former compliance supervisor.

“If you shoot tiny pingpongs down airways to obstruct the lungs, you can imagine the potential consequences,” said Dr. Robert Lowe. #cpap #fraud #medicine
https://www.propublica.org/article/philips-kept-warnings-about-dangerous-cpaps-secret-profits-soared

Philips Kept Complaints About Dangerous CPAP Machines Secret While Company Profits Soared

Tainted CPAP machines and ventilators went to children, the elderly and at least 700,000 veterans despite internal warnings. Company insiders said the devices posed an “unacceptable” risk.

^ProPublica

There is literally only a **single** state in the USA where you still control autonomy over your own medical records (prescription drug list) and that is MO!

That means if you are in any other state and ever had a prescription doctors can find out what it was and who prescribed it. That means doctors can find your past doctors without your approval.

The scary part? You also have no control over your medical records. So your PCP can now legally look this up and contact all your past doctors for medical records and you cant do anything about it, you cant legally stop them, you cant purge your records, you cant purge your prescription list.

This is very scary for anyone who has been abused at the hand of a past doctor and moves.. If they have put any negative information about you that might make future doctors hostile towards you or not want you as a patient... there is nothing you can do... that is so scary...

https://www.fsmb.org/siteassets/advocacy/key-issues/prescription-drug-monitoring-programs-by-state.pdf

#Healthcare #Medical #Medicine

Treating #depression with medication can be very effective, but not without pitfalls and side effects. Popular forms of #meditation can also be effective, though the evidence is far more limited. For many of us, a multi-modality approach is the answer, writes this physician who leans on both approaches for his own depression.

https://medium.com/wise-well/meds-vs-meditation-for-depression-c3b45388b102

#medicine & #mentalhealth & #mindfulness

Meds vs. Meditation for Depression - Wise & Well - Medium

I will never forget the moment a couple of years ago when my bupropion kicked in. I was sitting on the sun porch of an Airbnb on a family vacation. I had started taking the antidepressant about six…

^{Eric J. Kort MD (Wise & Well)}

Article: New research implicates deactivated X chromosome in autoimmune diseases, helping explain why such illnesses are more common in women than in men. (Of interest to me because I have Hachimoto's disease--my immune system attacks my thyroid, leading to hypothyroidism.)

#Science #Medicine #AutoImmuneDisease #HachimotosDisease

https://www.the-scientist.com/news/the-extra-x-how-the-sex-chromosome-affects-autoimmunity-risk-71377

The Extra X: How the Sex Chromosome Affects Autoimmunity Risk

What underlies the uneven burden of autoimmunity between the sexes has remained a mystery. Now, scientists found clues by turning to a key player on the X chromosome.

^{Kamal Nahas, PhD (The Scientist Magazine)}

Content warning: Sexual assault Reveal/hide

"Columbia University — where Robert Hadden spent his entire medical career — has never fully accounted for its role in allowing a predator to operate unchecked for decades. To date, more than 245 patients have alleged that Hadden abused them, which by itself could make him one of the most prolific sexual assailants in New York history. But the total number of victims may be far higher."

https://www.propublica.org/article/columbia-obgyn-sexually-assaulted-patients-for-20-years

#healthcare #medicine #doctors #longreads #metoo #justice

The Columbia OB-GYN Who Sexually Assaulted Patients for More Than 20 Years

For decades, patients warned Columbia about the behavior of obstetrician Robert Hadden. One even called 911 and had him arrested. Columbia let him keep working.

^ProPublica

New Vaccine Can Completely Reverse Autoimmune Diseases Like Multiple Sclerosis, Type 1 Diabetes, and Crohn’s Disease

'Researchers at the University of Chicago’s Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering (PME) have developed a novel vaccine that, in laboratory tests, can completely reverse autoimmune diseases like multiple sclerosis, type 1 diabetes, and Crohn’s disease — all without shutting down the rest of the immune system'

#science #medicine #health #immunology

https://scitechdaily.com/new-vaccine-can-completely-reverse-autoimmune-diseases-like-multiple-sclerosis-type-1-diabetes-and-crohns-disease/

New Vaccine Can Completely Reverse Autoimmune Diseases Like Multiple Sclerosis, Type 1 Diabetes, and Crohn’s Disease

Researchers from Pritzker Molecular Engineering, under the guidance of Prof. Jeffrey Hubbell, demonstrated that their compound can eliminate the autoimmune response linked to multiple sclerosis.

^{Colin Collins (SciTechDaily)}