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• Guidelines Help Spot Dermatomyositis Patients at High Risk for Cancer

  10-07-2026 23:38 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- International guidelines can help identify dermatomyositis patients with a particularly high risk for cancer, according to a retrospective single-center U.S. study.
  Among 413 patients with a known dermatomyositis diagnosis...
  
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• No Increase in Acute Flaccid Myelitis Despite Rise in Enterovirus Infections

  10-07-2026 23:27 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Increases in enterovirus infections in recent years were not associated with a rise in confirmed cases of acute flaccid myelitis (AFM), a rare polio-like neurologic condition, according to a CDC report.
  A total of 172 confirmed...
  
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• How to Stay Safe and Enjoy Produce This Summer With the Cyclosporiasis Outbreak

  10-07-2026 23:16 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Scores of people in the U.S. have been sickened by a parasite commonly linked to contaminated fresh produce that can cause weeks of watery diarrhea. But there are ways to protect yourself and still enjoy summer's bounty of fruits...
  
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• Chronic Illness, Diarrhea Surge in Quake-Hit Venezuela as Humanitarian Crisis Builds

  10-07-2026 23:08 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Victims of the powerful twin earthquakes that jolted Venezuela last month as well as people spared by the destruction on Thursday flooded relief services offered by nongovernmental organizations in the hardest-hit areas.
  The...
  
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• Oversight Needed on Physician-Assisted Suicide for Hospice Patients, Lawmakers Say

  10-07-2026 23:01 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- When it comes to the use of physician-assisted suicide for hospice patients, more guardrails are needed to avoid discrimination against the vulnerable and disabled, several members of Congress told the Trump administration....
  
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• What Was Katie Couric Recently Diagnosed With?

  10-07-2026 21:55 via medpagetoday.com
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• AI-Triggered Nephrology Consult Fails to Prevent Acute Kidney Injury in Trial

  10-07-2026 21:51 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Early nephrology consultations triggered by real-time machine-learning risk scores failed to prevent increases in peak serum creatinine among hospitalized patients at risk for severe acute kidney injury (AKI), a randomized trial...
  
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• ED Visits Often Precede Cancer; Shrinking Radiation Access; Beware 'Free' Drug Plans

  10-07-2026 21:34 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- A study of national insurance claims data showed that a fourth of patients with newly diagnosed cancers had a recent emergency department (ED) visit that resulted in nonspecific findings. (Trilliant Health)
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• FDA Expands Approval of Chemo-Free Bladder Cancer Combo in Curative Setting

  10-07-2026 21:03 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- The FDA approved pembrolizumab (Keytruda) or pembrolizumab and berahyaluronidase alfa (Keytruda Qlex) in combination with enfortumab vedotin (Padcev) as perioperative treatment for adults with muscle-invasive bladder cancer ...
  
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• Viral NeeDoh Trend Leading to Scalding Injuries, Doctors Warn

  10-07-2026 20:48 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Physicians are sounding the alarm about a dangerous social media trend involving NeeDoh that has kids being rushed to the hospital for scalding burns.
  Kids are heating up the sensory toy, even though it's not designed to be...
  
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• Study Compares GLP-1 Drugs on Their Benefits, Harms

  10-07-2026 19:51 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Variable weight-loss and cardiovascular benefits were seen with GLP-1 drugs in a systematic review and network meta-analysis, but effects on quality of life were less clear.
  Across 262 randomized studies published through November...
  
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• Graham Platner's PTSD Is No Excuse for Sexual Misconduct

  10-07-2026 18:13 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- "Criminals thrive on the indulgence of society's understanding."--Batman Begins
  If smearing their victims becomes fruitless, abusive men in the public eye follow a classic playbook: performative contrition and a tearful...
  
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• Here Are the Groups Impacted by CDC's Chickenpox Vaccine U-Turn

  10-07-2026 17:50 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Children eligible for the Vaccines for Children (VFC) program and minority racial and ethnic groups were more likely to receive the recently shunned varicella-containing measles vaccine as their first dose of either immunization...
  
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• ADCs Continue to Make First-Line Inroads in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer

  10-07-2026 17:11 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) are becoming an increasingly relevant first-line treatment option for metastatic triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC).
  "ADCs are a fairly old class of drug that has really transformed the treatment...
  
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• 600 Dead in Outbreak; Obamacare Now Trumpcare? Rare Cancer Cluster in Kids

  10-07-2026 15:38 via medpagetoday.com
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  New suspected Ebola cases have been reported in parts of Congo that were previously unaffected, as the death toll in the country's latest outbreak reached 600. ...
  
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• UK pharmacies report high demand as weight-loss pills go on sale

  10-07-2026 06:00 via ft.com
  Rollout likely to accelerate the hit being felt by supermarkets as users of the drugs buy less food
  
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