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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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• Liver Cancer Treatment Landscape Shifts Rapidly, but Best Sequencing Still Unclear

  30-12-2025 22:37 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Immunotherapy-based combinations have rapidly become the dominant first-line treatment for advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), but real-world outcomes remain heavily constrained by liver function and comorbidity burden...
  
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• Bispecifics Before CAR-T May Be Best-Bet Sequence for Large B-Cell Lymphoma

  30-12-2025 22:30 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- The use of bispecific antibodies (BsAb) before chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy (CAR-T) appeared to be a more optimal treatment sequence than BsAb after CAR-T in patients with relapsed or refractory large B-cell lymphoma...
  
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• In a Tumultuous Year, U.S. Health Policy Has Been Greatly Reshaped Under RFK Jr.

  30-12-2025 21:46 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- In the whirlwind first year of President Donald Trump's second term, some of the most polarizing changes have taken place within HHS, where Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has openly rebuffed the medical establishment as he converts the...
  
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• Circadian Rhythms and Dementia; How ADHD Drugs Work; Can Alzheimer's Be Reversed?

  30-12-2025 21:16 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Weaker and more fragmented circadian rhythms in older adults were associated with elevated dementia risk, prospective data showed. (Neurology)
  A meta-analysis found no significant link between menopause hormone therapy and dementia...
  
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• New Clues to Transdifferentiation in T-Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

  30-12-2025 20:00 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- At the recent American Society of Hematology annual meeting, researchers presented preclinical data examining how transdifferentiation between hematopoietic lineages--driven by LMO2 expression and p53 loss--may contribute...
  
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• 75% of Adults Have Obesity; Gestational Diabetes Rates Rising; Oprah Praises GLP-1s

  30-12-2025 19:40 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Over 75% of U.S. adults have obesity under a global Lancet Commission's new definition of obesity, which includes three anthropometric measures along with body mass index. (JAMA Network Open)
  Officials are hoping access to GLP...
  
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• I Was Wrong About RFK Jr.

  30-12-2025 19:23 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Last January, N. Adam Brown, MD, MBA, compared HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to a broken clock: even he might stumble onto the right answer a couple times a day. As part of our review of the past year's biggest events...
  
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• Defining Treatment Success in Sjogren's: Outcomes That Matter to Patients

  30-12-2025 19:06 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Measuring treatment success in Sjögren's disease requires more than tracking systemic disease activity alone. Fatigue, pain, dryness, and daily function often drive patients' quality of life and may not align with traditional...
  
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• Assisted Reproduction Linked to Child's Risk of Asthma, Eczema

  30-12-2025 18:08 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Children conceived through assisted reproductive technology (ART) were modestly more likely to develop asthma, allergic rhinitis, or atopic dermatitis compared with those conceived naturally, a population-based study from Taiwan...
  
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• Supporting Breast Cancer Patients Through a Team-Based Approach to Care

  30-12-2025 17:17 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- In "Beyond Diagnosis: Breast Cancer," Cleveland Clinic oncologist Tiffany Onger, MD, and host John Mangels continue their conversation on communicating effectively and empathetically with patients across the breast cancer care...
  
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• Trump Administration Rolls Out Rural Health Funding, With Strings Attached

  30-12-2025 16:54 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- States will share $10 billion for rural healthcare next year in a program that aims to offset the Trump administration's massive budget cuts to rural hospitals, federal officials announced Monday.
  But while every state applied...
  
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• Sapien M3 TMVR Gets OK; Aortic Stenosis Genes; Cardiologist Pleads Out in Rape Case

  30-12-2025 16:25 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- The Sapien M3 transcatheter mitral valve replacement system won FDA approval--making it the first on the market to utilize a transseptal approach--for the treatment of symptomatic moderate-to-severe or severe mitral regurgitation...
  
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• Assaulted Hospital Worker Dies; Dirty Water on Planes; Ground Beef Recall

  30-12-2025 15:26 via medpagetoday.com
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  A security guard at a Minnesota hospital died after being assaulted by a patient reportedly trying to flee from the emergency department after being placed on a...
  
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• Five Leaders in One Year: FDA's Drug Center Enters 2026 at a Crossroads

  30-12-2025 15:00 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- The FDA appointed George Tidmarsh, MD, PhD, to be the nation's top drug official in July. The Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) has since cycled through another two leaders in 5 months. In this report, we follow...
  
