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Bernie Lo discloses being an Honorarium Recipient and consultant for Takeda starting on 01/23/2024. ABIM MOC credit will be offered to subscribers in November, 2024. I once had a patient in the ICU at Moffitt who had had a stroke and was facing, not recovered, going to a nursinghome with a feeding tube.
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