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• Here's Where Measles Case Counts Are Highest

  23-12-2025 14:30 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Map highlights total U.S. cases in 2025 and past-week increases
  
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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.
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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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• The Department of Education's Dangerous Nursing Miscalculation

  07-01-2026 22:54 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Nursing is the largest and most trusted sector of the healthcare workforce. There are more than 5 million registered nurses in the U.S. alone. And the number of people whose lives have been touched by nurses? Unquantifiable...
  
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• Simple Finger-Prick Test Identifies Alzheimer's Disease

  07-01-2026 22:20 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Measurements of phosphorylated tau 217 (p-tau217) in dried plasma spots (DPS) identified people with Alzheimer's disease nearly as well as venous blood, data from the DROP-AD project suggested.
  Correlations between DPS p-tau217...
  
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• Will Progress on Protecting Young Kids From RSV Be Reversed?

  07-01-2026 22:03 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Infectious disease experts are dismayed that the monoclonal antibody against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) for infants, widely considered a crucial advance in public health, has been downgraded on the childhood immunization...
  
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• Risky Psychedelic Retreats; Psilocybin for Binge Eating; Winter 'SAD' Routines

  07-01-2026 21:23 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- A qualitative study of 49 psychedelic retreats uncovered substantial variability in safety protocols, particularly in regards to cessation of pharmaceutical drugs and polysubstance use. (JAMA Network Open)
  One doctor's experience...
  
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• 'Truly Practice Changing' Trial in Gastroesophageal Cancer

  07-01-2026 21:16 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- SAN FRANCISCO--Incorporating the recently approved bispecific antibody zanidatamab (Ziihera) into first-line treatment for HER2-positive gastroesophageal cancer topped trastuzumab plus chemotherapy, a phase III trial showed...
  
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• Surgery for Refractory Constipation Should Be Last Resort, Guideline Says

  07-01-2026 20:17 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Surgery for refractory constipation should be a last resort, used only after comprehensive physiologic and psychological evaluation, according to a new clinical practice update from the American Gastroenterological Association...
  
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• Acid Suppressants in Pregnancy Not Linked to Neuropsychiatric Disorders in Kids

  07-01-2026 20:04 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- After controlling for familial factors, acid-suppressive medications in pregnancy showed no association with risk for neuropsychiatric disorders in offspring, including attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and autism...
  
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• Spondyloarthritis: Spinal MRI May Improve Management

  07-01-2026 19:56 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Some 20% of people with axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) included in a prospective cohort study showed no lesions in their sacroiliac joints, only in the spine, researchers reported--an indication that advanced imaging that...
  
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• Yet Another NIH Leader Resigns; Bhattacharya in the Middle; Whooping Cough Rising

  07-01-2026 18:53 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Welcome to the latest edition of Investigative Roundup, highlighting some of the best investigative reporting on healthcare each week.
  Another NIH Leader Resigns
  There's been yet another shakeup of leadership at the NIH-...
  
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• Eye Issues Common With ANCA-Associated Vasculitis

  07-01-2026 18:24 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Ocular issues are common among the varied manifestations and complications of anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis (AAV), with management options improving for some forms.
  In a 2023 retrospective...
  
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• U.S. Unveils New Dietary Guidelines

  07-01-2026 17:53 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Americans should eat more whole foods and protein, fewer highly processed foods, and less added sugar, according to the latest edition of federal nutrition advice released Wednesday by the Trump administration.
  Health Secretary...
  
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• Downward Dog for Opioid Withdrawal?

  07-01-2026 17:25 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Yoga alongside standard buprenorphine therapy hastened opioid withdrawal recovery and improved autonomic regulation compared with buprenorphine alone, an early-stage randomized trial in India showed.
  Among 59 participants with...
  
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• FACT FOCUS: Trump Sows Confusion on Number of Childhood Vaccinations

  07-01-2026 16:38 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- President Donald Trump spread some confusion about childhood vaccinations in social media posts about changes to U.S. vaccine recommendations.
  Trump's administration on Monday took the unprecedented step of cutting the number...
  
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• Congressman Dies Suddenly; Doc Involved in Murder-Suicide; COVID Vaccine Makers Sued

  07-01-2026 16:29 via medpagetoday.com
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  What do brain worms, radioactive shrimp, and semaglutide (Ozempic) allegations have in common? Appearances at the MedPage Today Culture Awards! Don't miss the premiere...
  
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• COVID Continues to Take a Toll, Especially Among Older Adults, Study Suggests

  06-01-2026 23:38 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Despite the end to the public health emergency declaration in May 2023, COVID-19 continued to have a large impact on the U.S. population and healthcare system, a cross-sectional study suggested.
  From October 2022 to September...
  
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• First In-Ear EEG Device Gets FDA Clearance

  06-01-2026 23:19 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- The FDA cleared an electroencephalography (EEG) system based on a small sensor worn in the ear, allowing patients to be monitored outside of hospital settings, Naox Technologies in Paris, announced on Tuesday.
  The Naox Link...
  
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• What Morbidity Hath Secretary Kennedy Wrought?

  06-01-2026 23:07 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is putting children's health and lives at risk in the name of personal choice. This week, federal health officials announced dramatic revisions to the slate of vaccines...
  
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• Trump Tells GOP to Be Flexible on Abortion Restrictions to Get a Healthcare Deal

  06-01-2026 22:58 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- President Donald Trump said Tuesday he wants Republicans to reach a deal on healthcare insurance assistance by being willing to bend on a 50-year-old budget policy that bars federal money from being spent on abortion services...
  
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• GLP-1 Use Linked to Lower Colon Cancer Risk vs Aspirin

  06-01-2026 22:31 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- SAN FRANCISCO--Patients with a history of GLP-1 receptor agonist treatment had a significantly lower risk of developing colorectal cancer (CRC) as compared with those who took aspirin, according to a retrospective study reported...
  
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• Is Trump's Aspirin Dose Too High?

  06-01-2026 21:27 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- President Trump's questionable habit of taking aspirin for primary prevention of cardiovascular disease (CVD) goes as far as taking a higher dose than normal, according to comments made during a recent interview.
  Trump's aspirin...
  
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• Sleep, Women, and Tau; Prenatal COVID and the Brain; Why FDA Rejected MS Drug

  06-01-2026 21:08 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Cross-sectional data from 45 functionally intact older women at heightened risk for Alzheimer's disease suggested that short sleep durations amplified the association between APOE4 status and tau, but longer sleep mitigated it...
  
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• IBD Step Therapy Hits Young Adults Hardest, Survey Finds

  06-01-2026 20:57 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Young adults with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) are significantly more likely than those in other age groups to encounter insurance-mandated step therapy, according to a national survey from the Crohn's & Colitis Foundation...
  
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