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• Payback provision part of UI's deal with Carle Illinois medical school - Champaign/Urbana News-Gazette

  08-12-2018 13:00 via news-gazette.com
  Payback provision part of UI's deal with Carle Illinois medical school  Champaign/Urbana News-GazetteURBANA — A new document outlining the University of Illinois' promise to cover fundraising shortfalls at the Carle Illinois College of Medicine calls for providing ...
  
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• Decaying Bodies and COVID Fraud? Health Worker Minimum Wage; Pharma's Small Tax Bill

  16-04-2024 15:26 via medpagetoday.com
  
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  The owners of a Colorado funeral home where 190 decaying bodies were found have been charged with misspending nearly $900,000 in pandemic relief funds. (AP)
  The...
  
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• Many With Breast Cancer 'Systematically Left Behind,' Report Says

  16-04-2024 00:30 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- Inequities in breast cancer prevention, detection, treatment, and supportive care worldwide are leaving many patients with breast cancer "systematically left behind and forgotten," according to a report from the Lancet Breast...
  
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• Multidisciplinary Team Intervention Flops for Improving CKD Outcomes

  15-04-2024 22:13 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- A multi-pronged electronic health record-based population health management intervention failed to move the needle for slowing chronic kidney disease (CKD) progression, a cluster randomized trial showed.
  Over a median follow...
  
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• High Lipoprotein(a) Levels' Hit on Heart Health Doesn't Discriminate

  15-04-2024 21:46 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- All sex, race, and risk category groups appeared to be affected by the heart disease risk posed by elevated lipoprotein(a), or Lp(a), according to pooled analysis of primary prevention studies.
  Compared with people with below...
  
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• MedPAC Wrestles With Wide Variation in Generic Rx Prices, Availability

  15-04-2024 21:40 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- Why does one particular anti-psychotic drug cost $1.06 at one point of sale, and $102 at another? Members of the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) looked for answers to that tricky question at their meeting in Washington...
  
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• Monica Bertagnolli: U.S. 'Ready' for Next Pandemic Threat

  15-04-2024 21:21 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- In part two of this exclusive video interview, MedPage Today editor-in-chief Jeremy Faust, MD, talks with Monica Bertagnolli, MD, the 17th director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), about the day-to-day work at the...
  
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• Pediatric Eye Care 'Deserts' Pervasive in the U.S.

  15-04-2024 20:45 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- The vast majority of U.S. counties are pediatric eye care "deserts," a cross-sectional study found.
  Of the more than 3,000 counties in the nation, just 9.7% had at least one pediatric ophthalmologist and 6.5% had at least one...
  
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• Bird Flu Is Spreading to More Farm Animals. Are Milk and Eggs Safe?

  15-04-2024 18:59 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- A bird flu outbreak in U.S. dairy cows has grown to affect more than two dozen herds in eight states, just weeks after the nation's largest egg producer found the virus in its chickens.
  Health officials stress that the risk...
  
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• It's the First Drug Shown to Slow Alzheimer's. Why Is It Off to a Slow Start?

  15-04-2024 18:54 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- The first drug shown to slow Alzheimer's disease hit the U.S. market over a year ago, but sales have lagged, major hospital systems have taken months to start using it, and some insurers have rejected coverage.
  Doctors also...
  
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• Don't Rule Out Breast Cancer Surgery for 90-Year-Olds

  15-04-2024 18:44 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- ORLANDO--Primary breast cancer surgery for nonagenarians in good physical shape was associated with improved survival compared with a non-surgical approach, retrospective data from a single center in Italy showed.
  Among...
  
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• What Kate Middleton Reminds Us About the Role of Privacy in Healing

  15-04-2024 18:25 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- Maybe it's because my mother is from London, but I have always felt a certain type of kinship with the Royal Family. I remember getting up super early in the morning to watch the wedding of Kate--the Princess of Wales-...
  
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• After Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes, Mortality Risk Lingers for Decades

  15-04-2024 18:15 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- Women who experienced major adverse pregnancy outcomes still had increased mortality risks decades later, a population-based cohort study of Swedish data found.
  Adverse pregnancy outcomes independently associated with increased...
  
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• Cryoablation for Early-Stage Breast Cancer a Safe Option in Older Women

  15-04-2024 17:31 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- ORLANDO--Cryoablation without excision for low-risk, early-stage breast cancer may be an option for women over 60, 5-year follow-up results from the ICE3 trial showed.
  At a mean follow-up of 54.2 months, the ipsilateral...
  
