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CDC ACIP Meeting Postponed for Today and Tomorrow
I missed the recent notice in the last couple of days that the CDC ACIP meeting was postponed for today and tomorrow. Me and more than a couple dozen people were kept waiting for a half hour before I got suspicious and looked it up. There’s a CIDRAP story posted yesterday that explains the “delay.”…
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Must Read Post on Real Psychiatry
I have a big shout out to Dr. George Dawson, MD for his post on his blog Real Psychiatry about the trolling of psychiatrists on social media. I tried adding links to social media from my blog for a short while and dropped it years ago.
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Ivermectin Bill Looks Like It’s Dead-For Now
This is a quick followup on the progress of Governor Reynolds MAHA bill which included a piece endorsing making Ivermectin available over-the-counter in Iowa. I just read a story about what looks like the disappearance of the ivermectin from Reynold’s bill. The story, written by Laura Belin, comes from a webpage called Bleeding Heartland: An…
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CDC ACIP Meeting Scheduled for March 18, 19 2026
It’s been a while since the last CDC ACIP meeting. It’s scheduled for March 18, 2026, 8 AM to 5 PM EST and March 19, 2026, 8 AM to 5 PM EST, according the notice on the Federal Register. There are over 1500 comments and the one I thought was the best was by the…
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Iowa Ivermectin Bill Heads to the Senate
I see the Iowa House passed HF 2676 including the ivermectin section which would make the anti-parasite drug available over-the-counter (OTC) in Iowa, despite arguments against it about the medical indications for the drug, which don’t include treatment of cancer and Covid-19 infection. There’s a high probability that some people might use it to treat…
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Clinical Problems in Consultation Psychiatry and The Break-Dancing Koala Bear
I ran across an old Clinical Problems in Consultation Psychiatry (CPCP) presentation by a couple of sharp medical students in 2014. They presented it at one of my morning consult rounds and it’s about Charles Bonnet Syndrome. They did a very nice job and it compares fairly well with the University of Iowa Ophthalmology Dept…
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Do We Really Need Artificial Intelligence to Help People Who Are Demoralized?
I was just going through the many files on one of my old thumb drives that I still keep after I retired from consultation-liaison psychiatry over 5 years ago. I found a file that I must have typed from a source on how to help medically ill persons who are demoralized. Demoralization is not the…
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Oppose Iowa Legislature Bill HF 2171 That Seeks to Eliminate Vaccine Requirements in Public Schools
I have been reading the public comments on the Iowa Legislature bill HF 2171 that, if passed, would eliminate the requirement for vaccines in public schools against many diseases such as poliomyelitis, diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus, rubeola, rubella, and varicella. People are overwhelmingly opposed to it and it’s beyond me how it got past the first…
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Iowa Legislature Ivermectin Bill A Game of “Captain, May I?”
I’ve been comparing the Iowa legislature bills on allowing ivermectin to be available over-the-counter in pharmacies. There were two of them and then there was one. In the first bill, HF 2056, the language in it seemed to strongly direct pharmacists to make ivermectin available by using the word “shall”: Notwithstanding any provision of law…
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Iowa Legislature Offering Cheese and Crackers on the Bill of Fare
I heard a song entitled “Cheese and Crackers” on the Big Mo Blues Show last night. I’ve heard a few times over the years, but I never looked up what it meant until today. The song was originally written by a rockabilly singer named Hayden Thompson, although I’ve only heard it sung by blues artist…
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