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• Clinical Obesity Rising Among U.S. Adolescents

  12-10-2026 17:11 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Clinical obesity increased among U.S. adolescents over the past two decades, underscoring the urgent need for targeted prevention and intervention.
  According to a serial cross-sectional analysis of National Health and Nutrition...
  
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• Study Finds Lower Pregnancy Risks in HPV-Vaccinated Women

  12-10-2026 23:06 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Women vaccinated against human papillomavirus (HPV) were significantly less likely to have a range of adverse outcomes during pregnancy, according to a national case-control study from Sweden.
  Among nearly 625,000 births from...
  
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• Mystery Surrounds Young Worker's Death at Russia Lab Studying Severe Diseases

  12-10-2026 22:48 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- The World Health Organization (WHO) said Saturday it still doesn't know what caused the death of a young worker at a lab in Russia that focuses on plague and other illnesses.
  The U.N. health agency has cited initial, unconfirmed...
  
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• Texas Health Agency Proposes Eliminating Children's Autism Program

  12-10-2026 21:48 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- For years, 7-year-old Israel Solis couldn't communicate with the world around him. Born with autism and nonverbal, he would bite and scratch himself in frustration when someone couldn't understand his needs. Therapy through a...
  
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• Drug-Eluting Intraocular Lens Passes Test in Patients With Cataracts and Glaucoma

  12-10-2026 21:33 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- NEW ORLEANS--An intraocular lens (IOL) packed with glaucoma medication showed early promise as a potential treatment for cataract and glaucoma in randomized comparison against standard glaucoma therapy.
  The bimatoprost drug...
  
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• Are Concerns Over Avacopan Efficacy Overblown?

  12-10-2026 20:53 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Avacopan (Tavneos), the complement pathway inhibitor for antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis (AAV), appeared strongly effective in an Italian registry study--a step, maybe, toward setting to rest...
  
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• Lessons in Redundancy From an NIH Grant Application

  12-10-2026 20:21 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- You're all going to be jealous. I spent a bunch of hours, part of my Sunday morning and early afternoon, creating my latest NIH Biographical Sketch Common Form and NIH Biographical Sketch Supplement.
  I told you you'd be jealous...
  
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• Pan-Amyloid Radiotracer Excels at Early Cardiac Amyloidosis Detection

  12-10-2026 19:27 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- PHOENIX--An investigational pan-amyloid binding tracer proved its mettle in detecting and quantifying cardiac amyloidosis, particularly among early, low-burden cases, in a phase III study.
  In the REVEAL study, the positron...
  
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• After Positive Fecal Test, Here's What Gets Patients to Colonoscopy

  12-10-2026 19:04 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- A meta-analysis favored patient navigation and patient or clinician reminders for increasing colonoscopy completion after stool-based tests for colorectal cancer (CRC) screening turned up positive.
  After a positive fecal immunochemical...
  
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• Meth Use Disorder May Benefit From Accelerated Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation

  12-10-2026 18:35 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- An accelerated course of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) hinted at the potential to treat co-existing methamphetamine use disorder and depression, early data from a small feasibility trial suggested.
  The protocol...
  
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• The Wrong Parties Are Paying for the Health Consequences of Climate Change

  12-10-2026 17:55 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Alina Miranda was a teenager when the Marshall Fire ripped through her community in Boulder County, Colorado, in December 2021. She lost her home, her pets, and her journals. She spent weeks sleeping in a laundry room, separated...
  
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• Long COVID Linked With Altered Airway Microbiome

  12-10-2026 17:44 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Oral and sputum microbiomes appeared substantially different with long COVID, a large registry study showed.
  The biggest reduction in richness and evenness of the variety of bacterial genus representation correlated with the...
  
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• Sleep Apnea in Young Children May Boost Glaucoma Risk

  12-10-2026 17:40 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- NEW ORLEANS--Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) in young children tripled the likelihood of new-onset glaucoma, a large retrospective analysis showed.
  Though still an uncommon condition in children, an unadjusted analysis showed...
  
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• Joint Pain Supplement Tied to Patient's Weight Gain, Stretch Marks

  12-10-2026 16:16 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- A supplement marketed for joint pain and arthritis was the likely culprit in one man's iatrogenic Cushing's syndrome, researchers reported.
  A man in his 40s presented with features of Cushing's syndrome, including rapid weight...
  
