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• Hearing in Luigi Mangione's State Murder Case Sheds New Light on His Arrest

  04-12-2025 23:32 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Minutes after police approached Luigi Mangione in a Pennsylvania McDonald's, he told an officer he didn't want to talk, according to video and testimony at a court hearing Thursday for the man charged with killing UnitedHealthcare...
  
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• At-Home HPV Sampling Endorsed in ACS Cervical Cancer Screening Guidelines

  04-12-2025 23:20 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Women at average risk for cervical cancer can collect screening samples at home for human papillomavirus (HPV) analysis, according to updated guidelines from the American Cancer Society (ACS).
  That recommendation was one of...
  
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• 'Freebirth' Movement Is Dangerous to Moms but Reflects Real Concerns, Ob/Gyns Say

  04-12-2025 22:56 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Capitalizing on medical distrust, some influencers are selling guides to "freebirths"--medically unassisted births--and "wild pregnancies"--pregnancies without prenatal care.
  The Guardian recently published an investigation...
  
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• Ultrasound Can Aid Treatment of Vascular Complications From Cosmetic Fillers

  04-12-2025 22:49 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Amid a rise in the use of cosmetic fillers--commonly injected in the face for anti-aging effects--Doppler high-frequency ultrasound (HFUS) picked up "highly variable" findings in filler-related vascular adverse events...
  
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• COVID Shots Tied to a Lower Risk of Death From Any Cause

  04-12-2025 22:29 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Young and middle-age adults who had at least one dose of a COVID-19 mRNA vaccine were less likely to die of any cause in the following 4 years compared with those who weren't vaccinated, a nationwide French cohort study found...
  
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• CDC Advisors Delay Hepatitis B Vaccine Vote Again

  04-12-2025 21:54 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- CDC vaccine advisors again postponed their vote on changes to the hepatitis B vaccine schedule for infants, this time delaying it by 1 day after raising concerns about the precise wording of the measure they are considering...
  
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• Transformation of Lung Cancer; What the OR Team Had to Say; Microplastics and Cancer

  04-12-2025 20:37 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Authors in the Journal of the American College of Radiology discuss the transformation of lung cancer from stigma and fatalism to a new reality of treatment and long-term survival for many patients.
  Former "So You Think You...
  
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• Delayed Colonoscopy After FIT; Repeat Crohn's Surgery; Microbiome and Pancreatitis

  04-12-2025 20:08 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- A delay of up to 2 years for follow-up colonoscopy after a positive fecal immunochemical test (FIT) was not associated with an increased risk of advanced adenoma, colorectal cancer (CRC), or advanced CRC, findings from a nationwide...
  
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• Cringiest Medical Errors; Docs, Nurses Recognize World AIDS Day; Hep B Vaccine PSA

  04-12-2025 19:55 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- The following contains links to social media websites including Bluesky, X, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn.
  What are some of the cringiest medical errors you've seen? Nurses Karlie Tooley and Caitlin Armstrong read...
  
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• Cognitive Intervention Does More Than Defend Against Dementia

  04-12-2025 19:43 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Three ancillary studies to the U.S. POINTER trial collectively demonstrated that a structured 2-year lifestyle intervention for older adults at increased risk of cognitive decline led to better overall health.
  In main results...
  
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• Make the Diagnosis: What Do the Punch Biopsy Findings Suggest?

  04-12-2025 19:00 via medpagetoday.com
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• What I Think Is Really Going on With Trump's Imaging Tests

  04-12-2025 18:20 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- This week, the White House released information about some medical tests President Trump recently underwent. He told reporters he had an MRI, and then his doctor announced that "advanced imaging" showed no serious issues. I shared...
  
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• NHS under pressure to reduce number of private sector operations

  04-12-2025 18:01
  All is not well with Labour’s plan to cut waiting lists by using independent hospitals for many routine procedures
  
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• Why I Chose to Get E. Coli

  04-12-2025 17:43 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Avoiding food poisoning is usually not a cause for celebration, but last month was different. I was in an enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) challenge trial--one that tested a three-dose vaccine before having study participants...
  
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• Radiologist Shot; $10M COVID Vax Settlement; Doc's Long Prison Sentence

  04-12-2025 16:54 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- California radiologist Eric Cordes, MD, and his wife were fatally shot outside their home, and their son is the suspect. (NBC News)
  The Texas nurse who was caught on video apparently ignoring a woman in labor is no longer employed...
  
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• ACA Premiums Are Set to Spike. A New Poll Shows Enrollees Are Already Struggling.

  04-12-2025 16:18 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Fifty-two-year-old Dinam Bigny sank into debt and had to get a roommate this year, in part because of health insurance premiums that cost him nearly $900 per month.
  Next year, those monthly fees will rise by $200--a significant...
  
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• FDA Panel on Interatrial Shunt for Heart Failure: It's a Hard No

  04-12-2025 15:30 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- An FDA advisory panel gave a unanimous verdict for an interatrial shunt in heart failure: no way.
  All 15 members of the Circulatory System Devices Panel of the Medical Devices Advisory Committee on Wednesday voted that the benefits...
  
