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• Recent Developments in Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma

  29-09-2025 14:45 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Recent noteworthy reports on diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) include positive survival results with an antibody-drug conjugate in relapsed/refractory disease, FDA issues with a randomized trial, and an increased risk of...
  
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• Bill Gates and OpenAI back $50mn AI rollout in African health clinics

  21-01-2026 06:00
  Gates Foundation partners with tech group to ease impact of chronic staff shortages in Rwanda and other countries
  
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• Air Pollution Tied to Greater ALS Risk, Worse Outcomes

  20-01-2026 23:40 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Prolonged exposure to air pollution was associated with a higher risk of motor neuron disease, a group of neurodegenerative disorders mainly involving amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), in a nested case-control study.
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• Ixchiq Vaccine Pulled From U.S. Market Amid Safety Concerns

  20-01-2026 22:57 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Vaccine maker Valneva will pull its chikungunya vaccine (Ixchiq) from the U.S. market after the FDA announced it would take further action to investigate the live-attenuated shot.
  The FDA recently put the investigational new...
  
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• U.S. Is on the Verge of Losing Its Measles Elimination Status

  20-01-2026 22:31 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- It's been a year since a measles outbreak began in West Texas, and international health authorities say they will meet in April to determine if the U.S. has lost its measles-free designation.
  Experts fear the vaccine-preventable...
  
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• Parent-Led Intervention Started in NICU Boosted Executive Function at School Age

  20-01-2026 22:12 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- A parent-led developmental intervention that began in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) and continued through the first 2 years of life aided executive function in very preterm children, a secondary analysis of a randomized...
  
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• CAR-T Immune Toxicity Linked to Non-Relapse Mortality Risk in Myeloma

  20-01-2026 22:07 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy-associated immune-related adverse events (CirAEs) were associated with a high rate of non-relapse mortality in patients with multiple myeloma, according to a retrospective study...
  
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• Study: Helping Lupus Patients With Money Issues Improves Their Health

  20-01-2026 21:46 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Lupus patients with financial problems reported better health-related outcomes when they received help from social workers with such things as food stamps and drug costs, researchers said.
  Patient-reported scores for physical...
  
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• After My Breast Cancer Diagnosis, My Practice Became a Lab for Change

  20-01-2026 21:27 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- When I met the patient in my clinic, she was accompanied by her daughter and husband, who both looked completely frustrated with her. I went through my standard spiel about the necessity of radiation after a lumpectomy or a complete...
  
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• Medicare Paying Billions More for Medicare Advantage vs Traditional Enrollees

  20-01-2026 21:06 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will continue to pay more for Medicare Advantage (MA) plans--$76 billion more in 2026--compared with fee-for-service plans.
  That higher cost comes despite a policy...
  
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• CMS Paying More for Medicare Advantage Patients Compared to Traditional Enrollees

  20-01-2026 21:06 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is continuing to pay Medicare Advantage (MA) plans more -- $76 billion more in 2026 -- than if those same patients were enrolled in traditional fee-for-service Medicare...
  
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• Coming Radiotracer Shortage; Dedicated Cardiometabolic Training; New PFA Catheter

  20-01-2026 20:41 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Supply issues with key radiotracers for diagnosing cardiac amyloidosis are expected after this month, according to the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology.
  Large cardiology societies drew attention to environmental stressors...
  
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• Discussing Personalized Treatment Options in Breast Cancer

  20-01-2026 20:33 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- In "Beyond Diagnosis: Breast Cancer," Cleveland Clinic oncologist Tiffany Onger, MD, and host John Mangels continue their conversations on communicating effectively and empathetically with patients across the breast cancer care...
  
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• No Link Between Water Fluoridation, Birth Weight, Study Shows

  20-01-2026 20:23 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- There was no connection between water fluoridation and birth weight in a large cohort study that analyzed outcomes before and after the element was added to the water supply.
  Analyzing more than 11 million singleton births over...
  
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• Next-Gen Alzheimer's Therapy; CGRP Drugs' Heart Risks; MS Role on 'Grey's Anatomy'

  20-01-2026 20:06 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- BioSpace highlighted four next-generation Alzheimer's treatment candidates that may have promise.
  A test to screen for Alzheimer's disease with a finger-prick blood sample will be evaluated in the Global Alzheimer's Platform...
  