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• Cardiac Events Common in Older, Hospitalized RSV Patients

  15-04-2024 17:24 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- More than one in five older adults hospitalized for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection experienced an acute cardiac event, an observational study found.
  Among 6,248 hospitalized patients 50 or older with laboratory...
  
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• Taking Care of Patients Beyond the Confines of the Traditional Office Visit

  15-04-2024 17:12 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- Built into the heart of the patient-centered medical home is the idea of extending care beyond the limits imposed by an in-person office visit.
  I've written before about how 20 minutes just isn't enough, either for us or for...
  
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• Anesthesiologist Convicted; Oldest Conjoined Twins Die; 'Donald Trump Did This'

  15-04-2024 15:31 via medpagetoday.com
  
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  Dallas anesthesiologist Raynaldo Rivera Ortiz Jr., MD, was convicted for injecting a nerve-blocking agent and other drugs into IV bags, leading to a coworker's death...
  
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• Anesthesiologist Convicted of Tampering With IV Bags Linked to Death

  15-04-2024 14:54 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- A Dallas anesthesiologist was convicted Friday for injecting a nerve-blocking agent and other drugs into bags of intravenous fluid at a surgical center where he worked, which led to the death of a coworker and caused cardiac...
  
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• Yale Pathology Labs Celebrates National Medical Laboratory Professionals Week - Yale School of Medicine

  15-04-2024 05:17 via news.google.com
  
  Yale Pathology Labs Celebrates National Medical Laboratory Professionals Week  Yale School of Medicine
  
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• Dr. Poonam Warman, MD: Pulmonary Doctors / Pulmonologist - Ocala, FL - Medical News Today

  15-04-2024 04:53 via news.google.com
  
  Dr. Poonam Warman, MD: Pulmonary Doctors / Pulmonologist - Ocala, FL  Medical News Today
  
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• 27th Chinese medical team provide free medical service for Beninese people - People's Daily

  15-04-2024 04:42 via news.google.com
  
  27th Chinese medical team provide free medical service for Beninese people  People's Daily
  
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• Illinois moves to keep medical debt from credit reports - WHBF - OurQuadCities.com

  15-04-2024 04:09 via news.google.com
  Illinois moves to keep medical debt from credit reports  WHBF - OurQuadCities.com
  
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• Sudanese refugees in Chad unable to access medical care for war injuries - The Guardian

  15-04-2024 03:30 via news.google.com
  Sudanese refugees in Chad unable to access medical care for war injuries  The Guardian
  
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• Health professionals offer free medical services - theSun

  15-04-2024 02:20 via news.google.com
  
  Health professionals offer free medical services  theSun
  
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• Injectables Spa Expansions - Trend Hunter

  15-04-2024 01:26 via news.google.com
  
  Injectables Spa Expansions  Trend Hunter
  
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• Florida Medical Cannabis Patient Growth Slows Again - New Cannabis Ventures

  15-04-2024 01:25 via news.google.com
  
  Florida Medical Cannabis Patient Growth Slows Again  New Cannabis Ventures
  
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• Pop-up clinic to bring a weekend of free medical care to Anchorage - Anchorage Daily News

  15-04-2024 01:22 via news.google.com
  
  Pop-up clinic to bring a weekend of free medical care to Anchorage  Anchorage Daily News
  
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• Healthcare workers push American Medical Association to call for Gaza ceasefire during rally in Chicago - WGN TV Chicago

  15-04-2024 01:14 via news.google.com
  Healthcare workers push American Medical Association to call for Gaza ceasefire during rally in Chicago  WGN TV Chicago
  
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• Dogwifhat To The Vet! Meme Coin Needs Medical Attention After Price Plunge — Analyst - NewsBTC

  14-04-2024 23:01 via news.google.com
  Dogwifhat To The Vet! Meme Coin Needs Medical Attention After Price Plunge — Analyst  NewsBTC
  
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• A watchful eye saves a baby's life at Kaiser Permanente Fontana Medical Center - Fontana Herald-News

  14-04-2024 22:59 via news.google.com
  A watchful eye saves a baby's life at Kaiser Permanente Fontana Medical Center  Fontana Herald-News
  
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