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• EPA Aims to Weaken Limits on Cancer-Linked Gas Used to Sterilize Medical Equipment

  13-03-2026 22:30 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed Friday to weaken air pollution limits on a chemical used to sterilize medical equipment, a move that would reverse a Biden administration finding of high cancer risks at manufacturing...
  
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• Docs in All Specialties Need More Menopause Education, Experts Say

  13-03-2026 22:05 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- WASHINGTON--Doctors in all specialties need more education on menopause and hormone therapy so that they don't give women conflicting recommendations, several speakers said here Friday at the HHS National Conference on Women...
  
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• Cardiology Group to Pay Nearly $5 Million for Alleged Vein Ablation Fraud

  13-03-2026 21:10 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- An Arizona physician group will pay $4.75 million to resolve allegations that doctors violated the False Claims Act by performing medically unnecessary vein ablations, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced.
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• U.S. Flu Season Winding Down

  13-03-2026 20:52 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- The CDC on Friday posted data that showed a continued decline in doctor's office and hospital visits for flu symptoms through last week. The number of states reporting high flu activity dropped to 16, many of them in a belt stretching...
  
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• Low Testosterone May Raise Risk of 'Extreme' Prostate Cancer Progression

  13-03-2026 20:30 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Low testosterone levels may increase the risk of higher-grade progression in prostate cancer patients under active surveillance, a retrospective cohort study suggested.
  Among over 900 patients, low testosterone levels (≤...
  
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• New U.S. Lipid Guideline Redefines Risk Categories, Boosts Non-Cholesterol Tests

  13-03-2026 19:45 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Risk calculations guiding lipid-lowering therapy are given an overhaul in new guidelines from the American College of Cardiology (ACC) and American Heart Association (AHA).
  Now, in adults 30-79 years old without atherosclerotic...
  
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• New Lipid Guidelines Redefine Risk Categories, Loop in People as Young as 30

  13-03-2026 19:45 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Risk calculations guiding lipid-lowering therapy are given an overhaul in new guidelines from the American College of Cardiology (ACC) and American Heart Association (AHA).
  Now, in adults 30-79 years old without atherosclerotic...
  
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• COVID, Then Lung Cancer; Revisiting Nuclear Power and Cancer; Anti-Tumor Cherries?

  13-03-2026 18:56 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- COVID-19 or other serious viral infections may "reprogram" immune cells in the lungs to facilitate development and growth of lung cancer, even years afterward. (UVA Health)
  Stirring the pot in a longstanding controversy, a new...
  
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• Adapting Communication for Different CLL Patients

  13-03-2026 18:26 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- In "Beyond Diagnosis: CLL," Cleveland Clinic hematologist/oncologist Allison Winter, MD, and host John Mangels explore how clinicians can communicate effectively and empathetically with patients navigating a chronic lymphocytic...
  
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• Microplastics Detected in Prostate Tumor Samples

  13-03-2026 16:17 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Microplastics were detected in prostate tissue from nearly all patients undergoing prostate cancer surgery in a small proof-of-concept study presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology Genitourinary Cancers Symposium...
  
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• Corporate ED Clash; Trimester Zero; Who Americans Trust on Public Health

  13-03-2026 15:47 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- The following is a transcript of the podcast episode:
  Rachael Robertson: Hey everybody, welcome to MedPod Today, the podcast series where MedPage Today reporters share deeper insights into the week's biggest healthcare stories...
  
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• NIH Funds Still Not Getting to Researchers

  13-03-2026 15:38 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Even though Congress rejected cuts to the NIH budget and passed a funding bill more than a month ago, that money isn't yet making it into the hands of researchers, experts say.
  In an analysis of grants data from NIH RePORTER...
  
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• If Medical Schools Can Make Room for Nutrition, Why Not Women's Health?

  13-03-2026 14:50 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- There is a common complaint among medical educators: the medical school curriculum is "too crowded." New topics keep showing up, but where to put them? As ethics and quality improvement and "shared decision-making" are layered...
  
