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• Sabbatical, Interrupted

  06-05-2025 17:02 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- It was October 2023 when I first began talking about a sabbatical. I had just stepped down from a 6-year stint as the director of disaster preparedness for Kaiser Permanente Northern California--an adventure that probably...
  
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• Oz Didn’t Invent the Medicare Fraud Fight. Is He Changing It?

  11-03-2026 18:27 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- For decades, the federal government took a simple approach to Medicare and Medicaid fraud: Pay first, chase later.
  Now there is, apparently, a "war room."
  In a viral social media clip, a dozen staffers sit around a conference...
  
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• Money Talks in Hospitals' Adoption of Oncology Biosimilars

  11-03-2026 17:56 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Hospitals' adoption of biosimilars for three oncology biologics increased dramatically over a 5-year period, as did the facilities' profit margins on the drugs, claims and drug acquisition data showed.
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• Is Epic Too Big to Fail?

  11-03-2026 17:18 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- For years, I have written about consolidation in healthcare--how mergers of hospital systems, insurers, and service providers have squeezed competition, raised costs, and eroded patient care. When one company dominates a...
  
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• Epstein's VIP Doctors; Botox at Planned Parenthood; NIH Term Limits?

  11-03-2026 16:20 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Kennedy's surgeon general nominee is facing scrutiny over some products she has sold. Casey Means, MD, has been accused of selling numerous unsafe products. Some contain hazardous ingredients, and others have unsafe levels of...
  
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• Study Backs HPV Testing Alone for Detecting Cervical Precancers

  11-03-2026 16:10 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Pairing cytology screening with human papillomavirus (HPV) testing didn't deliver markedly better predictive results versus primary HPV testing alone when screening for cervical cancer, a Canadian cohort study suggested.
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• Single Payer 'Hands Down' the Best Way to Solve High Healthcare Costs, Advocate Says

  11-03-2026 15:15 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- In this series, MedPage Today is asking healthcare economists and policy experts the same questions about the high costs of U.S. healthcare. They'll reveal what they believe is working, what's not working, and what else can be...
  
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• Epstein Autopsy Doc Speaks; Device Tied to Serious Injuries; Boston Singer Dies

  11-03-2026 14:30 via medpagetoday.com
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  Kristin Roman, MD, the doctor who performed the autopsy on sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, explains why she was hesitant to declare his death a suicide. (Business...
  
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• Wegovy May Carry Highest Risk of Blinding Condition Among GLP-1 Drugs

  10-03-2026 23:30 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- The obesity drug semaglutide (Wegovy) conferred a significantly higher risk of ischemic optic neuropathy (ION) than any other GLP-1 agonist, including semaglutide for diabetes (Ozempic), an analysis of FDA data showed.
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• Tale of Two Drugs: Wegovy Linked to Higher Risk of Blinding Eye Stroke vs Ozempic

  10-03-2026 23:30 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- The obesity drug semaglutide (Wegovy) conferred a significantly higher risk of ischemic optic neuropathy (ION) than any other GLP-1 agonist, including semaglutide for diabetes (Ozempic), an analysis of FDA data showed.
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• Senator to Investigate FDA Rejections of Rare Disease Drugs

  10-03-2026 22:43 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wisc.) said Tuesday he would begin an investigation into the FDA's handling of approval applications for biologic therapies to treat Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) and other rare life-threatening disorders...
  
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• Senator to Investigate FDA Rejections of Biologics, Gene Therapies

  10-03-2026 22:43 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wisc.) said Tuesday he would begin an investigation into the FDA's handling of approval applications for biologic therapies to treat Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) and other rare life-threatening disorders...
  
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• The Safest Hospitals in the U.S., According to Healthgrades

  10-03-2026 22:18 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- The nation's safest hospitals, according to annual rankings from Healthgrades, represent the top 10% of hospitals nationwide for patient safety, with the lowest incidences of 13 preventable patient safety events.
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• FDA Reverses Stance on Leucovorin for Autism

  10-03-2026 22:00 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- The FDA expanded the approval of leucovorin calcium (Wellcovorin) tablets to treat FOLR1-related cerebral folate transport deficiency (CFD-FOLR1), an ultra-rare hereditary disorder, the agency announced Tuesday.
  Leucovorin is...
  
