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• 'I Really Hoped That I Had Malaria': What We Heard This Week

  30-08-2026 22:00 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- "I really hoped that I had malaria."--Kent Brantly, MD, who served as medical director of an Ebola treatment unit in Liberia, recalling the moment he realized he had contracted Ebola.
  "We're weeks and weeks and weeks behind...
  
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• Chiropractor Among the Dead in Grand Canyon Flood

  31-08-2026 23:43 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Family members identified a hiker killed in weekend flooding in the Grand Canyon as a Texas chiropractor and said two other men who went on their dream trip remain missing.
  John Giusti and his friends planned to spend 2 nights...
  
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• GLP-1 Drugs Tied to Gallbladder and Biliary Risks in Youth

  31-08-2026 23:37 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Use of GLP-1 receptor agonists was associated with increased cumulative gallbladder and biliary events in youths, according to a retrospective analysis of TriNetX data.
  Among over 37,000 adolescents and young adults with overweight...
  
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• GLP-1 Studies Suggest Benefits Extend to Infectious Diseases

  31-08-2026 23:32 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Recent studies suggest that people with type 2 diabetes on GLP-1 receptor agonists were less likely to develop tuberculosis (TB) or be hospitalized or die from infections.
  In an international study of more than 7 million people...
  
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• DEA Tactic That Let Fentanyl Flood the Streets Investigated by House Republicans

  31-08-2026 23:07 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- A controversial policing tactic that permitted staggering amounts of deadly fentanyl to reach the streets as federal authorities sought to build bigger drug cases is now under investigation by Republicans on the House Oversight...
  
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• Trial Tentatively Backs DOACs After TAVR

  31-08-2026 22:58 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- In a departure from other transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR, or TAVI) trials, direct oral anticoagulant (DOAC, or NOAC) therapy seemed to safely prevent subclinical leaflet thrombosis in ACASA-TAVI--but not convincingly...
  
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• New Migraine Prevention Guidance Highlights CGRP Drugs, Broad Eligibility

  31-08-2026 22:30 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- New guidance from the American Academy of Neurology (AAN) and the American Headache Society (AHS) aims to help clinicians identify which migraine prevention drugs may be most effective for certain patients.
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• Doctors Remain Trusted Sources for Cancer Info in Post-Pandemic Era

  31-08-2026 22:08 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- While trust in doctors as a source of information about cancer remained high during and after the COVID-19 pandemic, trust in government health agencies decreased, a cross-sectional study showed.
  Data from the National Cancer...
  
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• First-in-Class Drug Wins FDA Approval for Polycythemia Vera

  31-08-2026 21:21 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- The FDA approved first-in-class rusfertide (Mimrylo) for treating erythrocytosis in adults with polycythemia vera (PV), a rare and slow-growing hematologic malignancy.
  Rusfertide mimics hepcidin, the natural hormone involved...
  
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• Can Medicine Open Up Its Subspecialist Capacity?

  31-08-2026 21:09 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- A little over a year ago, my patient asked to see a memory specialist, reporting that their family members had noticed some concerning changes regarding their forgetfulness, and they themselves were feeling frustrated with these...
  
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• Forgiving Medical Debt a Key Focus for Physician in Governor Race

  31-08-2026 20:59 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- As part of our series on healthcare clinicians running for office, MedPage Today interviewed Amy Acton, MD, MPH, a pediatric and preventive medicine physician who is running as a Democrat for governor of Ohio. Acton, who grew...
  
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• No Benefit of Routine CT Angiography After Ruling Out a Heart Attack

  31-08-2026 20:48 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- After ruling out a myocardial infarction (MI) in patients with suspected acute coronary syndrome (ACS), routine use of CT coronary angiography to guide management did not reduce subsequent cardiac events compared with standard...
  
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• A Patient Fought Back During CPR

  31-08-2026 19:49 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- When a patient suffers a cardiac arrest, they aren't usually cursing, opening their eyes, and putting up a fight during resuscitation.
  But that's what happened with a 52-year-old woman who became unresponsive as her partner...
  
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• Trial Delivers Good News for Pulmonary Embolism Treatment

  31-08-2026 19:13 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- For patients with intermediate-high-risk acute pulmonary embolism, catheter-directed thrombolysis with alteplase plus anticoagulation therapy led to a lower risk of death from any cause and other adverse outcomes compared with...
  