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• William Shatner's Surgery; 'Brain Dead' Woman Wakes Up; Near-Fatal Measles Case

  13-03-2026 14:24 via medpagetoday.com
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  William Shatner, age 94, will undergo shoulder surgery after falling off a horse late last year. (The Independent)
  FDA's vaccine advisors backed the new World Health...
  
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• CDC Studies Suggest Slumping Flu Shot Protection

  12-03-2026 22:41 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- This season's influenza vaccine effectiveness (VE) rates against outpatient visits and hospitalizations may be lower than last season's, pushed in part by a viral mismatch between the vaccine virus and circulating strains, according...
  
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• Organ Donation Guidance From CMS Warns Against Coercion, Rushed Decision-Making

  12-03-2026 22:31 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- CMS is looking to improve accountability and protections for patients in the U.S. organ donation system.
  On Wednesday, the agency issued guidance aimed at organ procurement organizations (OPOs) and donor hospitals that reinforces...
  
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• Med Student's Misogyny Goes Viral; Vitamin K PSA; Fibermaxxing: Yea or Nay?

  12-03-2026 21:30 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- The following contains links to social media websites including Bluesky, X, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn.
  After Mayo Clinic medical student Nick Baumel went viral for posting misogynistic content online, ob/gyn...
  
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• MedPAC Members Express Concern Over Medicare Docs' Ability to Absorb Cost Increases

  12-03-2026 21:23 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Fee-for-service payments in 2027 for physicians who treat Medicare patients should be increased by 1.25% for those participating in advanced alternative payment models and 0.75% for other physicians, the Medicare Payment Advisory...
  
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• Higher Odds of Liver Fibrosis in Women With Cardiometabolic Risks

  12-03-2026 21:19 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Women with multiple cardiometabolic risk factors may face a disproportionately higher risk of clinically significant liver fibrosis compared to men with similar profiles, according to a cross-sectional study.
  Among 5,981 adults...
  
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• Exercise to Thwart 'Chemo Brain' Shows Promise in Randomized Trial

  12-03-2026 20:54 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Patients who adhered to a structured exercise program during cancer chemotherapy had significantly less cancer-related cognitive impairment versus patients who received usual care, a randomized trial showed.
  The 6-week tailored...
  
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• Hep B in Blood Transfusions; Ultraprocessed Foods and IBD; The Microbiome and CRC

  12-03-2026 20:30 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Experts in JAMA Pediatrics warned of the risk of hepatitis B virus transmission via transfusions for infants who rely on blood products and do not receive the hepatitis B vaccine birth dose.
  Findings from a terminated randomized...
  
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• 'Law & Order: SVU' Takes on a Corrupt Child Abuse Pediatrician

  12-03-2026 19:51 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" (SVU) is currently in its 27th season. Detectives in the special victims unit usually investigate crimes in the first half, while the second half involves prosecution of crimes. Over its...
  
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• Bimekizumab Safety Holds Up in Long-Term Data

  12-03-2026 19:33 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Adverse effects from bimekizumab (Bimzelx) through 2 years or more of treatment for psoriatic arthritis (PsA) and axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) were about as expected from shorter-term data, results from long-term extension...
  
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• Impurity in Some Compounded Tirzepatide 'Potentially Dangerous,' Eli Lilly Warns

  12-03-2026 19:13 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Compounded versions of tirzepatide (Mounjaro, Zepbound) containing vitamin B12 pose a potential safety risk to the public, Eli Lilly warned in an open letter on Thursday.
  Following laboratory testing, the drugmaker said it uncovered...
  
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• Dr. Oz Aids Woman Who Collapsed During Trump Rally

  12-03-2026 19:00 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- CMS Administrator Mehmet Oz, MD, stepped in once again to assist an ailing attendee at an event during which President Donald Trump was speaking.
  During a rally in Kentucky on Wednesday, Oz assisted first responders in rushing...
  
