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• Study Examines Link Between IBD and Psychiatric Disorders

  05-08-2026 21:37 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) were at increased risk for several psychiatric disorders both before and after diagnosis, according to results from a Swedish cohort study.
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• Trump Issues Controversial Order on Vaccines, Suggests Autism Link

  10-08-2026 23:37 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- President Trump signed an executive order that shrinks the number of universally recommended vaccines for children, calls for splitting up the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) shot, and says each vaccination should occur at...
  
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• Post-Transplant Outcomes in Hodgkin Lymphoma Improved Over Time

  10-08-2026 23:28 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Outcomes have substantially improved over time in patients with relapsed or refractory classical Hodgkin lymphoma who underwent hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT), according to a retrospective, registry-based cohort study...
  
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• Most Older Diabetics Don't Get Recommended Medication Tweaks

  10-08-2026 23:11 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Most older adults with type 2 diabetes whose HbA1c level was outside the American Diabetes Association (ADA)-recommended target did not have their medications adjusted, a review of electronic health records indicated.
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• Osteoarthritis of the Big Toe? Don't Wait to Operate

  10-08-2026 23:00 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Patients with painful osteoarthritis of the first metatarsophalangeal joint (MTPJ)--aka the big toe--would do better with immediate surgery than letting nature take its course, results of a randomized trial indicated...
  
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• Pet Hamsters Linked to Rare Brain Disorder

  10-08-2026 22:28 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- People with autoimmune cerebellar ataxia were more likely to have been exposed to pet hamsters versus a control group, a hospital-based study in China suggested.
  Among patients matched on age and sex, hamster exposure was more...
  
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• Navigating the Initial Visit in Advanced Prostate Cancer

  10-08-2026 20:47 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- In "Beyond Diagnosis: Metastatic Castration-Sensitive Prostate Cancer," Cleveland Clinic oncologist Christopher Wee, MD, and host John Mangels discuss how clinicians can guide patients through the initial complexities of a metastatic...
  
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• The Fauci Hearing Was the Wrong Approach to Accountability

  10-08-2026 20:10 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- The public spectacle surrounding the congressional testimony of Anthony Fauci, MD, along with the recent scrutiny of his private, COVID-era diaries, has reignited a persistent debate: what kind of public accounting do we owe...
  
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• Nirsevimab's RSV Protection Didn't Extend to Second Year

  10-08-2026 19:23 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- The monoclonal antibody nirsevimab (Beyfortus) consistently performed well against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)-related hospitalization during infants' first year after receipt but without a benefit for other hospitalizations...
  
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• Trump Officials Propose New Scrutiny of Food Additives and Ingredients

  10-08-2026 18:50 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- U.S. health officials on Monday proposed a rule change that would require food manufacturers to notify regulators before introducing new ingredients or additives into processed or packaged foods.
  The proposal would change a...
  
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• Residential Context Matters in Ovarian Cancer Survival

  10-08-2026 18:35 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Living in areas of greater social vulnerability was linked to worse overall survival among women with epithelial ovarian cancer, particularly Black women, a retrospective cohort study suggested.
  Overall, living in areas with...
  
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• A Week After Shaving, She Developed Rare Flesh-Eating Disease

  10-08-2026 18:28 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- She shaved her perineal area, then applied a topical herbal substance provided by an alternative practitioner--but a week later, the 40-year-old woman developed aggressive necrotizing fasciitis.
  What ensued was a 12-week...
  
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• Despite Progress in TNBC, More Biomarkers Are Needed to Improve Outcomes

  10-08-2026 17:08 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Although biomarker testing is playing a greater role in the management of triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC), treatment selection still relies on relatively few validated biomarkers.
  Markers for Immunotherapy
  Several new...
  
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• Amid Flesh-Eating Bacteria Deaths, Health Officials Urge Caution for Beachgoers

  10-08-2026 16:02 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Health officials in Louisiana are urging beachgoers to take precautions during a summertime surge in infections from a flesh-eating bacteria found in coastal waters.
  Louisiana has confirmed nine cases of Vibrio vulnificus infections...
  
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• Biden Cancer Update; Trump on Fauci Prosecution; Cyclosporiasis Rebound Cases

  10-08-2026 15:30 via medpagetoday.com
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  Former President Joe Biden's prostate cancer metastasized to the bone and has become painful and debilitating, his son said. (AP)
  During his acceptance speech for...
  
