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  • Read more: Can Bedside Consent Apps Improve Informed Consent During Childbirth?
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    Can Bedside Consent Apps Improve Informed Consent During Childbirth?

    By Alexa Richardson Informed consent in childbirth is under fire by advocates, who stress that there is a widespread absence of meaningful informed consent during birth. While informed consent in medical settings always poses challenges, informed consent in childbirth raises particular concerns. Labor unfolds in real-time, and people are heavily reliant on their provider for…

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  • Read more: Meditation? There’s an (almost FDA-approved) app for that
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    Meditation? There’s an (almost FDA-approved) app for that

    Headspace is paving the way for the first FDA-approved prescription meditation app. Developers behind the mindfulness smartphone app, which has over 30 million users, are creating a new product under Headspace Health that will begin clinical trials this summer, in hopes of clearing FDA approval by 2020. The team is investigating how the app can…

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