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• The Trick for Better Health in 2026: Keep It Simple

  29-12-2025 23:45 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- The new year is a time when many try to start new good habits and commit to improving health and wellness.
  But resolutions, lofty as they may be, can turn daunting quickly with all the advice and sometimes contradicting information...
  
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• Vaccine Injury Advisors' Meeting May Portend a Contentious 2026

  29-12-2025 23:43 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- A rushed, perfunctory end-of-year meeting by the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (VICP) Advisory Commission on Childhood Vaccines (ACCV) led to no recommended policy changes, but the event's public comments foreshadowed...
  
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• GLP-1 Agents Tied to Less Risk of Asthma Exacerbations in Teens With Obesity

  29-12-2025 22:52 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Adolescents with overweight or obesity and asthma had a lower risk of asthma exacerbations after starting a GLP-1 receptor agonist, a retrospective cohort study found.
  Among 1,070 patients ages 12 to 18, 5.4% of those taking...
  
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• NIH Neurology Director Abruptly Ousted

  29-12-2025 21:59 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Walter Koroshetz, MD, long-time director of the NIH's National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), is stepping down after his reappointment request was unexpectedly denied.
  In an email to colleagues late...
  
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• No Added Benefit for Collaborative Care in Patients With OUD and Mental Illness

  29-12-2025 21:06 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Collaborative care, an evidence-based model to treat behavioral health conditions in primary care, did not improve outcomes over enhanced usual care in patients with opioid use disorder (OUD) and co-occurring post-traumatic stress...
  
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• FDG-PET Accurately Tracks Tx Response in Metastatic Breast Cancer

  29-12-2025 20:02 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- At the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, Jennifer Specht, MD, of the University of Washington and Fred Hutch Cancer Center, Seattle, presented results from the ECOG-ACRIN FEATURE trial, a phase II study evaluating fluorodeoxyglucose...
  
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• On the Health Docket for 2026

  29-12-2025 17:48 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Over the last few years, the Supreme Court has reshaped constitutional norms to align with its conservative leaning, with profound consequences for the nation's health. That trend is likely to continue in its 2025-2026 term...
  
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• Pulsed Field Ablation Safety Issues: Will Newer Devices Clear the Stumbling Block?

  29-12-2025 17:03 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- In April, we reported on a study that raised alarms for safety issues with pulsed field ablation for atrial fibrillation. In this report, we follow up on subsequent developments for this technology.
  Pulsed field ablation (PFA...
  
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• Sleep Apnea Risk Linked to Mental Health

  29-12-2025 16:59 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) risk correlated with mental health conditions in middle age and older adults, a large Canadian longitudinal study showed.
  High risk of OSA was associated with about 40% higher adjusted odds of the...
  
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• Coffee, Chocolate, and Cellular Aging; Medical Aircraft Crash Kills 5; AAP Sues HHS

  29-12-2025 15:28 via medpagetoday.com
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  Theobromine, a compound found in coffee and dark chocolate, was linked to a reduction in cellular aging, researchers found. (Washington Post)
  Flu is surging across...
  
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• ‘Hospital at Home’ scheme aims to revolutionise NHS care

  29-12-2025 06:00
  Caring for patients in the community cuts costs and leads to quicker recoveries, says team behind Manchester service
  
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• 'I Don't Know How Many Died': What We Heard This Year

  28-12-2025 22:00 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- In place of our usual "What We Heard This Week" feature, and as part of our year-end wrap-ups, we've selected some of the most notable quotes our reporters heard in 2025.
  "I don't know how many died."--HHS Secretary Robert...
  
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• The CDC Shooting Isn't What Broke Me

  28-12-2025 18:00 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- In August, a CDC employee shared with us their experience of surviving the shooting at the CDC headquarters this summer. As part of our review of the past year's biggest events, they revisited this traumatic experience to shed...
  
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• The Year in Trump's Health

  28-12-2025 16:00 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Earlier this year, MedPage Today reported on President Donald Trump's diagnosis of chronic venous insufficiency. Here's a look back at Trump's health through the year.
  Mysterious hand bruises, severely swollen ankles, and nodding...
  
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• Do You Really Know 2025's Top Stories?

  27-12-2025 23:00 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- You passed medical training, now see if you can pass our year-end quiz
  
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