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• UK raises cost projections for Palantir’s NHS data platform

  10-08-2026 06:00 via ft.com
  Lifetime charge rises to £1.1bn on ‘increased delivery at scale’ while forecast benefits fall to £808mn
  
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• UK cost estimate of Palantir NHS data platform rises to more than £1bn

  10-08-2026 06:00 via ft.com
  Lifetime charge rises to £1.1bn on ‘increased delivery at scale’ while forecast benefits fall to £808mn
  
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• 'Do You Believe That Jimmy Hoffa Died of Natural Causes?': What We Heard This Week

  09-08-2026 22:00 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- "Do you believe in the tooth fairy, sir? Do you believe in the Easter Bunny? Do you believe that Jimmy Hoffa died of natural causes?"--Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.), questioning testimony from a Georgetown expert who said he...
  
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• A Precarious Moment for 'Pimping' in Medicine

  09-08-2026 18:00 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- "How would you determine if this patient has a pure or mixed high anion gap metabolic acidosis (HAGMA)?"
  This was the question posed to me and my co-medical students by my attending (who I had met 3 minutes earlier) in front...
  
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• Fauci Contempt Vote Reflects the Enduring Politics of COVID

  09-08-2026 16:00 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Anthony Fauci, MD, is sitting before Congress, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is on TV debating COVID lockdowns, and Americans can't agree on what science to trust.
  You might think it's 2020 again.
  Six years after COVID-19 thrust the...
  
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• A Community-Designed Diet for Heart Failure; E-Cigarettes After Smoking Cessation

  08-08-2026 20:00 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- TTHealthWatch is a weekly podcast from Texas Tech. In it, Elizabeth Tracey, director of electronic media for Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore, and Rick Lange, MD, president of Texas Tech Health El Paso, look at the top medical...
  
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• RFK Jr. Has a Point About Psychiatry. It's Not the One He's Making.

  08-08-2026 18:00 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- If you'd asked my grandmother about attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), she would have replied, "That's a white people thing." What Western medicine pathologizes, my Asian family would've just called "life."
  Child...
  
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• Woman Says She Was Wrongly Diagnosed With Cancer, Had Surgery Due to Labeling Error

  08-08-2026 16:00 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- An Atlanta-area woman alleges that she was wrongly diagnosed with cancer and underwent an unneeded hysterectomy because of a labeling error.
  Cassandra Barksdale and her attorneys filed a lawsuit Tuesday against Kaiser Permanente...
  
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• Pfizer grapples with ‘a world of hurt’ after Covid triumph

  08-08-2026 12:00 via ft.com
  Sliding vaccine revenues and fears it overpaid for new drugs pile pressure on boss Albert Bourla
  
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• Type 1 Diabetes Cases and Care Vary Widely Across States

  07-08-2026 23:08 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Wide variations in the numbers of type 1 diabetes patients and specialists throughout the U.S. may affect care availability as diagnostic and treatment modalities continue to advance, data from a cross-sectional study indicated...
  
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• Child at Center of Texas Brain-Death Dispute Is Taken Off Life Support and Dies

  07-08-2026 22:43 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- A 2-year-old girl whose parents sued a Texas hospital to prevent it from testing if she was brain-dead after she drowned in a hotel pool on Memorial Day has been removed from life support and died, her family said this week...
  
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• What Did New Research About Circumcision Show?

  07-08-2026 22:10 via medpagetoday.com
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• Liposomal Chemo Combination No Better Than Standard Induction in Pediatric AML

  07-08-2026 21:55 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Liposomal daunorubicin and cytarabine (Vyxeos) didn't hold up to standard daunorubicin/cytarabine induction therapy in children and young adults with newly diagnosed acute myeloid leukemia (AML), a phase III trial from the Children...
  
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• Biden's Bedtime Cancer Symptom; Top Cancer Hospitals; FDA Panel to Review MCED Test

  07-08-2026 20:59 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Former First Lady Jill Biden said she noticed a concerning symptom before former President Joe Biden was diagnosed with aggressive prostate cancer--he was waking up to use the bathroom up to seven times a night. (USA Today...
  
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• Donor Hearts May Work Better if Stored Slightly Warmer

  07-08-2026 20:08 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Colder was not better when it came to donor heart storage, according to preliminary findings from a retrospective analysis.
  Between static cold storage (SCS) at 4-8°C and 10°C, there was a marked difference in outcomes...
  
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