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• CDC's Outbreak Alert; New Hair-Loss Drug; Why Patients Dump Their Doctors

  04-12-2025 15:17 via medpagetoday.com
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  Amid an outbreak of Marburg virus disease in Ethiopia, the CDC alerted U.S. doctors to be on the lookout for travel cases of the Ebola-like virus.
  Meanwhile, at...
  
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• Alcohol Use, Lifestyle Factors Shape Breast Cancer Risk

  04-12-2025 14:30 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- In this exclusive video ahead of the upcoming San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium (SABCS), Seema Kahn, MD, of Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago, previews her session on alcohol use, metabolism, and...
  
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• UK government orders review into rising diagnoses of mental health conditions

  04-12-2025 11:18
  Health secretary says there is a need to look at sharp increase ‘through a strictly clinical lens’
  
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• Here's the Data Supporting Pegcetacoplan's Approval in Two Rare Kidney Diseases

  04-12-2025 00:16 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Pegcetacoplan (Empaveli) reduced proteinuria and helped stabilize kidney function in patients with C3 glomerulopathy or primary immune-complex membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis (MPGN), the phase III VALIANT trial found...
  
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• A Dozen Former FDA Leaders Lambast Claims by Current FDA Vaccine Chief

  03-12-2025 23:43 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- A dozen prior leaders of the FDA--appointed by Republicans and Democrats alike--issued a scathing denunciation of new FDA assertions casting doubt on vaccine safety.
  The former officials say the agency's plans to revamp...
  
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• Senators Wrestle With ACA Subsidy Issue During Hearing

  03-12-2025 23:32 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Bipartisanship was the word of the day at Wednesday's Senate hearing on lowering healthcare costs, with several Republicans saying they might be willing to fund the Affordable Care Act's (ACA) extended premium tax credits for...
  
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• Doctor Who Sold Ketamine to 'Friends' Star Matthew Perry Gets 2.5 Years in Prison

  03-12-2025 23:29 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- A doctor who pleaded guilty to selling ketamine to Matthew Perry in the weeks before the "Friends" star's overdose death was sentenced to 2.5 years in prison on Wednesday.
  Judge Sherilyn Peace Garnett handed down the sentence...
  
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• Spatial Omics May Transform the Future of Breast Cancer Treatment

  03-12-2025 23:19 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- In this exclusive video ahead of the upcoming San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium (SABCS), Leif W. Ellisen, MD, PhD, of Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, previews his session on advances in...
  
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• Belly Fat May Be Stronger Predictor of Heart Damage Than BMI

  03-12-2025 23:17 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Abdominal obesity was linked with more harmful changes in heart structure than body weight alone, especially in men, a large study using advanced imaging suggested.
  Among more than 2,000 adults in Germany, greater waist-to-hip...
  
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• Promoting Awareness of Inflammatory Breast Cancer

  03-12-2025 23:10 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Despite recent progress in understanding the disease, inflammatory breast cancer (IBC) remains a challenge to diagnose and treat, and the prognosis remains worse than for breast cancer in general.
  IBC accounts for 2% to 4% of...
  
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• One Dose of HPV Vaccine Just as Effective as Two, Trial Finds

  03-12-2025 23:00 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- One dose of a bivalent or nonavalent human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine was protective against HPV16 and HPV18 infections, and showed noninferiority to two doses, the randomized ESCUDDO trial found.
  Among more than 20,000 girls...
  
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• Supplemental Breast Cancer Screening in Women With Dense Breasts

  03-12-2025 22:10 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- In 2023, the FDA updated its mammography regulations, with a key amendment that required facilities to provide information to patients regarding the density of their breasts.
  This amendment featured specific language explaining...
  
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• Ozempic Improves Glycemic Control, Cuts Weight in Schizophrenia Patients

  03-12-2025 21:50 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Low-dose semaglutide (Ozempic, Wegovy) improved glycemic control and weight outcomes in a randomized trial of adults whose schizophrenia was being treated with the second-generation antipsychotics clozapine or olanzapine.
  The...
  
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• Americans Oppose Mental Health Cuts; Tai Chi for Insomnia; Rage Rooms for Stress?

  03-12-2025 21:42 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Nearly three-fourths of Americans oppose cutting federal jobs and programs focused on mental health services, opioid treatment, suicide prevention programs, and the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline, according to a poll from...
  
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• ACIP Leadership Shake-Up Before Hep B Vaccine Vote Alarms Experts

  03-12-2025 21:24 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- The CDC committee that helps shape U.S. vaccine policy is now chaired by a pediatric cardiologist who has opposed vaccinating children against COVID-19, and attributed miscarriages, cardiovascular disease, and other health problems...
  
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• Shingles Vaccine Tied to Dramatic Drop in Dementia Deaths

  03-12-2025 21:05 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Vaccination against herpes zoster, or shingles, was tied to fewer deaths among people with dementia, an analysis of data in Wales showed.
  Dementia patients who received the live-attenuated zoster vaccine (Zostavax) had a 29...
  
