB "but no one bothered to test my apoB number."

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In Defense of the Coronary Artery Calcium Scan in Primary Prevention of Atherosclerotic Heart Disease

Sensible Medicine

JMM Although the skeptical cardiologist questions the value of many procedures and diagnostic tests in cardiology, he remains an enthusiastic advocate of the use of coronary artery calcium (CAC) testing to better personalize each individual's risk of heart attack and stroke. Four tests are generally recognized as useful for this.

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Consumers’ Embrace of Digital Health Tech Stalls, and Privacy Concerns Prevail – Accenture’s 2020 Research

Health Populi

Use of wearable tech nearly halved, from 33% to 18%, between 2018 and 2020. This is where testing and learning become a key part of adoption and ultimately the maturity of digital health,” said Kaveh Safavi, M.D., “Privacy” is mentioned over 500 times in the document; “HIPAA,” well over 300.

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Personalized Medicine: Consumer Concerns About Coverage, Affordability and Privacy

Health Populi

consumers’ views on personalized medicine comes from a survey conducted for PMC, the Personalized Medicine Coalition, and GenomeWeb , published in May 2018. Most consumers believe that insurance companies “should” cover personalized tests and treatments. This picture of U.S.

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NEW CE: Coding Updates—Telehealth Services, Evaluation & Management, and Opioid Use Disorder

NHA Now

Errors include insufficient documentation and incorrect coding. Improper coding and insufficient documentation of EM (and other CPT) codes result in both overpayments and underpayments. Improper coding and insufficient documentation of EM (and other CPT) codes result in both overpayments and underpayments.