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• FDA 'Priority Voucher' Program Comes Under Congressional Scrutiny

  24-11-2025 23:23 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Two members of Congress launched an investigation into FDA Commissioner Marty Makary, MD, MPH, and his use of "priority vouchers" for expedited drug approvals, suggesting that the voucher program "could undermine public confidence...
  
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• Surgery Beats GLP-1 Drugs for Fat Loss, Muscle Retention, Study Suggests

  09-01-2026 17:00 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Bariatric surgery and GLP-1 receptor agonists both reduced fat mass over 2 years of treatment, but surgery was associated with a more favorable body composition, a cohort study indicated.
  By month 24, the covariate-adjusted...
  
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• Opportunistic Cholesterol Gene Screens: Good in Theory Only?

  09-01-2026 17:00 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- A small pilot program was not enough to prove that opportunistic genomic screening for familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) put a dent in people's cholesterol.
  In the Million Veteran Program Return Of Actionable Results (ROAR...
  
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• FDA Moves to 'Get Out of the Way' of Wearables, AI in the Clinic

  09-01-2026 16:29 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- At the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, FDA Commissioner Marty Makary, MD, MPH, announced that his agency issued two new guidance documents aimed at easing regulation of digital health products.
  Both guidance documents...
  
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• Gang Violence Forces Doctors Without Borders to Suspend Services at Haiti Clinic

  09-01-2026 16:10 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Humanitarian group Doctors Without Borders said Thursday that it was suspending services at a clinic in a violent neighborhood of Haiti's capital given ongoing clashes between police and armed groups.
  The announcement is a blow...
  
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• Health Myths Debunked; Astronaut's Medical Crisis; GLP-1 for Psoriatic Arthritis

  09-01-2026 15:30 via medpagetoday.com
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  Doctors debunked five women's health myths on mammograms, menopause, exercise, and more. (NPR)
  The FDA rejected tasimelteon (Hetlioz) as a treatment for jet lag...
  
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• I Deserve to Feel Safe Where I Train and Learn

  09-01-2026 15:00 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- America has a gun violence epidemic; we all know that. However, as the number of shootings outnumber the days in a year, the idea of a safe haven is growing increasingly fragile.
  Until the recent shooting at my campus of Brown...
  
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• Homes on sale in England should be tested for lead, says water watchdog

  09-01-2026 06:00 via ft.com
  Call by Drinking Water Inspectorate comes after FT revealed millions of people may be unknowingly exposed to toxic metal
  
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• House Passes Bill to Extend Healthcare Subsidies in Defiance of GOP Leaders

  08-01-2026 23:46 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- In a remarkable rebuke of Republican leadership, the House passed legislation Thursday, 230-196, that would extend expired healthcare subsidies for those who get coverage through the Affordable Care Act (ACA) as renegade GOP...
  
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• CAR7 Gene Therapy Shows Promise in T-Cell ALL

  08-01-2026 23:44 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- The use of base editing to generate universal off-the-shelf CAR T cells induced durable remissions--up to 36 months in one case--in patients with relapsed or refractory T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), according...
  
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• AMA Urges Congress to Make Telehealth Flexibilities Permanent

  08-01-2026 23:01 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- With the deadline for making pandemic-era telehealth flexibilities permanent looming at the end of the month, the American Medical Association (AMA) issued a brief aimed at convincing lawmakers to take action.
  "Since the COVID...
  
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• Not All Drugs Approved for Rheumatoid Arthritis Are Equal for Pain Relief

  08-01-2026 22:25 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Among rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients responding to upadacitinib (Rinvoq) or adalimumab, those receiving the former had significantly less residual pain with treatment, according to a post-hoc analysis of phase III trial data...
  
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• 'They've Just Gotten It Wrong': Vaccine Shift Raises Fears of Hepatitis A, B Surges

  08-01-2026 21:55 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- After plunging over the past several decades, hepatitis A and B rates could climb again now that the CDC has removed both vaccines from its list of universally recommended childhood immunizations, public health experts warned...
  
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• The 2025 MedPage Today Culture Awards Ceremony

  08-01-2026 21:11 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- For the inaugural MedPage Today Culture Awards, the MedPage Today social media team recognized some of the biggest cultural moments of 2025 in medicine and beyond. It's a deeply (un)serious look at the indomitable tapestry that...
  
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• Experts Blast New Pediatric Vax Schedule; How Not to Die Young; Flu Surge Warning

  08-01-2026 20:48 via medpagetoday.com
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  Health experts slammed the CDC's change to the childhood immunization schedule, which took a cue from Denmark...
  
