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• FDA OKs Inflatable Penile Prosthesis for Erectile Dysfunction

  03-06-2026 23:24 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- The FDA approved the Titan Prime inflatable penile prosthesis for men with erectile dysfunction, Coloplast announced on Wednesday.
  This prosthesis is indicated for men who are considered to be candidates for implantation of...
  
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• CAR T-Cell Therapy Enabled Kidney Transplant in Highly Sensitized Patients

  03-06-2026 23:00 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Patients highly sensitized to HLA successfully underwent kidney transplantation after desensitization with the use of dual chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy.
  In a safety run-in cohort of an ongoing phase I trial...
  
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• PCOS Was Rebranded As PMOS. We Have Reservations.

  03-06-2026 22:47 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- The name of a condition that affects between 6-10% of all reproductive-age women was recently changed from PCOS (polycystic ovary syndrome) to PMOS (polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome) by an international consensus process...
  
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• Hantavirus Cruise Passengers Being Surveilled at Home Around the Clock

  03-06-2026 22:40 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Of the five people exposed to hantavirus on a cruise ship who left a Nebraska quarantine facility for their home states, two passengers went to New York, and one each went to Arizona, California, and Oregon.
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• CAR T-Cell Trial in Rheumatoid Arthritis Starts Off Strong

  03-06-2026 22:31 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- LONDON--Most patients with super-refractory, seropositive rheumatoid arthritis (RA) responded well to chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy in the first part of an ongoing phase I/II trial, a researcher reported...
  
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• Investigational ADC Ups Survival in Advanced Triple-Negative Breast Cancer

  03-06-2026 22:25 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- CHICAGO--Treatment with investigational izalontamab brengitecan (iza-bren) significantly improved progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) in patients with unresectable locally advanced or metastatic triple...
  
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• Senators Clash Over Youth Gender Care Bans

  03-06-2026 21:14 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- As the Trump administration continues to target gender-affirming care for youth, the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) committee debated the issue in a hearing on Wednesday.
  Committee members heard testimony...
  
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• More Youths Report Using AI Chatbots for Mental Health Advice

  03-06-2026 20:51 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Roughly one in five young people used an artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot for mental health advice last year, a cross-sectional, nationally representative survey showed.
  Among youths ages 12 to 21, 19.2% said that they had...
  
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• Deaths of Despair Drop; FDA Rejects ADHD Drug; Rafael Nadal's Anxiety Battle

  03-06-2026 20:11 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Deaths of despair--fatalities from drugs, alcohol, and suicide--declined by 16% in 2024, according to a report from Trust for America's Health.
  Georgia's Pathways to Coverage--a Medicaid expansion program that conditions...
  
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• Ebola spreads to new areas of DR Congo as outbreak widens

  03-06-2026 19:46 via ft.com
  One infected person in Uganda is known to have travelled to the United Arab Emirates before falling ill
  
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• The U.S. Ebola Response Is a Harbinger of Worse Things to Come

  03-06-2026 19:00 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Last summer, the Kiel Institute, a non-profit think tank in Germany, asked me to lead an analysis of the global benefits of international health aid programs, such as the Global Fund, the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief...
  
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• Supporting Patient Autonomy in Vaccine Conversations

  03-06-2026 18:47 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- In "Beyond Diagnosis: Vaccines," Cleveland Clinic infectious disease specialist Donald Dumford III, MD, and host John Mangels continue their conversations on communicating effectively and empathetically with patients around vaccination...
  
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• For Egg Allergy Oral Immunotherapy, Low-Dose Liquid May Be a Key to Success

  03-06-2026 18:24 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- For egg-allergic children, an oral immunotherapy (OIT) protocol using low-dose liquid egg to start appeared to be the most successful in inducing tolerance in the outpatient setting, according to one academic center's experience...
  
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• Combating Cancer-Related Fatigue: Yoga, Bupropion, Exercise Plus Methylphenidate

  03-06-2026 18:08 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- CHICAGO--A month-long structured yoga program helped patients with cancer improve mood disturbance, anxiety, and fatigue, contributing to a reduction in insomnia, a large multicenter randomized trial showed.
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• 'Out of My Lane': Dr. Oz Ducks Questions During Turn in White House Briefing Room

  03-06-2026 17:34 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- He spoke fast, hammering through the Trump administration's efforts to lower prescription drug prices, combat healthcare fraud, and curb the spread of Ebola overseas.
  But when reporters tried to ask Mehmet Oz, MD, MBA, about...
  
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• Scientists Charged With Bringing Deactivated Mpox Into U.S., Lying to Authorities

  03-06-2026 17:32 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Two scientists at a U.S. government lab were charged with smuggling vials of deactivated mpox virus into the country from Africa and lying about it during interviews with investigators at a Michigan airport, authorities said...
  
