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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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• Emails Reveal How RFK Jr. Empowered a Lone CDC Scientist

  01-07-2026 20:01 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- A rank-and-file CDC scientist felt secure enough to make demands of agency leaders and criticize their work, sometimes copying the HHS secretary on correspondence, a recently released trove of CDC emails shows.
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• Orca-T Approved to Prevent GVHD After Stem Cell Transplant for Blood Cancers

  01-07-2026 20:00 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- The FDA approved an allogeneic regulatory T cell-based immunotherapy product with hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells (HSPCs) and T cells (Tregzi) to prevent serious complications of stem cell transplants for hematologic...
  
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• Where the World Cup, Homelessness, and the ED Meet

  01-07-2026 19:53 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- American infrastructure has been forced to step up with the arrival of tourists for the FIFA World Cup. From the creation of more robust security plans to the expansion of travel networks, the nation has placed significant effort...
  
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• Measuring Tardive Dyskinesia Symptoms With the AIMS

  01-07-2026 19:34 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- At each clinical visit, patients on antipsychotics should be assessed for tardive dyskinesia (TD) and abnormal involuntary movements, according to American Psychiatric Association (APA) guidelines.
  For decades, the Abnormal...
  
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• Assistants Outearn Surgeons; More Political Control at CDC? Flood of Shoddy Papers

  01-07-2026 17:52 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Hospitals that don't contract with Medicare aren't beholden to federal regulations that guarantee treatment for all-comers. One of those hospitals is Nutex Health in New Mexico. The facility has also allegedly exploited a loophole...
  
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• Coffee Lovers and Their Livers Can Celebrate, Study Suggests

  01-07-2026 17:49 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Coffee drinking was associated with lower risks of serious liver disease and related mortality, with the more one consumes the better, data from the U.K. Biobank suggested.
  Over a median 13-year follow-up, drinking five or more...
  
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• GLP-1s Linked to Systemic Clinical Risk Reduction in Hidradenitis Suppurativa

  01-07-2026 17:14 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Patients with hidradenitis suppurative (HS) and a history of GLP-1 receptor agonist use for diabetes or obesity had significantly lower rates of multiple cardiovascular events and mortality, a large retrospective cohort study...
  
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• Recent Developments in Prostate Cancer

  01-07-2026 16:48 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Spurred by recognition of different disease subtypes, prostate cancer treatment continues to evolve. So far this year, the evolution has included practice-changing and incremental improvements in various aspects of clinical management...
  
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• Trump Actions Signal Move Toward Institutionalizing Disabled People, Advocates Warn

  01-07-2026 16:34 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- For decades, disabled people have fought for their rights to go to school and live alongside peers without disabilities--rights that some fear could be losing ground under the Trump administration.
  Last month, the Education...
  
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• 360 Dead in Outbreak; McConnell Still Hospitalized? FDA Rejects Kidney Disease Drug

  01-07-2026 15:41 via medpagetoday.com
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  A total of 1,274 cases and 360 deaths have been confirmed in Congo's Ebola outbreak, according to the CDC.
  Meanwhile, Ugandan officials reported an outbreak of...
  
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• Cheerleading Head Injuries Declined After 2012 Rule Change

  01-07-2026 06:01 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Head injuries among cheerleaders declined after a 2012 rule change that banned the "double down" twisting dismount in stunts performed in high school and lower-level grades, a study showed.
  From 2004 to 2012, concussions or...
  
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• Vitamin A Linked to Better Lung Function in Kids, Adults

  01-07-2026 00:30 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Higher vitamin A levels were linked to better lung function in adults and children, with the benefit seen with vitamin D among adults as well, a study showed.
  Higher vitamin A levels correlated with significantly higher forced...
  
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• Odds of Four HPV-Linked Cancers Higher in Transplant Recipients, HIV Patients

  30-06-2026 23:44 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- People with HIV and solid organ transplant recipients were significantly more likely to develop human papillomavirus (HPV)-associated anal, penile, vulvar, and cervical cancers, according to a Swedish retrospective case-control...
  
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• House Passes Bill to Ease Quality Reporting Requirements for Medicare ACOs

  30-06-2026 23:34 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Physician practices participating in a Medicare accountable care organization (ACO) may have an easier time submitting quality data to Medicare if a bill passed Monday by the House becomes law.
  H.R. 5347, the Health Care Efficiency...
  
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• Diabetes Drug Class Tied to Lower Dementia Risk in People With Psych Disorders

  30-06-2026 23:23 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Use of SGLT2 inhibitors was linked to lower dementia incidence and fewer related psychiatric outcomes in older adults with mood and psychotic disorders, according to a target trial emulation study.
  In an intention-to-treat analysis...
  
