Telehealth Sites Promise Cure for ‘Male Menopause’ Despite FDA Ban on Off-Label Ads
Online stores sprang up during the COVID-19 pandemic’s telehealth boom touting testosterone as a cure-all for men’s age-related illnesses — despite FDA rules issued years ago restricting such “low testosterone” advertising. In ads on Google, Facebook, and elsewhere, testosterone telemedicine websites may promise a quick fix for sluggishness and low libido in men. But evidence […]
Free Online Learning for Older Adults Promotes Overall Wellness – Wyoming Department of Health
Free Online Learning for Older Adults Promotes Overall Wellness December 13, 2023 As the Wyoming Department of Health continues to a partner with the largest online learning platform designed specifically for older adults, a wide range of free classes remains available to older Wyoming adults. Jeff Clark, Community Health Section manager with the WDH Aging […]
The Wild West of Online Testosterone Prescribing
Online testosterone peddlers are facing uncertainty as federal officials map the future of telemedicine. At stake is whether they’ll be able to continue prescribing testosterone therapy to patients without ever seeing them in person, a pandemic-era freedom that allows men to avoid being seen strolling into “low T” clinics — but one that has also […]
Do Brain-Boosting Supplements Actually Work Or Are They Total B.S.?
Can a supplement really make you smarter? A quick online search for “mental clarity supplements” will turn up tons of products, such as the Neuriva Brain Health supplement, Neurohacker Collective’s “Qualia Mind,” WTHN’s “Fully Charged,” and Bulletproof’s “Unfair Advantage,” just to name a few. These supplements claim to improve focus, sharpen thinking, boost productivity and […]
Another Online SARMs Retailer Gets a Warning From the FDA
The FDA issued a warning letter to an online retailer selling multiple selective androgen receptor modulators (SARMs) earlier this month, in an ongoing effort to curb their use in consumers, the agency said. This recent letter advised a California-based company, known as Warrior Labz SARMS, and its owner, Jeremy Brown, to stop actively marketing SARMs […]
Is Getting Test Results Online Right Away a Good Idea? Yes, Patients Say
Patients who receive test results online before their physician has had a chance to review them should have immediate access to resources to help them adjust to bad news, an expert suggested. “We need to do more to wrap patients in support and information tools and technology when that result is scary, when that result […]
For Parents Fearful Of Their Teens’ Social Media Use, Here’s Some Hope — And Advice
If you have a teen girl, chances are she’s spending hours online every day — and you’re probably spending at least as many hours worrying about her safety there. We’ve known for some time that social media can be detrimental to anyone’s mental health, and particularly that of teen girls. Meta, the company that owns […]
Opinion | Shouldn’t Doctors Be Paid for Responding to Health Portal Messages?
The Cleveland Clinic recently announced they will begin charging patients a fee for online correspondence with physicians through their online portal. Such fees are perhaps a necessary response to the ever-growing volume of portal messages, through which patients seek advice outside of the traditional structure of a billable visit. As a busy clinical cardiologist, my […]
A New Tool to Report Medical Trainee Mistreatment Reveals Thorny Issues
With the introduction of an online tool at an academic medical center, trainees there were able to report incidents of mistreatment and show that a small number of faculty were responsible for the bulk of unprofessional behavior, according to a cohort study. From a pool of 4,200 medical students, residents, clinical fellows, graduate students, and […]
Remote Behavioral Therapy Works for Kids With Tic Disorder
For reducing tic severity in children with Tourette syndrome, an online behavioral therapy worked as well as internet-based education alone and had better participant response, a small randomized trial found. The intervention — 10 weeks of a therapist-supported, internet-delivered exposure and response prevention (ERP) program — was associated with a mean reduction of 6.08 points […]