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• Interchangeable Status Rapidly Boosted Scripts for Insulin Biosimilar

  02-05-2025 17:42 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Prescriptions for insulin glargine-yfgn (Semglee) rapidly increased when its status switched from a standard biosimilar to the first interchangeable insulin biosimilar, an economic evaluation found.
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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.
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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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• Targeted Duo Wins Again in BRAF-Mutant Colorectal Cancer

  06-01-2026 20:27 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- SAN FRANCISCO--Including encorafenib (Braftovi) and cetuximab (Erbitux) in the first-line treatment of BRAF V600E-mutated metastatic colorectal cancer led to a significant improvement in overall response rate (ORR), according...
  
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• First Transcatheter Coronary Bypass; Y Chromosome Loss & MI; GLP-1s vs Brain Bleeds

  06-01-2026 19:45 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- A first-in-human percutaneous aorto-coronary bypass procedure, dubbed "VECTOR," was used to prevent coronary obstruction following transcatheter aortic valve replacement in a patient ineligible for leaflet modification. (Circulation...
  
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• GLP-1 Drug Market Changes; Wegovy Pill Hits Shelves; Hypercortisolism Drug Rejected

  06-01-2026 19:00 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- A pill formation, a stronger injectable, and more cash payment options: lots of changes are coming to the GLP-1 drug market. (NBC News)
  The first GLP-1 pill for obesity, semaglutide (Wegovy) tablets from drugmaker Novo Nordisk...
  
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• Blinatumomab Consolidation Well Tolerated in MRD-Negative ALL

  06-01-2026 18:15 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- At the recent American Society of Hematology annual meeting, investigators presented a new analysis detailing toxicity outcomes of the E1910 trial--based on age, sex, body mass index, cytogenetic-molecular risk, and cycles...
  
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• Zeke Emanuel Wants You to 'Eat Your Ice Cream'

  06-01-2026 17:05 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Change is hard. If the only thing standing between us and perfect health were being told to stop drinking soda and join a running club, we would all be immortal by now.
  Willpower is an essential resource for adopting healthy...
  
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• Here's What to Know About the Unprecedented Changes to Child Vaccine Recommendations

  06-01-2026 16:38 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- U.S. health officials made broad changes to childhood vaccine recommendations Monday, alarming pediatricians and other medical experts who say they will sow confusion and undermine children's health.
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• Cassidy Decries Child Vax Changes; First GLP-1 Pill for Obesity; 'Super-Flu' Season?

  06-01-2026 15:27 via medpagetoday.com
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  Sen. Bill Cassidy, MD (R-La.), who previously cast a key vote to confirm Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as HHS Secretary, said the CDC's reduction of the childhood immunization...
  
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• Teens Spend an Hour on Their Smartphones at School

  05-01-2026 23:25 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- U.S. adolescents may spend more time on their smartphones during school hours than their parents would like, according to data from the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) study.
  Among 640 teens with passive measurement...
  
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• Autism Therapy Becomes Big Business for Private Equity

  05-01-2026 23:22 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Private equity firms acquired more than 500 autism therapy centers across the U.S. in the past decade, an analysis showed.
  Between 2015 and 2024, 574 sites that delivered autism services in 42 states were bought by private equity...
  
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• CMS Says States Won't Have to Report Childhood Vaccination Levels

  05-01-2026 22:11 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- States will no longer have to report how many children they vaccinate to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), according to a Dec. 30 letter to state health officials.
  In the letter, CMS announced that the Child...
  
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• RFK Jr. Slashes Number of Recommended Vaccines

  05-01-2026 21:57 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- The CDC on Monday cut the number of universally recommended childhood vaccines from 17 to 11, contrary to the advice of public health experts. The new guidance will leave several immunizations, such as flu shots, open to families...
  
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• DVT Assessment Strategy Safely Expands Rule-Out

  05-01-2026 21:28 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- A newer D-dimer cutoff safely ruled out leg deep vein thrombosis (DVT) for more people, sparing them from further imaging and anticoagulation, according to a prospective validation study.
  Under the strategy that was tested in...
  
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• Real-World Data Show Gout Treatment Disparities

  05-01-2026 20:43 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Racial disparities in gout and gout treatment are an ongoing but tractable problem, research at the 2025 American College of Rheumatology (ACR)'s annual meeting suggested.
  In a 10-year propensity-matched cohort study, Irene...
  
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• Is Recovery-Oriented, Involuntary Psychiatric Treatment Possible?

  05-01-2026 20:33 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- America is debating expanding involuntary treatment for people with serious mental illness and/or addictions who are experiencing homelessness. The recent executive order "Ending Crime and Disorder on America's Streets" reignited...
  
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• After Judge's Ruling, HHS Can Resume Sharing Medicaid Data With Deportation Officers

  05-01-2026 20:17 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- The nation's health department starting Monday can resume sharing the personal data of certain Medicaid enrollees with deportation officials, according to a federal judge's ruling, in a blow to states that had sued the administration...
  
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• Full-Term Baby Delivered After Surprise Abdominal Ectopic Pregnancy

  05-01-2026 19:32 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Maternal-fetal medicine doctors regularly care for high-risk pregnancies and rare complications, but a California medical team saw an exceedingly unique case: a healthy baby born at term from an abdominal pregnancy during which...
  
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• Flu Season Surged Over the Holiday and Already Rivals Last Winter's Harsh Epidemic

  05-01-2026 19:26 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- U.S. flu infections surged over the holidays, and health officials are calling it a severe season that is likely to get worse.
  New government data posted Monday--for flu activity through the week of Christmas--showed...
  
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• While You Were Gone …

  05-01-2026 19:10 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Just returning from a few days of vacation--I took off a bit around the holidays to relax around the house, catch up on some household chores, and spend time with my family.
  This year, Christmas and New Year's fell in the...
  
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• ACA Subsidies Expire, Launching Millions Into 2026 With Steep Insurance Hikes

  05-01-2026 17:17 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Enhanced tax credits that have helped reduce the cost of health insurance for the vast majority of Affordable Care Act enrollees expired overnight, cementing higher health costs for millions of Americans at the start of the new...
  
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• Parking Lot Triage: What a Pediatrician Is Seeing Amid Measles Outbreak

  05-01-2026 17:06 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Three days after Christmas, Deborah Greenhouse, MD, of Columbia, South Carolina, voiced her frustration on social media about the measles outbreak in her state: "Things that I can't believe I am doing as a pediatrician on a Sunday...
  
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• Oral SERD Combined With T-DXd Being Tested in HER2-Low Metastatic Breast Cancer

  05-01-2026 16:50 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- At the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium (SABCS), investigators outlined the rationale and design of the ERADICATE, a first-in-human study evaluating the combination of the oral selective estrogen receptor degrader (SERD) elacestrant...
  
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• Fellow Nurses: Nurse Advocacy Is Patient Safety

  05-01-2026 16:25 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- For too long, nurses have been referred to as "patient advocates." While well-intentioned, this is actually harmful to patient care and the nursing profession. It is time for healthcare organizations and all medical professionals...
  
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• Contaminated Water Blamed for 10 Deaths; FDA Rejections; Mammograms for Heart Risks?

  05-01-2026 15:20 via medpagetoday.com
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  Contaminated drinking water in Indore, India, was linked to 10 deaths and more than 270 hospitalizations, according to authorities. (The Guardian).
  CDC researchers...
  
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• Novo Nordisk launches US price war over weight-loss pills

  05-01-2026 14:27
  Lowest doses of Wegovy in oral form will start at $149 a month for American users until April
  
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