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• Nobel Prize Winner's 'Pedophile Operation'; Probe of EHR Giant; NIH K Award Changes

  19-08-2026 19:24 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- The New Yorker examined the sexual abuse of a famed NIH researcher who for decades brought dozens of young boys back to the U.S. from the Pacific islands. D. Carleton Gajdusek, MD, won the Nobel Prize in 1976 for his work on...
  
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• No Nation Has Escaped Healthcare Rationing. Some Just Hide It Better.

  19-08-2026 20:46 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- The quest for a healthcare system devoid of rationing is, in economic terms, the pursuit of a mirage. While the moral imperative of medicine suggests that care should be a universal right provided without limit, the reality of...
  
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• Rise of Therapy Speak; Bipolar Treatment Review; White House Addiction Strategy

  19-08-2026 20:43 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- In a New York Times essay, a psychiatrist described how a growing number of teen girls and young women are using "therapy speak" to describe their mental distress, sometimes showing up at their first session announcing a diagnosis...
  
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• How AI and Resilience Support Can Help Manage Suicide Risk in the Military

  19-08-2026 18:35 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Reports of harsh living conditions and deployment strain aboard aircraft carriers like the USS Abraham Lincoln have brought renewed attention to military mental health. Addressing these challenges, psychiatrists Ronald Kessler...
  
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• Cannabis Use Disorder Rising Among Adults

  19-08-2026 18:03 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- The prevalence of cannabis use disorder (CUD) increased in adults from 2021 to 2024, while the prevalence of alcohol use disorder (AUD) remained stable, a cross-sectional study showed.
  Among over 180,000 participants, past-year...
  
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• Flight Attendants, Pilots Have Highest Risk of Dying From Radiation-Linked Cancers

  19-08-2026 16:12 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Flight attendants and pilots are at the highest risk of dying from radiation-related cancers--even more than people who work with radioactive materials, according to a new study.
  Cosmic radiation comes from space. Only a...
  
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• 4 Deaths Linked to Medical Device; New FDA Chief? Human-Chimp Hybrid Attempt

  19-08-2026 14:58 via medpagetoday.com
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  The FDA warned of a Class I recall of Becton Dickinson intraosseous vascular access system needle sets because of a defect linked to 45 serious injuries and four...
  
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• BMI Alone Questioned for Predicting Mortality Risk in Seniors

  19-08-2026 09:01 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Central adiposity was linked to a higher mortality risk in older adults, independently of body mass index (BMI), according to longitudinal data from a survey study of Medicare beneficiaries.
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• Citing Deaths, Docs Urge NCAA to Limit Energy Drink Marketing to Kids

  18-08-2026 23:44 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- A group of physicians and scientists are calling on the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) to make changes to its massive collaboration between Big 12 athletics and Monster Energy, citing potential health risks and...
  
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• Watchdog Urges HHS to Investigate Conflicts Among FDA's Peptide Panelists

  18-08-2026 23:20 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- A consumer watchdog group is demanding that the HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) look into potential conflicts of interest among members of an FDA advisory committee that recommended that six peptides be added to the list...
  
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• The Doctors Who 'Don't See Pregnant Patients'

  18-08-2026 23:19 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- The resident was apologetic over the phone, embarrassed for reasons outside his control. He was transferring, from his hospital to ours, a pregnant patient who required consultation for a non-obstetric illness. This alone was...
  
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• The Doctors Who 'Don’t See Pregnant Patients'

  18-08-2026 23:19 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- The resident was apologetic over the phone, embarrassed for reasons outside his control. He was transferring, from his hospital to ours, a pregnant patient who required consultation for a non-obstetric illness. This alone was...
  
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• SBRT Misses the Mark in Prostate Cancer Trial

  18-08-2026 22:19 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) for localized prostate cancer did not improve urinary irritation or disease-free-survival (DFS) compared with hypofractionated intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT), a large randomized...
  
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• Low-Dose Hydrocortisone Led to Cognitive Benefits in Women With HIV

  18-08-2026 21:30 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Low-dose hydrocortisone (LDH) improved aspects of cognition in women with virally suppressed HIV, a randomized trial showed.
  In the first phase of the two-phase study, women who received a single 10-mg dose of oral LDH had significantly...
  
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• Autoinjectable PCSK9 Inhibitor; Caution on CoQ10; Ohio Doc's Rape Charges

  18-08-2026 21:17 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- The FDA approved the autoinjector version of lerodalcibep (Lerochol), a PCSK9 inhibitor for LDL cholesterol lowering, LIB Therapeutics announced.
  Bracco Imaging announced FDA clearance of its VueJect contrast delivery system...
  
