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• 'Why Would You Repeat Those Damn Lies?': What We Heard This Week

  19-07-2026 22:00 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- "Why would you repeat those damn lies? That destroys trust."--Sen. Bill Cassidy, MD (R-La.), grilling President Trump's nominee for the assistant secretary for preparedness and response over a since-deleted social media post...
  
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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.
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• GLP-1 Maker Sued Over Ads; Vaginal Estrogen; Melinda Gates Talks Perimenopause

  21-07-2026 20:09 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Novo Nordisk sued rival drugmaker Eli Lilly, alleging false advertising claims about relative weight-loss drug performance. (Reuters via NBC News)
  GLP-1 drug use surged from 2017 to 2022, jumping 230% in adults with diabetes...
  
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• Drugs for Dry AMD Linked to Thickening of Retinal Nerve

  21-07-2026 19:22 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- MONTREAL--Complement inhibitors to treat geographic atrophy (GA) were associated with thickening of the retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL), which could be helpful or pathologic, according to a study reported here.
  Both FDA...
  
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• Stent Graft Recall; PMOS and Heart Disease; Disney World Cardiac Emergency

  21-07-2026 19:13 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Bolton Medical is recalling the Relay Pro Thoracic Stent Graft System due to difficulties in releasing the stent graft. As of April 23, the company has reported three deaths associated with this issue, according to an FDA alert...
  
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• Why Some Dementia Patients 'Return' Before They Die; Rise in Mild Autism; EBV and MS

  21-07-2026 18:48 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- The New York Times explored terminal lucidity--the phenomenon in which some dementia patients briefly regain cognitive abilities just before they die.
  In a rural area that one resident calls "Parkinson's Valley," farmers...
  
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• Time to Look Closer at Hypercortisolism and Cardiovascular Risk?

  21-07-2026 17:18 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- At ENDO 2026, the annual meeting of the Endocrine Society, discussion around hypercortisolism extended beyond classic Cushing syndrome and highlighted the potential cardiovascular impact of cortisol across a broader spectrum...
  
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• The Roadmap to DSM-6

  21-07-2026 16:51 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) is often described as the "bible" of psychiatric diagnosis. It shapes how clinicians diagnose patients, how insurers reimburse care, how researchers design psychiatric...
  
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• U.S. Ebola Quarantine Center Is Operating in Kenya Despite Court Ban, Activists Say

  21-07-2026 16:49 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Kenyan activists on Monday accused authorities of violating a court order from last month halting the setting up of an American-backed Ebola quarantine center after reports surfaced that Americans were being quarantined in the...
  
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• Cyclosporiasis Cases Rise; Quarantine Trauma Revealed; ER Doctor Saved by Team

  21-07-2026 15:34 via medpagetoday.com
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  Michigan's cyclosporiasis outbreak has surpassed 6,100 cases, state officials said.
  A fourth person died in connection with New York City's Legionnaires' disease...
  
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• Injectables ‘wild west’: Galderma’s race to tame the botox boom

  21-07-2026 06:00 via ft.com
  Swiss producer is training thousands of doctors to administer jabs as risk of botched procedures rises
  
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• Novel Antifungal Shows Activity in Valley Fever

  21-07-2026 00:15 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- An investigational antifungal was associated with clinical improvements in a majority of patients with disseminated coccidioidomycosis (DCM) who failed standard treatments, according to an open-label phase IIb trial.
  Among 41...
  
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• American Heart Association Weighs In on Coffee Drinking

  20-07-2026 23:37 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Caffeine consumption can be safely tolerated in reasonable amounts in most people, according to a review by the American Heart Association (AHA).
  "The convergence of evidence from large cohort studies and small randomized controlled...
  
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• HHS Agency Cuts Dozens of Grants

  20-07-2026 23:32 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) cut dozens of grants last week, issuing what appeared to be batch termination notices to researchers.
  Termination letters shared with MedPage Today and posted online had...
  
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• Lettuce Supplier Still the Focus in Cyclospora Outbreak, Despite Faulty Test Result

  20-07-2026 23:14 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Federal health officials said Monday they remain focused on lettuce from Taylor Farms as the source of a multistate outbreak of the diarrhea-causing parasite Cyclospora, despite inaccurate test results that the government briefly...
  
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• Novel Drug Shows Promise in Crohn's, Ulcerative Colitis

  20-07-2026 23:06 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Treatment with investigational duvakitug appeared to improve remission rates among patients with ulcerative colitis and endoscopic response rates in those with Crohn's disease, results from two cohorts of the phase IIb RELIEVE...
  
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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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• CDC's 'Do Not Board' Rule Undermines the Ebola Response

  20-07-2026 21:44 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Having dismantled the U.S. Agency for International Development and decimated the CDC's global health capacities, the Trump administration has resorted to a blunt instrument to protect the American public from the Bundibugyo...
  
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• Troubling Findings in Study of GLP-1 Compounders

  20-07-2026 21:04 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- The market for compounded GLP-1 drugs remained robust despite the end of semaglutide (Ozempic, Wegovy) and tirzepatide (Mounjaro, Zepbound) shortages, with many facilities adding ingredients like B vitamins and some operating...
  
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• Second Season of Clesrovimab for RSV Well Tolerated in High-Risk Kids

  20-07-2026 20:45 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- For respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) prevention, the long-acting monoclonal antibody clesrovimab (Enflonsia) was well tolerated among infants at increased risk for severe disease through two RSV seasons, a randomized clinical...
  
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• New Guideline Will Shift Statins to Younger and Lower-Risk U.S. Adults

  20-07-2026 19:33 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- The new American cholesterol guideline would not make more Americans statin users per se, but instead shift the profile of people who should initiate lipid-lowering therapy to those younger and lower risk, research indicated...
  
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• New Dementia Prevention Guidelines Released

  20-07-2026 19:03 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- The World Health Organization (WHO) released updated guidelines and evidence-based recommendations to help people reduce their risk of cognitive decline and dementia.
  The guidelines apply to adults with normal cognition or mild...
  
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• Dramatic Results Seen With Gene Therapy for Age-Related Macular Degeneration

  20-07-2026 18:47 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- MONTREAL--Gene therapy for neovascular age-related macular degeneration (nAMD) achieved stable vision and retinal anatomy for up to 5 years, with dramatic reductions in treatment burden, according to studies reported here...
  
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• This 'Natural' Remedy Was Likely Culprit in Baby's Lead Poisoning

  20-07-2026 18:08 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- A 6-month-old boy who experienced unexplained seizures was ultimately diagnosed with lead poisoning from a course of ancient Indian medicine.
  The week prior to landing in the hospital, the baby had been eating less and vomiting...
  
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• Medical Examiner Outlines How He Handles Autopsies of the Famous and Everyone Else

  20-07-2026 16:49 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner's Office has performed autopsies in many high-profile cases, including that of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez, who singer D4vd is charged with killing, and the death of "Friends" star...
  
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• 930 Dead in Outbreak; FDA Backtracks on Iceberg Lettuce; Chronic Cough Drug Fizzles

  20-07-2026 15:28 via medpagetoday.com
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  At least 930 people have died in Congo's Ebola outbreak, according to the country's Ministry of Health. (AP)
  Meanwhile, safety fears restrict the Ebola response...
  
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• Real Care Happens in the Moments in Between

  19-07-2026 18:00 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- This has been the worst year of my life medically.
  In the span of months, I was diagnosed with breast cancer, underwent a double mastectomy, required revision surgery, developed a post-surgical infection, and found myself hospitalized...
  
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