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To California Physicians Thinking about Settling an Accusation with the Medical Board: Think fast because it’s going to cost you plenty if you wait until next year, meaning in 22 days

To California Physicians Thinking about Settling an Accusation with the Medical Board: Think fast because it’s going to cost you plenty if you wait until next year, meaning in 22 days

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For some time now, the Medical Board has been the only licensing board which did not impose cost recovery on licensees who violate the standard of care or any other violation of a licensing statute. This was per a statutory carve-out from the general cost recovery requirement for disciplinary cases contained in Bus & Prof. Code 125.3 (k). However, this carve-out has been removed from the law effective the beginning of the new year (i.e. Janiuary 1, 2022). What that…

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Is CAM under stealth attack by the Monopoly Internet Megacompanies ?

Is CAM under stealth attack by the Monopoly Internet Megacompanies ?

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CAM (Complementary and alternative medicine, now more commonly known as integrative medine) has always been polarizing in the medical community, and has consistently come under attack by conventional medicine advocates. In the time since I became active, it was the quackbusters, then the sceptics who evolved into the bloggers who attack all things CAM. Heretofore, they have have had a relatively small impact on the CAM community. However, there might be a new threat developing which could have a much…

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Saturday Night Gala for Brain Tune-ups for TBI Vets

Saturday Night Gala for Brain Tune-ups for TBI Vets

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This Saturday night, I’m going to the Brain Wellness Gala at the Army/Navy Club in DC. The organization raises money for funding veterans with TBI (traumatic brain injury) to get treatment with an effective but completely non-invasive treatment involving micro current stimulation. It’s a form of Neurofeedback. Here is info about the event. http://www.brainwellnessfund.org/ Neurofeedback for therapeutic or lifestyle purposes isn’t new. But these folks have are using the technique on TBI’ed vets with some dramatic results. Sounds a little…

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How many cosmeceuticals can fit on the head of a pin?

How many cosmeceuticals can fit on the head of a pin?

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    How many cosmeceuticals can fit on the head of a pin? None, according to the FDA, because there is no such thing.  In FDA-land, there are only regular cosmetics which are essentially un-FDA regulated, and cosmetics which are drugs and regulated as drugs, meaning full-on FDA new drug approval applications. My guess is that the term “cosmeceuticals” was created from an analogy to nutraceuticals which are dietary supplements which have some structure/function type of medical application or value. Nutraceuticals…

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