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• GLP-1s and Birth Control; Retatrutide Lawsuits; Air Pollution and Menopause

  18-08-2026 20:49 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Experts suggested that GLP-1 agonists may reduce the effectiveness of birth control pills. (The Hill)
  A phase III trial of avexitide, a first-in-class GLP-1 receptor antagonist, met its primary endpoint of reducing low blood...
  
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• Threat Monitoring, Legal Resources: How Hospitals Adapted to Abortion Bans

  18-08-2026 19:31 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Hospitals in abortion ban states quickly developed standards to protect clinicians from legal risks when providing abortions in cases where the health or life of the mother is at risk, a qualitative study showed.
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• Study Finds Repeated NT-proBNP a Good General Health Test for Many Folks

  18-08-2026 18:39 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- A serially tracked heart stress (HS) biomarker was generally indicative of a person's heart risks in older age, even among relatively healthy individuals, an observational study showed.
  Based on the ASPREE trial and its extension...
  
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• CDC's Zombie Programs: Congress Funds Them, but Few People Are Left to Do the Work

  18-08-2026 17:17 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- The CDC still has an Alzheimer's disease program. Congress appropriated $41 million to it this year. There's just no one staffing it.
  Then there's the agency's Office on Smoking and Health. Congress allocated $246 million for...
  
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• CDC's New Director Is Pressed to Do Something About Agency's Zombie Programs

  18-08-2026 17:17 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- The CDC still has an Alzheimer's disease program. Congress appropriated $41 million to it this year. There's just no one staffing it.
  Then there's the agency's Office on Smoking and Health. Congress allocated $246 million for...
  
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• The Promise and Peril of Gene Editing

  18-08-2026 17:01 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Few things evoke a greater sense of desperation than a parent seeking an experimental treatment for their child. That desperation can make even extraordinary risks seem worth taking. This dynamic has come into stark relief after...
  
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• Trump Taking Credit for Decline in Drug Prices, but Reason for the Drop Is Complex

  18-08-2026 16:46 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- President Donald Trump has been taking credit for new federal data that shows U.S. prescription drug prices fell 0.8% in July and are down 3.1% from a year ago, the steepest year-over-year drop since 1963.
  The plunging prices...
  
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• Finding My Way in My Alcohol Dependence Journey

  18-08-2026 16:00 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- The content below was provided by Alkermes, Inc. Caren is a recovery advocate who works in addiction prevention and education. She also lives with alcohol dependence and was compensated by Alkermes® for her participation...
  
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• Erection Drug for Longevity? Soda and Stomach Cancer; Luigi Mangione Trial Postponed

  18-08-2026 15:33 via medpagetoday.com
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  The erectile dysfunction drug tadalafil (Cialis) is being hyped in wellness circles for unproved longevity benefits. (NPR)
  The New York Times took a look at new...
  
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• School Vaccination Rates Inch Down and Exemptions Reach Record High

  17-08-2026 23:24 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- U.S. kindergarten vaccination rates inched down again last year and the share of children with exemptions rose to an all-time high, according to federal data posted Monday.
  The fraction of kids exempted from vaccine requirements...
  
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• Senators Blast RFK Jr. Over AHRQ Grant Cancellations

  17-08-2026 23:21 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- More than two dozen Democratic senators called on HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to rescind recent grant cancellations by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).
  "We write to express our profound concern...
  
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• Early Antivirals for Kids' Flu Linked to Lower Risk of Severe Outcomes

  17-08-2026 22:29 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Early antiviral therapy at home for kids with influenza lowered the risk of related hospitalization, a retrospective case-control study from Taiwan indicated.
  Among 1,492 children, receiving antiviral therapy within 48 hours...
  
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• Vaccine Prevents Acute Gastroenteritis Deaths in Cases Caused by Rotavirus

  17-08-2026 21:09 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Vaccination was highly effective at preventing death in children hospitalized with acute gastroenteritis caused by rotavirus infection, but its impact on mortality when rotavirus wasn't the culprit was less certain, according...
  
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• Congo's Fast-Moving Ebola Outbreak Becomes the Country's Worst

  17-08-2026 21:05 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Congo's fast-moving Ebola outbreak has now killed over 2,300 people and become the deadliest outbreak of the disease on record in the Central African nation.
  The outbreak unfolding in one of Congo's most vulnerable regions is...
  
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• Multi-Joint Arthritis Bodes Poorly for Healthy Aging

  17-08-2026 20:49 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Frailty worsened more for individuals with osteoarthritis (OA) affecting two or more joints versus those with single-joint or no OA, data from a long-running, population-based study indicated.
  Among more than 1,000 participants...
  
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