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• How Abortion Coverage Threatens to Prevent a Congressional Deal on ACA Subsidies

  20-01-2026 18:38 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- There is broad bipartisan support in the House and Senate for reviving federal healthcare subsidies that expired at the beginning of the year. But long-standing disagreements over abortion coverage are threatening to block any...
  
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• Debunking the 'Coercion' Argument in the Abortion Pill Debate

  20-01-2026 18:12 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- At last week's Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee hearing on mifepristone (Mifeprex) safety, Republican senators and anti-abortion rights witnesses deployed a cynical rhetorical strategy: they claimed...
  
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• Flu Activity Fell for a Second Week, but Experts Worry the Season Is Far From Over

  20-01-2026 17:48 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- The U.S. flu season appears to be waning with 2 straight weeks of decline in measures of flu activity, according to the latest government data released on Friday.
  The CDC posted data--for flu activity through the week ending...
  
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• How HER2CLIMB-05 Fits Into First-Line Maintenance Strategies for Breast Cancer

  20-01-2026 17:34 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- At the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, researchers discussed how results from HER2CLIMB-05 may inform first-line maintenance strategies for patients with HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer, alongside data from trials...
  
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• Intranasal Saline Effective Against Kids' Sleep Apnea

  20-01-2026 17:19 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- For children with obstructive sleep apnea, repeating 6-week courses of intranasal saline resolved symptoms for many and performed similarly to switching to an intranasal steroid for persistent cases, the randomized MIST+ trial...
  
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• The Metabolic Health Knowledge Gap Can Have Consequences for Health

  20-01-2026 17:00 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- As the calendar turns and patients set ambitious health goals, one critical factor often is overlooked: metabolic health. Despite its foundational role in energy regulation, weight management, and overall well-being, a recent...
  
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• Older Mothers Less Likely to Have Kids With Allergies

  20-01-2026 17:00 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Children born when their mother was older appeared less likely to develop allergic conditions early in life, a large population-based study from Japan showed.
  Compared with children of mothers age 25-29 at delivery, food allergy...
  
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• ICE at Minnesota Hospitals; Radioactive Shrimp; Measles Cases Keep Rising

  20-01-2026 15:27 via medpagetoday.com
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  ICE agents are unnerving healthcare workers at Minnesota hospitals, and healthcare workers are pushing back. (New York Times)
  Republicans will face difficulties...
  
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• Post-Mpox Side Effects Persisted More Than a Year After Acute Infection

  19-01-2026 23:00 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Patients with acute mpox infections experienced persistent physical, behavioral, and psychosocial side effects more than a year after illness, a cohort study suggested.
  Among 154 people with clade II mpox infections, 58% had...
  
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• Food Companies Are Targeting Users of Weight-Loss Drugs With 'GLP-1 Friendly' Labels

  19-01-2026 20:00 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Meals and snacks with "GLP-1 Friendly" labels on the packaging are becoming more common in U.S. supermarkets as a growing number of Americans try obesity drugs like semaglutide (Wegovy) and tirzepatide (Zepbound) to lose weight...
  
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• Does AI 'De-skill' Doctors?

  19-01-2026 18:00 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- I recently wrote about an MIT Media Lab study that raised concerns about "cognitive debt," a term referring to the idea that repeated reliance on artificial intelligence (AI) for complex tasks may weaken learning, memory, and...
  
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• UK Treasury to review wasteful spending by Whitehall departments

  19-01-2026 01:02
  Outside experts will help assess where government initiatives can be more joined-up
  
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• 'Are They Crying Tears of Joy, Are They Laughing?': What We Heard This Week

  18-01-2026 22:00 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- "I guess a smiley face, it's probably clear, but sometimes, if you have a face with a tear, are they sad? Are they crying tears of joy, are they laughing?"--David Hanauer, MD, MS, of the University of Michigan Medical School...
  
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• Transplantation Needs a Dedicated Federal Bureau

  18-01-2026 18:00 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Organ transplantation is a critical component of life-saving care in the U.S. Over the past decade, the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) has facilitated more than 400,000 transplants, and in September 2022...
  
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• Docs Say Changes to Vaccine Recommendations Are Confusing Parents, Could Harm Kids

  18-01-2026 16:00 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Molly O'Shea, MD, has noticed growing skepticism about vaccines at both of her Michigan pediatric offices and says this month's unprecedented and confusing changes to federal vaccine guidance will only make things worse.
  One...
  
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