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• Alzheimer's Biomarkers Change After Tuberculosis Vaccination

  06-07-2026 23:29 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- The bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccine, commonly used against tuberculosis, changed how immune cells behaved and altered markers linked to Alzheimer's disease in a pilot study involving two open-label trials.
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• Chronically Short Sleep May Lead to Weight Gain in Adults With Heart Risks

  06-07-2026 23:00 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Shorter periods of sleep over the long term may lead to weight gain in adults at increased risk for cardiometabolic disease, a pooled analysis of two randomized trials suggested.
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• Common Meds Linked to Reduced Immunotherapy Benefit in Lung Cancer Trial

  06-07-2026 22:38 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Exposure to proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) was associated with worse progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) in patients with locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) who were treated with durvalumab...
  
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• ACA Rolls Shrank Dramatically in Many States Over the Past Year, Federal Data Show

  06-07-2026 22:34 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- States across the country saw steep drops in the number of people covered by the Affordable Care Act (ACA) over the past year, with Ohio and Oklahoma each losing nearly one-third of enrollees, according to new federal data that...
  
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• Preparing Patients for Progression in Multiple Myeloma

  06-07-2026 20:42 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- In "Beyond Diagnosis: Multiple Myeloma," Cleveland Clinic hematologist Sandra Mazzoni, DO, and host John Mangels continue their conversation on communicating effectively and empathetically with patients facing a complex, chronic...
  
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• Flu Shot Offered Robust Protection Against Death in Kids

  06-07-2026 20:08 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Influenza vaccination reduced the risk of death from flu among U.S. kids and teens in recent years, researchers found.
  Overall vaccine effectiveness against influenza fatalities was 80% (95% CI 75-84) from August 2016 through...
  
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• A Mom Said Infant Formula Killed Her Baby. The Manufacturer Closed the File.

  06-07-2026 19:37 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- In September 2016, a distraught mother sent infant formula maker Mead Johnson a message:
  "REMOVE ME FROM YOUR LIST!!!! DO NOT EMAIL OR MAIL ME ANY MORE!"
  "It is because of your animal based pre-term artificial baby food crap...
  
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• Secret Shopper Study Warns About Online GLP-1 Sellers

  06-07-2026 19:21 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Two-thirds of online GLP-1 receptor agonist sellers did not require speaking with a clinician ahead of a prescription, a secret shopper study revealed.
  Out of 49 websites tested, 13 required a video visit and three required...
  
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• HIV Will End With System Redesign, Not When We Discover Another Drug

  06-07-2026 19:03 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- MedPage Today recently asked an important question: if antiretroviral therapy (ART), pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP), rapid diagnostics, and decades of implementation science exist, why has the...
  
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• Oral GLP-1 Drug May Simplify Diabetes Treatment

  06-07-2026 18:45 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- At the American Diabetes Association annual meeting, results from the ACHIEVE-5 trial showed that adding oral orforglipron (Foundayo) to basal insulin significantly improved glycemic control, reduced body weight, and limited...
  
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• At-Home Transvaginal Ultrasound Feasible, Preferred by Some Patients

  06-07-2026 18:03 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Most patients were able to successfully perform their own transvaginal pelvic ultrasound at home and many preferred it over in-clinic ultrasonography, a nonrandomized clinical trial found.
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• Is AI Ready to Take Over Prescriptions? Doctors Are Wary of Utah's Refill Program

  06-07-2026 16:54 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- A prescription refill program that quietly launched in Utah earlier this year has kicked off a big medical debate: Is artificial intelligence (AI) ready to take over tasks that, until now, could only be performed by doctors...
  
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• Over 500 Dead in Outbreak; RFK Jr.'s 'Irreparable Harm'; Toddler Alive in the Morgue

  06-07-2026 15:36 via medpagetoday.com
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  A total of 1,561 cases and 506 deaths have been confirmed in Congo's Ebola outbreak as frontline workers threatened to go on strike on Monday over unpaid benefits...
  
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• Inside the NHS hospital trialling psychedelics to treat depression

  06-07-2026 06:00 via ft.com
  Researchers hope psilocybin compounds could eventually become part of mainstream care
  
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