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• Deadly Trump-Shaped Pills? Rabid Animals at Petting Zoo; Teacher's 'Fart Corner'

  31-08-2026 15:37 via medpagetoday.com
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  A Dutch drug addiction and mental health institute warned users about potentially lethal ecstasy pills shaped to look like the head of President Trump. (AP)
  Jiayi...
  
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• Tricuspid Valve Repair Finally Proven to Keep HF Events At Bay

  30-08-2026 22:41 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Transcatheter tricuspid valve repair could finally be tied to improved hard outcomes in people with severe tricuspid regurgitation (TR) at high risk for future heart failure (HF) events, a German trial found.
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• My Job Has Become Mounds of Paperwork. Work Requirements Will Make it Worse.

  30-08-2026 18:00 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- When I started my career as a pulmonologist, my time was spent caring for patients--listening to their concerns, researching care, talking through treatment options, and monitoring their progress. Now the profession has devolved...
  
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• Factor XIa Inhibitor Shows No Benefit After Acute Coronary Syndrome

  29-08-2026 23:11 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- An investigational factor XIa inhibitor did not reduce the risk of recurrent cardiovascular (CV) events in patients with a recent acute coronary syndrome (ACS) event on top of antiplatelet therapy, although there was no increase...
  
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• Rush to PCSK9 Inhibitor Pretreatment Disappoints in Acute MI Trial

  29-08-2026 22:57 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Heart attack patients gained faster control of LDL cholesterol starting PCSK9 inhibitor therapy immediately in the cath lab, the AMUNDSEN trial showed, while a clinical benefit could not be proven.
  High-risk patients with acute...
  
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• ADHD and CVD; Hospice Care in City vs Country

  29-08-2026 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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• Lost in Translation: We Need More Spanish-Speaking Doctors Now

  29-08-2026 18:00 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Speaking Spanish as a healthcare provider isn't just a communication skill. It is an act of reassurance at a time when millions of immigrants across the U.S. are afraid of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
  This well...
  
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• Statins Handed a Victory in Healthy Older People in STAREE

  29-08-2026 08:15 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- For the first time, a major randomized trial was able to show that primary prevention statins did have a place for healthy older adults.
  Statin therapy with daily atorvastatin 40 mg was clearly favored over placebo in people...
  
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• FDA Says Juul Can Sell Updated Vaping Device With Age-Gating Technology

  28-08-2026 23:37 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Vaping company Juul Labs on Friday received federal permission to sell an updated version of its e-cigarette, which includes an optional age-verification system designed to prevent underage use.
  The FDA decision allows the company...
  
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• Bictegravir-Lenacapavir Combo Pill Earns FDA Approval in Suppressed HIV

  28-08-2026 22:50 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- The FDA approved the combination of bictegravir and lenacapavir (Bixlenvo) for adults with virologically suppressed HIV-1 infection, Gilead Sciences announced Thursday.
  The once-daily single tablet contains 75 mg of the integrase...
  
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• These Women Face Higher Risk for Anal Sphincter Tears During Birth

  28-08-2026 22:48 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Certain clinical and demographic factors were associated with higher rates of obstetric anal sphincter injury (OASI) among first-time mothers during vaginal birth, a large cohort study found.
  In a study of more than half a million...
  
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• Federal Committee Looks Backward as Autism Science Moves Forward

  28-08-2026 22:47 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- On the very day that a landmark study was published in Science, pointing autism research toward an exciting new scientific frontier, the federal Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee (IACC) was looking backward, discussing...
  
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• What Vaccine Was Linked to Cardiovascular Benefits?

  28-08-2026 22:40 via medpagetoday.com
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• Nonobstructive Heart Enlargement Responds to Aficamten

  28-08-2026 21:15 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Treatment with aficamten (Myqorzo) improved exercise capacity as well as health status and symptoms in patients with symptomatic nonobstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) in a large, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial...
  
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• Dolly's Cancer Death; Mammogram Safety Alert; Chemo Drug Shortage Worsens

  28-08-2026 20:50 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Representatives for entertainer Dolly Parton acknowledged that she died of cancer but did not identify the type of cancer; her sister, Stella, revealed that the singer and actress volunteered to take experimental drugs that might...
  
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• FDA Approves Four Updated COVID Shots Targeting XFG Variant

  28-08-2026 20:36 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- The FDA approved four updated COVID-19 vaccines for the 2026-2027 season targeting the SARS-C0V-2 variant that dominated last season.
  Moderna, Pfizer and BioNTech, and Novavax, Sanofi, and Takeda announced Thursday that their...
  
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