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• Florida Close to Licensing Naturopaths

  12-03-2026 16:47 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Florida looks to be the latest state to license naturopathic doctors (NDs), albeit not without serious concerns from medical organizations.
  Legislation to license and regulate NDs has moved through the Florida Legislature, passing...
  
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• Nurse Knocked Unconscious; Doc's Hidden Camera Accusation; Doc Gets 7 Years

  12-03-2026 15:28 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- A nurse in Kentucky was knocked unconscious during an assault at a medical facility. (Nurse.org)
  Houston podiatrist Douglas Hansen, DPM, has been accused of secretly recording employees in the bathroom of his medical office...
  
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• Officer Having 'Anxiety Attack' Took Ambulance Sent for Dying Man Shot by Police

  12-03-2026 15:08 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- A man who was shot by police and later died had to wait 10 extra minutes for an ambulance after an officer having a "mild anxiety attack" took the first one that arrived at the scene, according to a newly released state investigation...
  
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• Plasma Donor Deaths Probed; Doc AI Use Doubles; Aetna Medicare Fraud Lawsuit Settled

  12-03-2026 14:30 via medpagetoday.com
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  Canadian health officials are investigating the deaths of two people who donated plasma at for-profit clinics. (CBC News)
  Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) introduced a...
  
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• Inhaled Vasodilator Slows Lung Function Decline in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis

  11-03-2026 22:44 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- In idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), the trajectory of declining lung function and clinical worsening was less drastic with the use of inhaled treprostinil (Tyvaso), the placebo-controlled TETON-2 trial found.
  With a year...
  
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• So Long, MAUDE? FDA Launches New Combined Adverse Event Database

  11-03-2026 22:41 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- The FDA has launched a new adverse event reporting system that will consolidate several systems it has for reporting different types of adverse events, the agency announced Wednesday.
  The new system, known as the FDA Adverse...
  
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• Goodbye FAERS? FDA Launches New Combined Adverse Event Database

  11-03-2026 22:41 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- The FDA has launched a new adverse event reporting system that will consolidate several systems it has for reporting different types of adverse events, the agency announced Wednesday.
  The new system, known as the FDA Adverse...
  
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• Lead Suits Cut Physician Radiation Exposure for Interventional Cardiology Cases

  11-03-2026 22:29 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Use of suspended lead suits during percutaneous left atrial appendage occlusion (LAAO) was associated with significant reductions in echocardiographers' radiation exposure to the head as compared with conventional lead aprons...
  
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• Traditional Medicare Enrollees Paid Billions More in Premiums Due to MA Overpayments

  11-03-2026 22:15 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Overpayments in Medicare Advantage (MA) plans led to higher premiums for the average Medicare enrollee, with $13.4 billion in added premium costs in 2025 alone, according to a bipartisan report from the Joint Economic Committee...
  
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• FDA Warns GLP-1 Maker Over Failure to Properly Report Deaths, Strokes

  11-03-2026 22:11 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- The FDA issued a warning letter to Novo Nordisk for failing to report and investigate potentially serious side effects associated with its popular GLP-1 medications.
  In a letter dated March 5 and made public on Tuesday, the...
  
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• Drug Cuts Treatment Modifications From Chemotherapy-Induced Thrombocytopenia

  11-03-2026 22:00 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- The use of romiplostim (Nplate) reduced treatment modifications due to chemotherapy-induced thrombocytopenia (CIT) in patients with gastrointestinal cancers, a phase III randomized trial showed.
  Among 165 patients, 84% of those...
  
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• Apixaban Snags a Win in Head-to-Head Trial of Direct Oral Anticoagulants

  11-03-2026 22:00 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- One winner emerged from a direct comparison of direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) for patients with acute venous thromboembolism, based on the COBRRA randomized trial.
  Safety events favored apixaban (Eliquis) over rivaroxaban...
  
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• GLP-1 Drugs May Benefit Cancer Patients With Brain Lesions

  11-03-2026 21:45 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- GLP-1 receptor agonist use was associated with a lower risk of death in cancer patients with brain metastases and type 2 diabetes, a retrospective cohort study found.
  Within 3 years of a first recorded brain metastasis, patients...
  