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• Some Cancers May Be Slightly Elevated in Women Who've Had Fertility Treatment

  10-03-2026 21:58 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- While overall cancer incidence among women who used medically assisted reproduction wasn't elevated, certain cancers were more common in this population, an Australian population-based cohort study showed.
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• Superagers Have Different Brains; Suicidality and Seizures; Brain Prize Winners

  10-03-2026 19:19 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- The brains of superagers--adults over age 80 with extraordinary memory capacity--were strong producers of new neurons, showing a distinct profile of hippocampal neurogenesis in a post-mortem study. (Nature)
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• How Superagers' Brains Are Different; Suicidality and Seizures; Brain Prize Winners

  10-03-2026 19:19 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- The brains of superagers--adults over age 80 with extraordinary memory capacity--were strong producers of new neurons, showing a distinct profile of hippocampal neurogenesis in a post-mortem study. (Nature)
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• Longer Lytic-PCI Window; Virtual Heart Teams; Large Vessel Occlusion Blood Test?

  10-03-2026 18:46 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- For some heart attack patients in resource-limited settings, allowing a longer window from fibrinolysis to percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) may not necessarily hurt outcomes, observational data suggested. (American Journal...
  
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• We've Practiced in Denmark and the U.S. They're Not Built for the Same Vax Schedule.

  10-03-2026 18:37 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- As two pediatricians who have worked in both Denmark and the U.S., our perspectives are highly unique. We believe it is ill-advised for the CDC to recommend a vaccine schedule similar to Denmark's within the higher-risk U.S...
  
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• NYC Health Commissioner Warns of 'Public Health Disaster' From Vaccine Policy

  10-03-2026 18:32 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- New York City's new health commissioner, Alister Martin, MD, is stepping into the role at a time of growing tension between local public health officials and federal policy.In a conversation with MedPage Today Editor-in-Chief...
  
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• GLP-1 Drugs and Osteoporosis; HbA1c at the Dentist? New Obesity Med Guide

  10-03-2026 18:23 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- GLP-1 receptor agonists may increase the risk of bone and tendon injuries, as well as conditions like osteoporosis and gout, a retrospective study suggested. (Washington Post)
  Chairside HbA1c testing during routine dental visits...
  
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• RFK Jr. to Undergo Surgery

  10-03-2026 17:23 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is having rotator cuff surgery Tuesday, a spokesperson told MedPage Today.
  Kennedy plans to return to the office March 16, the spokesperson said. That person did not provide details about...
  
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• High-Dose Psychedelic Beats Nicotine Patches for Smoking Cessation

  10-03-2026 16:00 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- A single high-strength dose of psilocybin was more effective than nicotine patches for helping smokers quit, a pilot randomized trial showed.
  When added to cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), 40.5% of participants who received...
  
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• High-Dose Psychedelic Beat Nicotine Patches for Smoking Cessation

  10-03-2026 16:00 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- A single high-strength dose of psilocybin was more effective than nicotine patches for helping smokers quit, a pilot randomized trial showed.
  When added to cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), 40.5% of participants who received...
  
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• Doc Resigns Over Epstein Ties; Oz Says ACA Enrollment Too High; Cancer Drug Rejected

  10-03-2026 14:32 via medpagetoday.com
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  Bernard Kruger, MD, who once arranged a private emergency room membership for convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and unnamed "girls," has stepped down from his...
  
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• Cancer Drug Pulled From Market Over Safety Concerns

  09-03-2026 22:30 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- The cancer drug tazemetostat (Tazverik) is being voluntarily withdrawn in the U.S. and all other markets over concerns about secondary cancers, drugmaker Ipsen announced.
  The company also said it is discontinuing all active...
  
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• Routine Mammograms That Also Flag CVD: Two Birds With One Stone?

  09-03-2026 22:09 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- With the help of artificial intelligence (AI), routine screening mammograms could identify women at higher cardiovascular risk, a retrospective cohort study suggested.
  A greater amount of AI-calculated breast arterial calcification...
  
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• Another Study Finds No Ties Between Tylenol in Pregnancy and Autism

  09-03-2026 21:38 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Positive associations between maternal acetaminophen prescriptions during pregnancy and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in offspring became null in sibling-matched analyses...
  
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• Sentinel Node Biopsy Improves Survival in Melanoma, Meta-Analysis Shows

  09-03-2026 21:34 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Sentinel node biopsy (SNB) significantly reduced the risk of death from melanoma, results from a systematic review and meta-analysis indicated.
  Across 13 studies involving more than 40,000 participants, those who underwent SNB...
  
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• CDC Study Warns on Infection-Related Cancers After Organ Transplant

  09-03-2026 21:17 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Cases of suspected Kaposi sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV) infections in U.S. organ transplant recipients jumped in the last 5 years, highlighting the need for new screening tools and sharper clinical scrutiny in transplant...
  
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