Tag Archives: risk

VA apps pose privacy risk to veterans’ healthcare data

The increasing use of apps provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs is meant to improve access to patient health and benefits information in convenient digital platforms. However, members of Congress are worried that this electronic data is vulnerable. “When a veteran downloads an app from the VA’s app store, how much personal information does… Read More »

Essential Reads: Bupropion (Wellbutrin) and Risk for Major Malformations

Over the last 20 years, we have accumulated data to support the use of many different antidepressants during pregnancy, including serotonin reuptake inhibitors and the tricyclic antidepressants. In this post, we review the most recent data on the reproductive safety of and bupropion (Wellbutrin), summarized in two recent reviews from Hendrick and colleagues (2017) and… Read More »

Too much risk aversion is too risky

“This is not politics,” Joe Biden said last week. “Reinstate the mandate if you let it down.” Give him credit for consistency: When Gov. Greg Abbott ended Texas’s mask mandate last month, Biden called it “Neanderthal thinking.” But maybe the Neanderthals got it right. COVID-19 deaths in Texas plunged in March, and as National Review’s… Read More »

Research shows USDA diet reduces risk of diabetes

Check out reearch 5 Guidelines that encourage healthy eating patterns. The close relationship between diet and obesity has been at reduces center of the risk policy debate across Canada and shows U. Dietary recommendations are based on the beneficial effects of consuming fruits and vegetables and explicitly emphasize USDA positive effects of reducing obesity and… Read More »