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• HHS Screens NIH Grants; NIAID Gag Order; Children's Health Defense Windfall

  03-06-2026 17:21 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- All grants approved by the NIH for funding are now going through extra screening at HHS. HHS staffers--who may be political appointees and not subject matter experts--have sometimes asked to make substantive changes to...
  
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• 'Provocative' Survival Result in Myelofibrosis Trial

  03-06-2026 17:07 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- CHICAGO--A randomized trial testing the addition of selinexor (Xpovio) to ruxolitinib (Jakafi) for myelofibrosis only met one of its two primary endpoints, yet the combination also showed a potential survival benefit.
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• The Missing Congressman; Suspected Ebola Cases Drop; Peabo Bryson Dies

  03-06-2026 15:40 via medpagetoday.com
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  Rep. Thomas Kean Jr. (R-N.J.) has been absent from Congress for several months due to what he says is a "personal medical issue," and New York Times reporters have...
  
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• Novel Biologic Performs Well in IgG4-Related Disease

  03-06-2026 01:01 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- LONDON--An investigational monoclonal antibody drug for immunoglobulin (Ig)G4-related disease called obexelimab substantially outperformed placebo in the phase III INDIGO trial, researchers reported, positioning it to take...
  
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• GLP-1 Drugs Cut Need for Knee Replacement

  03-06-2026 00:30 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- People with knee osteoarthritis (OA) who used GLP-1 receptor agonists were less likely to undergo knee replacement surgery, an analysis of a large records database indicated.
  Compared with otherwise similar OA patients not taking...
  
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• Health Groups Unhappy With Medicaid Work Requirement Interim Rule

  02-06-2026 23:22 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- CMS issued an interim final rule Monday outlining implementation rules for new Medicaid work requirements, and health organizations seemed none too happy with it.
  "Most adults covered by Medicaid are already working, caregiving...
  
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• Adding Immunotherapy-Based Combo Boosts PFS in Unresectable Liver Cancer

  02-06-2026 23:14 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- CHICAGO--Combining standard transarterial chemoembolization (TACE) with the immunotherapy-based STRIDE regimen improved progression-free survival (PFS) in patients with unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), the phase...
  
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• Protein Won't Solve Our Nutrition Problem

  02-06-2026 22:41 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Buffalo Wild Wings now offers an unusual new drink: "Espresso Proteini." Marketed for National Espresso Martini Day, the $12 drink includes 10 grams of Muscle Milk protein powder with a signature Buffalo dry rub rim.
  While the...
  
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• Ultra-Low-Dose Immunotherapy May Benefit Cancer Patients in Low-Resource Countries

  02-06-2026 22:26 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- CHICAGO-- Triple oral metronomic chemotherapy combined with ultra-low-dose immunotherapy (TMC-I) may be a promising first-line treatment for patients in low-resource countries with recurrent or metastatic head and neck squamous...
  
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• Ebola Webinar June 4: Former USAID Official Discusses Flawed U.S. Response

  02-06-2026 21:42 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- The Trump administration moved quickly to dismantle the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) after taking office in early 2025, implementing a funding freeze, issuing stop-work orders, and carrying out mass layoffs...
  
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• Visceral Fat Over Weight Loss; BP Control Incentive Backfires; PVCs Not Benign

  02-06-2026 21:34 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Losing visceral fat by diet and exercise--regardless of pounds shed or later regained--was tied to long-term improvements in cardiometabolic health, follow-up data from two randomized trials showed. (Circulation)
  A study...
  
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• How the Brain Works at Night; An Unusual ARIA Case; Smartwatch Detects Seizures

  02-06-2026 21:25 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- A review in Science looked at the oscillatory biology of sleep and how disruptions are linked with dementia risk.
  Using artificial intelligence (AI) and MRI data, a novel framework revealed how the brain clears out waste at...
  
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• Omnipod Pod Recall; Afrezza OK'd for Kids 6 and Up; CVS to Cover Zepbound Again

  02-06-2026 21:14 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Insulet initiated a voluntary device correction of certain Omnipod pods due to a manufacturing defect that causes insulin to leak rather than being fully delivered into the body, the FDA alerted. This action is separate from...
  
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• Melanoma Vaccine Halves Risk of Recurrence, Metastasis Over 5 Years

  02-06-2026 20:52 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- CHICAGO--An investigational individualized vaccine for surgically resected melanoma demonstrated durable benefits in reducing the risks of recurrence and distant spread, 5-year follow-up of a randomized study showed.
  Adding...
  
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