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• Microvascular Measure Gives Clues to Poor Response to Successful Thrombectomy

  12-10-2026 15:49 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Microvascular hemodynamics might provide an early marker of poor recovery despite successful large-vessel thrombectomy in acute ischemic stroke, an imaging study suggested.
  Poor capillary bed perfusion as indicated by relative...
  
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• Pope to Undergo Surgery; 4,080 U.S. Measles Cases; Ultrasound Issue Tied to 4 Deaths

  12-10-2026 15:25 via medpagetoday.com
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  Pope Leo XIV announced he will undergo surgery "in the coming days" to remove a nodule on his lung, in the first major health event of his 17-month pontificate...
  
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• 'The Public Should Not be Subject to These Quack Medicines': What We Heard This Week

  11-10-2026 22:00 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- "The public should not be subject to these quack medicines."--Jeffrey Klausner, MD, MPH, of Herpes Cure Advocacy, responding to news that FDA warned Amazon for selling unapproved herpes treatments.
  "The response has been...
  
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• And It's Back to the Drawing Board for PDE9 Inhibition in Heart Failure

  11-10-2026 21:58 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- PHOENIX--The development of a PDE9 inhibitor for heart failure hit a major roadblock, as two phase II placebo-controlled trials were suspected of having tested the wrong dose.
  In both heart failure with reduced ejection...
  
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• Risks After Cataract, Glaucoma Surgery Tied to Higher Hemoglobin A1c Levels

  11-10-2026 20:28 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- NEW ORLEANS--Higher preoperative hemoglobin A1c (A1c) levels significantly increased the risk of cystoid macular edema (CME) after cataract surgery, a large retrospective review showed.
  The incidence of CME increased from...
  
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• Retinal Implant for Geographic Atrophy Shows Evidence of Durable Control

  11-10-2026 18:55 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- NEW ORLEANS--A wireless retinal implant provided durable control of geographic atrophy (GA) for up to 3 years, according to a study reported here.
  The improvement in visual acuity at 36 months with the PRIMA system averaged...
  
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• The Liability Behind Ketamine's Promise

  11-10-2026 18:00 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Presley Gerber, a model and the son of the supermodel Cindy Crawford, died on September 20 at 27 years old, after years of public struggle with addiction. His friends say a doctor had been prescribing him ketamine for months...
  
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• Trump's $90 Medicare Rebate Rolls Out. Critics See a Political Stunt.

  11-10-2026 16:00 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- President Donald Trump says his administration will make one-time payments of $90 per person to help more than 20 million Medicare enrollees pay for their Part B premiums. It will cost about $2 billion.
  Less than one-third of...
  
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• Heart Transplants: PVR No Magic Number for Ruling Out Candidates

  11-10-2026 15:35 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- PHOENIX--High pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR) alone should not disqualify a person for heart transplantation, research suggested.
  Based on data from the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network, an elevated PVR...
  
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• Heart disease patients treated at home under new NHS scheme

  11-10-2026 06:00 via ft.com
  Pioneering programme in London is on track to save hundreds of lives and millions of pounds for health service, data suggests
  
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• Indian healthcare is new private equity hotspot

  11-10-2026 05:02 via ft.com
  Hospitals flush with foreign money are expanding rapidly and filling gaps in public infrastructure
  
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• Global private equity fuels Indian healthcare’s push into smaller cities

  11-10-2026 05:02 via ft.com
  Hospitals flush with foreign money are expanding rapidly and filling gaps in public infrastructure
  
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• Best Strategy for Early Septic Shock; Hormone Therapy and Blood Clot Risk

  10-10-2026 20:00 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- TTHealthWatch is a weekly podcast from Texas Tech. In it, Elizabeth Tracey, director of electronic media for Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore, and Rick Lange, MD, president of Texas Tech Health El Paso, look at the top medical...
  
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• Everything You Should Know About Emergency Doctors But Were Too Afraid to Ask

  10-10-2026 18:00 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Every year, one in five Americans cycles through the doors of an emergency department (ED). That's over 155 million patient visits annually and climbing. I should know--I've been an emergency physician for a quarter century...
  
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• Cost of Drugs From Canada Set to Soar for Millions of Americans Due to Federal Rule

  10-10-2026 16:00 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Millions of Americans who buy cheap drugs from Canada could soon lose access when a customs rule goes into effect later this month, a change that has sparked opposition from Democrats and some Republicans with the cost of living...
  
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• How India is reshaping mental healthcare | FT Standpoint

  10-10-2026 06:14 via ft.com
  Communities in India are bridging faith and medicine to challenge stigma and transform treatment of mental health
  
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