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• One Partner's Dementia May Predict the Other's Future Risk

  20-07-2026 23:00 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Spouses of people with dementia had a higher risk of developing dementia themselves, a matched cohort study of nearly 1 million married people in Taiwan showed.
  Compared with unexposed spouses, both husbands and wives of dementia...
  
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• Singing for Chronic Belching; Excess Cancers in Crohn's; Dual Agonist for Liver Fat

  23-07-2026 21:19 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- In a Chinese randomized trial, structured singing therapy for supragastric belching led to significantly greater response rates compared with diaphragmatic breathing. (Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology)
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• HHS Changes Two Vaccine Committee Charters

  23-07-2026 21:05 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- HHS has altered the charters of two vaccine-related committees: the Advisory Commission on Childhood Vaccines (ACCV) and the National Vaccine Advisory Committee (NVAC).
  The timing isn't unusual, as both charters are up for renewal...
  
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• Uncommon Autonomic Tachycardia Syndrome Linked to Classic Dermatomyositis

  23-07-2026 20:32 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Autonomic tachycardia has a significantly stronger association with classic dermatomyositis (DM) than previously recognized and may warrant evaluation in symptomatic patients, authors of a retrospective review concluded.
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• Available Ebola Vaccine May Protect Against Bundibugyo Virus, Study Suggests

  23-07-2026 19:40 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- An available vaccine for Ebola might provide partial protection against the ongoing outbreak of Bundibugyo virus, which has no licensed vaccines or therapeutics, according to new research.
  Using 179 serum samples from children...
  
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• Death at Lifestyle Clinic; Consequences for J6 Doc; $4.7M Kickback Settlement

  23-07-2026 18:17 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- A 27-year-old woman died after getting a nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+) injection from an unlicensed doctor at a lifestyle clinic in the Bronx, N.Y. (CBS News)
  Jacquelyn Starer, MD, of Massachusetts, has lost the right...
  
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• Judge Questions Hegseth's Testosterone Policy Amid Military's Transgender Care Ban

  23-07-2026 18:06 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's new initiative to test and treat troops for low testosterone has prompted a federal judge to question the differences between that kind of testosterone replacement therapy (TRT) and hormone treatment...
  
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• Another Diarrhea Bug Outbreak; Med School Race Probe; Baseballer's Ruptured Testicle

  23-07-2026 15:20 via medpagetoday.com
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  A new outbreak of cyclosporiasis is being investigated by the FDA, with 72 cases tied to an as-yet-unidentified source. (Reuters via AOL)
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• Hospital Price Transparency Bill Advances in the Senate

  23-07-2026 15:17 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- A bill to make healthcare facilities' prices more transparent passed the Senate health committee Wednesday by a vote of 21-1, clearing the way for a vote by the full Senate.
  One hundred million Americans have a combined $220...
  
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• Why is England unable to fix social care?

  23-07-2026 06:00 via ft.com
  The failure of successive governments to confront the problem carries a heavy political cost
  
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• New Study Links GLP-1s to Hair Loss

  23-07-2026 00:30 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Adults with type 2 diabetes who used a GLP-1 receptor agonist had an increased risk of clinically recorded hair loss, data from a target trial emulation suggested.
  Compared with other antidiabetic medications, GLP-1 drug use...
  
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• FDA Greenlights Next-Generation ROS1 Inhibitor for Lung Cancer

  22-07-2026 23:12 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- The FDA approved zidesamtinib (Jideytro) for previously treated adults with locally advanced or metastatic ROS1-positive non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), drugmaker GSK announced Wednesday.
  Zidesamtinib is a next-generation...
  
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• Mixed Results on Link Between Abortion and Psychotropic Medication Use

  22-07-2026 23:10 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- The risk for first psychotropic medication prescription increased slightly in the year following an abortion, but this risk no longer met statistical significance after adjustment for multiple statistical tests, according to...
  
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• Congo's Ebola Outbreak Tops 1,000 Deaths

  22-07-2026 21:57 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- More than 1,000 people have died in the Ebola outbreak in Congo, according to Africa's top health body, a grim toll in the fastest Ebola outbreak in history, as conflict, community resistance, and an uneven response fuel its...
  
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• Statins Tied to Lower Major Complication Risk After Retinal Surgery

  22-07-2026 21:52 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- MONTREAL--People with a history of statin use had almost a 50% lower risk of two major complications after surgery for retinal detachment, a large propensity-matched analysis showed.
  Among almost 7,500 patients undergoing...
  
