Author: Dorron Blumberg

June 8 2020

By: Vanessa McMains, Ph.D. John Hopkins Medicine 

 

Although more than 2 million people are registered in state medical cannabis programs across the United States, very little is known about the medical benefits of cannabis. What knowledge has been gained is from programs approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for cannabis products to treat a type of pediatric epilepsy, anorexia in patients with AIDS, and nausea and vomiting in patients with cancer.
 

 

June 17, 2020 – The Federal Communications Commission’s Wireline Competition Bureau today approved an additional 62 funding applications for the COVID-19 Telehealth Program.  Health care providers in both urban and rural areas of the country will use this $23.25 million in funding to provide telehealth services during the coronavirus pandemic.  To date, the FCC’s COVID-19 Telehealth Program, which was authorized by the CARES Act, has approved 367 funding applications in 45 states plus Washington, D.C. for a total of $128.23 million in funding.
 

Community members should reschedule missed screenings in order to get treatment for chronic or new illnesses  

 

June 17  2020 – Good Samaritan Medical Center’s Midtown Imaging locations in West Palm Beach and Palm Beach Gardens resume services for patients requiring diagnostic imaging studies with safety standards in place.  These standards are built upon deep clinical expertise, as well as continuous incorporation of CDC, CMS, and state recommendations. They are a rigorous combination of infection prevention processes, training, testing, personal protective equipment and technology.  It is critical for patients to reschedule screening appointments that may have been missed or postponed.  
 

 

June 17 2020 – Susan G. Komen®, the world’s leading nonprofit breast cancer organization, today updated its recommendations regarding routine breast cancer screening as communities across the country begin to re-open. Komen now urges everyone to take care of their health by scheduling routine screenings and preventive care and getting any worrisome symptoms checked out. For women who feel well and are due for a screening mammogram (and the center is open), they should do so. Women who were due for screening mammograms this past spring and have not gotten it yet should call their doctors about making an appointment.