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• 'Groundbreaking Option' Approved for Rectal Cancer

  19-10-2026 23:42 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- The FDA on Monday granted accelerated approval to the PD-1 inhibitor dostarlimab (Jemperli) to help select patients with operable rectal cancer potentially avoid surgery.
  The approval allows use in stage II/III patients with...
  
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• White House Doctor Must Be Within 3 Minutes of Trump, Report Says

  19-10-2026 23:16 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- It's not easy being the President's physician, but the Wall Street Journal captured some of the biggest challenges facing Sean Barbabella, DO--including the need to always be within 3 minutes of the president.
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• Study Warns of More Chronic Hepatitis B in the Years Ahead

  19-10-2026 23:15 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Shifting from a universal birth dose of the hepatitis B virus (HBV) vaccine to recently proposed strategies of deferred vaccination or a shared decision-making approach could increase chronic HBV infections, according to projections...
  
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• ADHD Tied to Higher Mortality Risk

  19-10-2026 23:04 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- People with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) had a higher mortality risk compared with others, a study of 16 million people showed.
  In a systematic review and meta-analysis, ADHD was tied to a 71% increased risk...
  
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• Diabetes Conversation Tool Pleases Docs, but Misses the Mark on Clinical Outcomes

  19-10-2026 22:33 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Use of agenda-setting conversation cards alongside usual primary care improved clinician satisfaction but not care fit or clinical outcomes for patients with type 2 diabetes, a cluster randomized trial showed.
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• Trump Signs Order Aimed at Boosting Women's Health Research

  19-10-2026 22:27 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- President Donald Trump on Monday directed the federal government to bolster federal research into women's health through all stages of their lives, a move pushed by his wife, first lady Melania Trump.
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• FDA Expands Ryzumvi Approval to Include Presbyopia

  19-10-2026 21:48 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- People with aging-associated farsightedness gained a new topical treatment option as the FDA expanded the approval of phentolamine ophthalmic solution 0.75% (Ryzumvi) to include presbyopia, according to Opus Genetics and Viatris...
  
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• What Makes Vaccine Safety Research Credible?

  19-10-2026 21:43 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Questions about vaccine safety can carry enormous consequences for public trust, but Michael Osterholm, PhD, MPH, argues that the credibility of any new research depends as much on how the studies are conducted as on what they...
  
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• 'Constipation' Lands Patient in Surgery for Unusual Anatomy

  19-10-2026 18:58 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- In an "exceptionally" rare case, an infant with abdominal distention, vomiting, and constipation was found to have a second colon, researchers reported.
  The child presented to the emergency department but was transferred to...
  
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• Politics and the Patient Encounter, in Dire Times

  19-10-2026 18:18 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- It's traditionally been frowned upon for us doctors to talk with patients about voting. But at a time of growing crisis in healthcare, clinicians now face an important decision in the exam room. Should we override the conventional...
  
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• Meet the Researchers Leaving the U.S. Due to Trump's Funding Cuts

  19-10-2026 17:08 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Halley Froehlich, PhD, was sure she'd spend her scientific career in the U.S. Her family has been in America since the 1700s.
  But over the past 2 years, delayed federal grants and fears about the future motivated her to pack...
  
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• Billy Joel's 'Concussion' Condition; RFK Jr.'s RSV Conspiracy Theory; Salmon Recall

  19-10-2026 15:33 via medpagetoday.com
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  Billy Joel's doctors advised him to stop performing after he was diagnosed with normal pressure hydrocephalus, which makes every show "like getting a concussion...
  
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