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• Trial Begins for Nurse Who Says Postpartum Issues Led Her to Kill Her Kids

  22-07-2026 21:45 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Editor's Note: This story includes discussion of suicide. If you or someone you know needs help, the national suicide and crisis lifeline in the U.S. is available by calling or texting 988.
  Jury selection began Monday in the...
  
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• GLP-1s for Addiction; DEA's Ketamine Crackdown; ADHD and Social Media

  22-07-2026 21:20 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- The use of GLP-1 receptor agonists was associated with a lower risk of alcohol-related hospitalization in adults with alcohol addiction, a retrospective study found. (BMJ Open)
  GLP-1 drugs for obesity were linked with reduced...
  
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• Contaminants in Water Linked to Uterine Cancer Risk

  22-07-2026 18:38 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Higher levels of trihalomethanes (THMs)--a disinfection byproduct of the drinking water treatment process--were linked to a higher risk of uterine cancer among a cohort of California women.
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• Making Brain Tumor Radiotherapy More Predictive Than Reactive With Advanced MRI

  22-07-2026 18:34 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- At the International Symposium on Pediatric Neuro-Oncology, experts discussed how advanced MRI may enable more personalized brain tumor radiotherapy for children with brain tumors by identifying meaningful changes during treatment...
  
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• Trump Admin Withholding $1B in Medicaid Funds From Two States in Fraud Crackdown

  22-07-2026 17:16 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- The Trump administration is withholding a combined total of more than $1 billion in Medicaid funds from California and Minnesota until those states can prove they were not funding fraud, HHS officials said Tuesday.
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• Reproductive Health Should Be Emphasized in Cystic Fibrosis Care, Foundation Says

  22-07-2026 15:35 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Reproductive health should be addressed from the time of diagnosis of cystic fibrosis and annually thereafter, with a more prominent place in clinical care in the era of cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR...
  
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• Docs Who Take Research Money From Industry Get Individual Payments, Too

  22-07-2026 15:27 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- More than a quarter of physician-industry interactions for research funding also involved the doctor receiving general payments from that same sponsor, an analysis of CMS data showed.
  In an analysis of nearly 60,000 physician...
  
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• Allergy Drug Recalled; Trump's Generic Drug Tax; Nurses Gambling to Fund Degrees

  22-07-2026 15:14 via medpagetoday.com
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  Bottles of the antihistamine cetirizine distributed nationwide by Rising Pharma have been recalled due to potential cross-contamination with ranitidine, according...
  
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• Doc Fugitive Caught After 20 Years; Betting on FDA Approvals; Research Factory

  22-07-2026 14:24 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Ronald Fischer, MD, a former Rhode Island anesthesiologist, was arrested on a sailboat last week after 20 years on the run. He disappeared in 2005 while on trial for first-degree sexual assault and had been living a secret life...
  
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• Doctors 'Cringe' at Possibility of Documenting Medicaid Enrollees Too Sick to Work

  22-07-2026 14:12 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Alice Thornton, MD, has spent more than two decades treating people living with HIV in Lexington, Kentucky.
  Her team tends to "cringe" anytime they hear about patients having to fill out lots of paperwork, like when applying...
  
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• US start-up wins EU approval for sight-restoring bionic eye

  22-07-2026 12:00 via ft.com
  Decision will allow Science Corp to treat patients with retina implants in coming months
  
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• Pregnancy Complications Linked to Risk of Peripheral Artery Disease

  21-07-2026 23:20 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Five major pregnancy complications were independently associated with heightened long-term risk of peripheral artery disease (PAD), a Swedish cohort study of more than 2 million deliveries found.
  At 30 to 46 years after delivery...
  
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• Report: U.S. Actions Harm Global Efforts to Prevent, Treat HIV in Dozens of Nations

  21-07-2026 22:39 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- The Trump administration's disruptions to a global AIDS relief program have forced organizations to close clinics, lay off staff, and cut services, seriously impeding efforts to prevent and treat the disease in dozens of countries...
  
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• Risk of Neurologic Disorder Rises for People Who Live Near Traffic Noise

  21-07-2026 22:30 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Long-term exposure to residential road traffic noise was associated with an increased risk of Parkinson's disease, a study of more than 3 million adults in Denmark showed.
  Traffic noise levels at the most exposed facade of people...
  
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• Stem Cell Therapy for GA Shows Early Evidence of Vision Gains, Retina Preservation

  21-07-2026 21:25 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- MONTREAL--A stem cell-derived therapy for advanced geographic atrophy (GA) showed preliminary evidence of vision improvement and retina preservation, according to a small study reported here.
  Best corrected visual acuity...
  
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