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• More Health Workers Came in to Work With COVID as the Pandemic Wore On

  03-12-2025 18:03 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Presenteeism--showing up for work while sick--increased in frequency from 2020 to 2024 among healthcare workers with COVID-19, particularly those with minimal to moderate patient contact, according to an observational...
  
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• New NIH Policies Make It Easier to End Grants, Ignore Peer Review

  03-12-2025 17:57 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- November brought yet another round of changes at the NIH--including a new policy that makes it easier to terminate grants, a shift away from its standard process for awarding grants, and the replacement of AIDS research leadership...
  
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• The 'Agony' of Working for RFK Jr.; CDC Telework Drama; NIH Grant Funding Shakeup

  03-12-2025 17:12 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Welcome to the latest edition of Investigative Roundup, highlighting some of the best investigative reporting on healthcare each week.
  The 'Agony' of Working for RFK Jr.
  What was it really like to work at CDC as the Trump administration...
  
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• Radiology Is Ill-Prepared to Weather the Storms of Climate Change

  03-12-2025 16:48 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- The 30th annual United Nations Climate Summit recently took place under the sweltering sun in Belem, Brazil, concluding yet again that we humans are ill-prepared for the conditions created by our warming climate. The conference...
  
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• Chances Dwindling for Renewal of ACA Subsidies, Risking Premium Spikes for Millions

  03-12-2025 16:32 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Hopes for an extension of healthcare subsidies were diminishing in Congress this week as Republicans and Democrats largely abandoned the idea of bipartisan talks on the issue, increasing the odds that millions of Americans could...
  
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• Sleepy Donald? 'Full House' Star Has Cancer; $10M COVID Vaccine Settlement

  03-12-2025 15:35 via medpagetoday.com
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  As President Trump fights off questions about his health and energy levels, he appeared to doze off several times during a televised cabinet meeting on Tuesday...
  
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• Defying death: The longevity lab

  03-12-2025 06:00
  Does Singapore have the blueprint for a longer, healthier life?
  
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• Study Finds Significant Number of Breast Cancers in Women Under 40

  02-12-2025 23:40 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Women younger than 50 accounted for about a quarter of all breast cancers diagnosed at a large community imaging practice in New York, with a substantial number in women under age 40, a retrospective review found.
  Of the nearly...
  
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• HHS Officially Rescinds Nursing Home Minimum Staffing Rule

  02-12-2025 23:36 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- The Trump administration on Tuesday rescinded a Biden-era rule that required a minimum number of healthcare staff in nursing homes.
  The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) said Tuesday in a press release it is taking...
  
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• Supreme Court Likely to Side With Abortion Opponents in State Investigation Dispute

  02-12-2025 23:28 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- The Supreme Court seemed likely on Tuesday to side with a faith-based pregnancy center raising First Amendment concerns about an investigation into whether it misled people to discourage abortions.
  The facilities often known...
  
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• MRI Sans Biopsy Not Ready for Prime Time in Active Surveillance for Prostate Cancer

  02-12-2025 21:50 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Despite technologic advances and guideline recommendations, prostate MRI still lacks the accuracy to replace biopsies in active surveillance, data on almost 2,000 patients suggested.
  MRI had a 75% negative predictive value ...
  
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• Republican Senator Demands More Answers From AMA on Its Billing Code Business

  02-12-2025 21:26 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Sen. Bill Cassidy, MD (R-La.), lashed out at the American Medical Association (AMA) on Monday, saying that the organization's response to his previous letter demanding details about its Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) code...
  
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• Rising LATE Dementia Diagnoses; Wooden Neurons; Remyelination Trial Fails

  02-12-2025 21:16 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Diagnoses of limbic-predominant age-related TDP-43 encephalopathy (LATE) dementia rose as awareness of the disorder increased. (New York Times)
  The New York Times also reviewed other forms of dementia besides Alzheimer's disease...
  
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• Doctors Have a Front-Row Seat to the Caregiver Crisis

  02-12-2025 20:27 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- She arrived early, the way people do when they're holding more than a folder. Her binder--thick, color-coded, meticulously tabbed--rested in her lap like a second heartbeat. I had seen versions of it before, but something...
  
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• Novel Alzheimer's Pill May Slow Decline in Some High-Risk Patients

  02-12-2025 20:26 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- A phase III trial of investigational valiltramiprosate (ALZ-801) did not meet its primary endpoint in people with early symptomatic Alzheimer's disease, but the drug did show benefits in a prespecified population with mild cognitive...
  
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• GLP-1 Drugs for Cats? High-Dose Wegovy Heads to FDA; Smartphone-Obesity Link in Kids

  02-12-2025 20:10 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Weight-loss injectables for pets? Okava Pharmaceuticals announced plans to kick off a pilot study of a GLP-1 drug for cats with obesity. (New York Times)
  Novo Nordisk submitted a higher-dose version of semaglutide (Wegovy) to...
  
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• Standard-of-Care Treatment for Rheumatoid Arthritis Lags for Minority Groups

  02-12-2025 20:01 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Use of disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (DMARDs) for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) was markedly lower among all major racial-ethnic minority groups in the U.S. compared with white patients, analysis of federal survey data indicated...
  
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