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• Medical Equipment Maker Stryker Says Cyberattack Disrupted Its Global Networks

  11-03-2026 21:31 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Stryker, a major U.S. medical equipment company, said a cyberattack disrupted its global networks Wednesday.
  "We have no indication of ransomware or malware and believe the incident is contained. Our teams are working rapidly...
  
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• Missed ADHD Symptom; Nursing Home Antipsychotic Regulations; Rising Temps and Mood

  11-03-2026 20:39 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- A psychiatrist detailed how emotional dysregulation is often an overlooked symptom of attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in women, leading to delays in diagnosis. (TODAY)
  In related news, ADHD diagnoses are on the...
  
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• Oz Didn’t Invent the Medicare Fraud Fight. Is He Changing It?

  11-03-2026 18:27 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- For decades, the federal government took a simple approach to Medicare and Medicaid fraud: Pay first, chase later.
  Now there is, apparently, a "war room."
  In a viral social media clip, a dozen staffers sit around a conference...
  
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• Money Talks in Hospitals' Adoption of Oncology Biosimilars

  11-03-2026 17:56 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Hospitals' adoption of biosimilars for three oncology biologics increased dramatically over a 5-year period, as did the facilities' profit margins on the drugs, claims and drug acquisition data showed.
  Adoption of the biosimilars...
  
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• Is Epic Too Big to Fail?

  11-03-2026 17:18 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- For years, I have written about consolidation in healthcare--how mergers of hospital systems, insurers, and service providers have squeezed competition, raised costs, and eroded patient care. When one company dominates a...
  
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• Epstein's VIP Doctors; Botox at Planned Parenthood; NIH Term Limits?

  11-03-2026 16:20 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Kennedy's surgeon general nominee is facing scrutiny over some products she has sold. Casey Means, MD, has been accused of selling numerous unsafe products. Some contain hazardous ingredients, and others have unsafe levels of...
  
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• Study Backs HPV Testing Alone for Detecting Cervical Precancers

  11-03-2026 16:10 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Pairing cytology screening with human papillomavirus (HPV) testing didn't deliver markedly better predictive results versus primary HPV testing alone when screening for cervical cancer, a Canadian cohort study suggested.
  Among...
  
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• Single Payer 'Hands Down' the Best Way to Solve High Healthcare Costs, Advocate Says

  11-03-2026 15:15 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- In this series, MedPage Today is asking healthcare economists and policy experts the same questions about the high costs of U.S. healthcare. They'll reveal what they believe is working, what's not working, and what else can be...
  
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• Epstein Autopsy Doc Speaks; Device Tied to Serious Injuries; Boston Singer Dies

  11-03-2026 14:30 via medpagetoday.com
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  Kristin Roman, MD, the doctor who performed the autopsy on sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, explains why she was hesitant to declare his death a suicide. (Business...
  
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• Wegovy May Carry Highest Risk of Blinding Condition Among GLP-1 Drugs

  10-03-2026 23:30 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- The obesity drug semaglutide (Wegovy) conferred a significantly higher risk of ischemic optic neuropathy (ION) than any other GLP-1 agonist, including semaglutide for diabetes (Ozempic), an analysis of FDA data showed.
  In a...
  
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• Tale of Two Drugs: Wegovy Linked to Higher Risk of Blinding Eye Stroke vs Ozempic

  10-03-2026 23:30 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- The obesity drug semaglutide (Wegovy) conferred a significantly higher risk of ischemic optic neuropathy (ION) than any other GLP-1 agonist, including semaglutide for diabetes (Ozempic), an analysis of FDA data showed.
  In a...
  
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• Senator to Investigate FDA Rejections of Rare Disease Drugs

  10-03-2026 22:43 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wisc.) said Tuesday he would begin an investigation into the FDA's handling of approval applications for biologic therapies to treat Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) and other rare life-threatening disorders...
  
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