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• Obesity in Young Adults Linked to Multiple Early Cancers

  26-10-2026 22:00 via MedPageToday.com - medical news for physicians
  (MedPage Today) -- Obesity in young adulthood was associated with significantly increased likelihood of early-onset cancers, with the risk persisting into middle age, a large population-based study from South Korea showed.
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• AI Scribes Improved Note-Taking Time but Not Productivity, Study Finds

  26-10-2026 22:00 via MedPageToday.com - medical news for physicians
  (MedPage Today) -- The use of an artificial intelligence (AI)-driven ambient scribe in outpatient practice was associated with reductions in time spent taking notes and increased note length, but other productivity measures were largely unchanged...
  
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• GLP-1s Tied to Lower Rates of MS Relapse Activity, Real-World Study Shows

  26-10-2026 21:47 via MedPageToday.com - medical news for physicians
  (MedPage Today) -- Multiple sclerosis (MS) patients exposed to a GLP-1 receptor agonist had lower rates of relapse activity and steroid use, reduced incidence of optic neuritis, and fewer demyelinating events compared with those who didn't use...
  
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• She Voted for Trump Every Time. Then Came Cancer and the Bills.

  26-10-2026 21:40 via MedPageToday.com - medical news for physicians
  (MedPage Today) -- The Ford Expedition rumbled to a stop and Cindy Banda's bedazzled flip-flops landed on the asphalt of the Houston cancer center's vast parking lot. She threaded through the rows of cars, a tally of patients who gather here to...
  
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• Study Questions Safety of Strict Protein Restriction in Chronic Kidney Disease

  26-10-2026 21:04 via MedPageToday.com - medical news for physicians
  (MedPage Today) -- DENVER--Strict dietary protein restriction was associated with worse clinical outcomes in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) who were not dependent on dialysis, a South Korean prospective cohort study suggested....
  
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• High-Dose Vitamin D Fails to Improve Survival in Dialysis Patients

  26-10-2026 20:44 via MedPageToday.com - medical news for physicians
  (MedPage Today) -- DENVER--Supplementation with high-dose cholecalciferol (vitamin D3) did not improve overall survival in patients receiving dialysis for end-stage kidney disease, according to findings from the SIMPLIFIED trial.
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• 'Magic Drug' Reduces Risk of Death by 44% in Lung Cancer Trial

  26-10-2026 20:26 via MedPageToday.com - medical news for physicians
  (MedPage Today) -- A next-generation KRAS G12C inhibitor significantly improved survival outcomes versus first-generation drugs for previously treated advanced or metastatic non-small cell lung cancer, a phase III trial showed.
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• Low-Dose Naltrexone Linked to Some Long COVID Improvements

  26-10-2026 17:12 via MedPageToday.com - medical news for physicians
  (MedPage Today) -- WASHINGTON--People with long COVID reported significantly better functioning and symptom improvements after taking low-dose naltrexone, according to a small retrospective cohort study.
  Symptom burdens declined among 230...
  
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• Baby Aspirin Misses Mark for Primary Cardiovascular Prevention in CKD

  26-10-2026 16:53 via MedPageToday.com - medical news for physicians
  (MedPage Today) -- DENVER--Daily low-dose aspirin did not significantly reduce major vascular events in adults with chronic kidney disease (CKD), the randomized ATTACK trial showed.
  Over a mean follow-up of 3.1 years, 2.4% of adults with CKD...
  
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• Lower Metastasis Risk in Very High-Risk Prostate Cancer With Intensified Treatment

  26-10-2026 16:34 via MedPageToday.com - medical news for physicians
  (MedPage Today) -- Men with very high-risk prostate cancer had a significantly lower risk of metastasis when they received darolutamide (Nubeqa) in addition to androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) and radiation therapy (RT), a randomized trial showed...
  
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• GLP-1s May Interact With Psychiatry Medication, Case Report Suggests

  26-10-2026 16:34 via MedPageToday.com - medical news for physicians
  (MedPage Today) -- During an appointment with her psychiatrist, a 50-year-old woman with bipolar disorder reported new symptoms of tremor in both hands, slurred speech, and blurred vision.
  She was taking lithium, but 3 weeks prior, she had also...
  
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• GLP-1s May Interact With Psychiatry Medication

  26-10-2026 16:34 via MedPageToday.com - medical news for physicians
  (MedPage Today) -- During an appointment with her psychiatrist, a 50-year-old woman with bipolar disorder reported new symptoms of tremor in both hands, slurred speech, and blurred vision.
  She was taking lithium, but 3 weeks prior, she had also...
  
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• Prior Authorization Denied

  26-10-2026 16:12 via MedPageToday.com - medical news for physicians
  (MedPage Today) -- Is it just me or has the process of getting prior authorization for our patients' prescriptions and procedures gotten more onerous?
  Over the past few years, our practice has developed amazing systems to help smooth the road...
  
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• How Daylight Saving Time Changes Affect You and What You Can Do About It

  26-10-2026 15:24 via MedPageToday.com - medical news for physicians
  (MedPage Today) -- An extra hour of sleep is on the way for most Americans, though the "fall back" to standard time will bring darker afternoons, too.
  One tip: Try to get outside for some morning sun--it'll help your body clock reset faster...
  
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• Bon Secours agrees $5.7bn takeover of Bain-backed Surgery Partners

  26-10-2026 14:45 via Healthcare
  US hospital chain is the latest not-for-profit healthcare provider to strike a large deal
  
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• Novel Drug Doubles PFS in Heavily Pretreated, HR-Positive Breast Cancer

  26-10-2026 14:27 via MedPageToday.com - medical news for physicians
  (MedPage Today) -- Patients with heavily pretreated hormone receptor (HR)-positive breast cancer lived twice as long without disease progression with the novel antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) izalontamab brengitecan (iza-bren), a randomized trial...
  
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• Nurse Killed in Attack; Orthopedist's Drug Charges; Lung Cancers in Non-Smokers

  26-10-2026 14:21 via MedPageToday.com - medical news for physicians
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  A nurse was killed and a health worker severely injured after being attacked while responding to an Ebola alert in Congo, according to the World Health Organization...
  
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