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• After Recent Leadership Departures, Is the FDA Returning to Form?

  30-06-2026 23:07 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Some experts say the FDA's recent change of heart on a handful of drugs for rare diseases suggests a return to regular order after a tumultuous year, while others argue the flip-flopping signals more chaos.
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• Congressman Reveals Mystery Health Issue After 4-Month Absence

  30-06-2026 21:25 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- New Jersey Republican Rep. Tom Kean Jr. disclosed Tuesday that he was being treated for depression during his unexplained 4-month absence from the House, suggesting in a brief floor speech that he remained silent about his condition...
  
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• Most Adults on Social Media Engaged With Health Content

  30-06-2026 21:19 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- The bulk of adults who use social media reported engaging with health information via these platforms, despite not always finding it trustworthy, according to survey data.
  Out of over 7,000 adults, 87.8% reported using social...
  
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• GLP-1s After Surgery; Retatrutide for Pulmonary Hypertension? Vit D for Prediabetes

  30-06-2026 20:43 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Incretin-based therapies after bariatric surgery were associated with clinically meaningful augmented weight loss in a dose- and timing-dependent manner, according to U.S. cohort data. (eClinicalMedicine)
  A Michigan couple was...
  
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• New Heart Failure Definition; Mitral TEER Pitfalls; Drug's Comeback in Stroke?

  30-06-2026 20:30 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- International groups agreed on a second universal definition of heart failure, which moves away from rigid ejection fraction cutoff values. (Journal of the American College of Cardiology)
  AC01, a novel oral calcium-sensitising...
  
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• Brain Worm Lesions Mimicking Cancer; Midlife Dementia Marker; Ovarian Reserve and MS

  30-06-2026 19:47 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- A case report in Emerging Infectious Diseases described multiple brain lesions that initially mimicked metastases in a 60-year-old man in Spain who eventually was diagnosed with neurocysticercosis.
  An Alzheimer's blood test...
  
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• What Would It Take to Change Brain MRI Surveillance in Metastatic Breast Cancer?

  30-06-2026 19:36 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- At the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) meeting, a phase III trial was presented evaluating whether routine brain MRI surveillance can improve outcomes for patients with metastatic breast cancer and help guide future...
  
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• AI Doesn’t Just Misinform Patients. It Gives Them a Plausible Story.

  30-06-2026 18:50 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- A patient in her 50s came to my eye clinic for flashes of light in one eye. Before she sat down, she told me, calmly, that she already knew what this was: migraine with visual aura. She had worked it out with ChatGPT over several...
  
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• Does DESTINY-Breast09 Change First-Line Care in HER2-Positive Breast Cancer?

  30-06-2026 18:10 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- The DESTINY-Breast09 trial, presented at this year's American Society of Clinical Oncology annual meeting, established trastuzumab deruxtecan (T-DXd; Enhertu) plus pertuzumab (Perjeta) as a new first-line treatment option for...
  
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• Individualizing Surgical Strategies in Adrenal Hypercortisolism

  30-06-2026 17:48 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- At ENDO 2026, the annual meeting of the Endocrine Society, findings of a large surgical series suggested that postoperative hormonal testing to help individualize surgical strategies can optimize outcomes for patients who underwent...
  
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• Nursing Gains 'Professional' Label for Student Loans After Judge's Ruling

  30-06-2026 17:14 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Students pursuing graduate degrees in nursing, physical therapy, and several other fields will be eligible to take out higher federal student loan amounts--at least for now--after a federal judge blocked part of a Trump...
  
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• Too Much Health Tech, Not Enough Health Tech

  30-06-2026 17:05 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- In healthcare today, it looks like there is a tension between too much technology, and not enough technology.
  And simultaneously, too much humanity, and not enough humanity.
  It seems like these things, the movement towards...
  
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• RFK Jr. Hasn't Restored Trust in Public Health, Cassidy Says

  30-06-2026 16:23 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. hasn't restored trust in public health, Sen. Bill Cassidy, MD (R-La.), said in a nearly hour-long interview on "Face the Nation" this weekend.
  "If you build public health upon a foundation...
  
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• NFL Star Diagnosed With ALS at 39; 'No Surprises' Windfall; Arizona Plague Scare

  30-06-2026 15:39 via medpagetoday.com
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  Chris Johnson, a former NFL running back for the Tennessee Titans, revealed he was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) at 39. (People)
  Health Secretary...
  
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