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• FDA Flags Medtronic Recall as Most Serious; Hep B Cure? Appendectomy for UC

  08-01-2026 20:31 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- The FDA designated the recall of certain Medtronic Bravo esophageal pH monitoring capsules as class I, the most serious type. Due to a problem with the adhesive, the capsules may not attach to the patient's esophagus or detach...
  
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• Parents Are Confused. I'm Worried for My Pediatric Patients.

  08-01-2026 19:19 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- One of the stated justifications for an overnight overhaul of the U.S. childhood vaccine schedule is to "restore" or "rebuild" trust. This refrain, echoed by HHS and CDC leadership, rests on a flawed premise: that parents will...
  
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• Doc Sentenced for Identity Theft; ICE Inside Minneapolis Hospital; Doc's CPAP Racket

  08-01-2026 17:55 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Former doctor Angela Boston, MD, was sentenced to 10 months in prison for stealing the identity of another doctor to try to get a job in Oklahoma, federal prosecutors said.
  U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents were...
  
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• Trump's 'Beautiful' New Law Means States Have Big Decisions This Year on Medicaid

  08-01-2026 17:46 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- States have major decisions to make in 2026 about the social safety net and taxes in the aftermath of a sweeping law President Donald Trump signed last year.
  The federal government is shifting more responsibilities to states...
  
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• Interim Safety Data Reassure on RSV Vaccine in Pregnant Women

  08-01-2026 17:00 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- For pregnant women who received the bivalent prefusion F subunit-based respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine (RSVpreF; Abrysvo), safety outcomes were similar to those who were not vaccinated, according to interim results...
  
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• Fellow Nurses: Is Compartmentalization a Hack or a Hindrance?

  08-01-2026 16:42 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- As nurses, we move through situations that most people could never imagine.
  Our day-to-day work requires us to transition rapidly--from one room, storyline, and patient to the next, often carrying the weight of trauma, fear...
  
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• 3 Hospitals Under Investigation; Healthiest U.S. State; Flu Shot Still Worth It?

  08-01-2026 15:30 via medpagetoday.com
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  Three hospitals in Washington, Colorado, and Minnesota are under federal investigation for providing gender-affirming care to trans youth that's legal under state...
  
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• If Parents Skip Rotavirus Vaccine, More Kids Will Be Hospitalized

  08-01-2026 15:05 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- When Paul Offit, MD, was a pediatric resident at the Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh in the late 1970s, some 400 children were admitted each winter with severe dehydration from rotavirus infection.
  Children rapidly became...
  
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• Obesity drug users will regain weight two years after ending medication, review finds

  08-01-2026 06:00 via ft.com
  Experts say health authorities need plans to deal with people coming off medicines such as Ozempic and Wegovy
  
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• Health Gains Vanish Within 2 Years of Stopping Weight-Loss Drugs

  08-01-2026 00:30 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Weight loss and cardiometabolic benefits were fully reversed within 2 years for people who stopped weight management medications, a systematic review and meta-analysis showed.
  Adults with overweight or obesity who stopped using...
  
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• Common Food Additive Linked to Cancer Risk

  08-01-2026 00:30 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- A higher intake of preservatives widely used in processed foods and beverages was associated with a modestly increased risk of cancer, according to results from the French NutriNet-Santé prospective cohort.
  Among more than...
  
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• Lipoprotein(a) and Long-Term Heart Risks: Study Makes the Case for Screening

  07-01-2026 23:35 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Very high lipoprotein(a) levels strongly predicted long-term cardiovascular disease risk in healthy women, according to a cohort study, while mild to moderately high levels were not really red flags.
  Thirty-year outcomes among...
  
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• How Medical Groups Reacted to the New Dietary Guidelines

  07-01-2026 23:23 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Reaction has been mixed to the Trump administration's announcement Wednesday of new dietary guidelines that focus on increasing intake of whole foods and decreasing consumption of overly processed foods.
  Federal law requires...
  
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• Take a Look at RFK Jr.'s New 'Upside Down' Food Pyramid

  07-01-2026 23:05 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and other federal officials on Wednesday released new dietary guidelines that emphasize the consumption of whole foods and protein, elevating meat, fresh vegetables, and dairy products while...
  
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• Here's Where Experts Stand on Kennedy Cutting HPV Vax to One Dose

  07-01-2026 23:02 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- A growing body of evidence has supported the idea that one dose of the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine is enough to protect most people, but experts worry there isn't enough evidence to support that recommendation just yet...
  
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