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• 'They Let Their Guard Down a Bit': What We Heard This Week

  22-02-2026 22:00 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- "Because it's a laser, they let their guard down a bit."--Terrence O'Brien, MD, of the Miller School of Medicine at the University of Miami, discussing cases of corneal infections in patients who underwent laser eye surgery...
  
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• Do Dietary Guidelines Matter to the Average American?

  22-02-2026 18:00 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Contrary to what some news headlines suggest, the recently released 2025-2030 U.S. Dietary Guidelines for Americans are not radically different than previous iterations. They continue to recommend limits to added sugars, sodium...
  
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• Social Media Companies Face Legal Reckoning Over Mental Health Harms to Children

  22-02-2026 16:00 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- For years, social media companies have disputed allegations that they harm children's mental health through deliberate design choices that addict kids to their platforms and fail to protect them from sexual predators and dangerous...
  
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• Quiz Time: Who's the CDC's New Acting Director?

  21-02-2026 23:00 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- You passed medical training, now see if you can pass our weekly quiz
  
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• Should We Do a Shoulder MRI? Food Prescriptions for Diabetes

  21-02-2026 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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• I'm a Psychiatrist at the Olympics. Here's a Look Inside the Mind of an Olympian.

  21-02-2026 18:00 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Every Olympics spectator experiences the wonder of the Games uniquely--from casual viewers who tune in only for one event, to devoted fans who eagerly consume every sport. What viewers may forget, however, is that each Olympian...
  
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• COVID Tied to New Sleep Apnea Diagnosis Up to More Than 4 Years Later

  21-02-2026 17:00 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- SARS-CoV-2 infection was associated with a modest risk of developing obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) up to 4.5 years later, a retrospective cohort study suggested.
  People hospitalized with a positive COVID-19 test had a 41% higher...
  
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• Lawmaker Says a Sick Baby Was Deported. Authorities Say Child Was Medically Cleared.

  21-02-2026 16:00 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- U.S. immigration authorities deported a 2-month-old baby with bronchitis to Mexico along with his family, a U.S. representative from Texas said.
  The child was so sick he had been unresponsive "in the last several hours" but...
  
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• Meet the 'Change Agent' Trying to Shake Up the AMA

  20-02-2026 23:42 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- John Whyte, MD, MPH, became the American Medical Association's (AMA) new executive vice president and CEO in July 2025, replacing James Madara, MD. Washington Editor Joyce Frieden and Washington Correspondent Shannon Firth sat...
  
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• What to Know About ALS After Actor Eric Dane's Death

  20-02-2026 23:28 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Actor Eric Dane, known for his role in "Grey's Anatomy," died this week at age 53, less than a year after announcing he had amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).
  Dane became an advocate for ALS awareness soon after his diagnosis...
  
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• No Survival Benefit in Advanced Breast Cancer With Frontline CDK4/6 Inhibition

  20-02-2026 23:12 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Frontline treatment with a CDK4/6 inhibitor did not improve overall survival (OS) in advanced hormone receptor (HR)-positive/HER2-negative breast cancer compared with second-line treatment, updated results from a randomized trial...
  
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• Cervical Precancers Linked to Increased Heart Risks

  20-02-2026 21:57 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Adolescents and young adults with prior cervical high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions (HSIL) have an increased risk of cardiovascular disease and mortality, according to a nationwide Swedish study.
  Among nearly 180,000...
  
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• Alzheimer's 'Clock' Uses Blood Test to Forecast Symptom Onset

  20-02-2026 20:45 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- A "clock" model based on a single blood test showed the ability to estimate when cognitively unimpaired individuals will likely develop Alzheimer's disease symptoms, researchers said.
  The model relies on %p-tau217, a ratio of...
  
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• How Accurate Is 'The Pitt'? ER Doctor Weighs In

  20-02-2026 18:54 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- As "The Pitt" continues its second season, MedPage Today takes a closer look at the highly acclaimed program through the eyes of an emergency physician.
  Jeremy Faust, MD, practicing emergency room (ER) doctor and editor-in-chief...
  
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• Social Media to Beat Denials; Talking Cancer With Kids; Female Sexual Health Ignored

  20-02-2026 18:25 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Denied coverage for treatment of an uncommon malignancy, a Colorado man unleashed his frustration on social media to get the decision overturned. (Scripps News)
  Grail said its landmark NHS-Galleri trial evaluating its multi...
  
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• FDA OKs Novel Fixed-Duration Oral Combo for Untreated CLL

  20-02-2026 18:14 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- The FDA approved acalabrutinib (Calquence) plus venetoclax (Venclexta) for previously untreated chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) or small lymphocytic lymphoma as the first all-oral, fixed-duration regimen in the frontline setting...
  
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• Speed Is Seductive. Clinical Trial Certainty Is Slower.

  20-02-2026 18:04 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- For decades, the expectation that new drugs demonstrate efficacy in two independent, adequate, and well-controlled clinical trials served as a simple safeguard: replicate the finding before exposing patients. It was not perfect...
  
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• Nurses, NYC Health System Reach Tentative Deal to End City's Largest Nursing Strike

  20-02-2026 16:37 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- New York City's largest nursing strike in decades is poised to end after more than 4,000 nurses seeking better staffing and job security at NewYork-Presbyterian reached a tentative contract agreement with management early Friday...
  
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• Webinar Feb. 25: Dr. Mike vs Paul Offit on Medical Misinfo

  20-02-2026 16:20 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Should physicians engage with people who spread misinformation--or avoid confrontation?
  In March 2025, family medicine physician and social media personality Mike Varshavski, DO, also known as "Dr. Mike," appeared on Jubilee...
  
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• There's Now Only One State That Hasn't Expanded Medicaid for Moms

  20-02-2026 15:52 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Women in Wisconsin will soon be eligible to receive expanded Medicaid coverage for up to a year after giving birth following near-unanimous passage of a measure Thursday by the Wisconsin Assembly that would leave Arkansas as...
  
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• State Bill to Erase Some Nurse Disciplinary Actions Gains Momentum

  20-02-2026 15:40 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- A bill that would void 20 years' worth of nursing board disciplinary actions for late license renewal passed the Kansas House of Representatives late Wednesday, lending momentum to a popular movement that began earlier this summer...
  
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• 'Grey's Anatomy' Star Dies; ACIP Meeting Scrapped; Hospitals Waiting for COVID $$

  20-02-2026 15:26 via medpagetoday.com
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  Eric Dane, who played Dr. Mark Sloan (McSteamy) on the ABC medical drama "Grey's Anatomy," died at age 53. His death occurred just 10 months after announcing his...
  
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• Routine Calcium After Thyroidectomy? Clinical Trial Challenges Practice

  19-02-2026 23:21 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- A selective strategy for calcium supplementation after total thyroidectomy was just as safe and effective as blanket routine supplementation, and spared some patients from potentially unnecessary medication, a randomized trial...
  
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• United Healthcare Reins in Access to Specialty Care in Medicare Advantage

  19-02-2026 23:09 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Starting May 1, enrollees in UnitedHealthcare health maintenance organization (HMO) or HMO-point of service Medicare Advantage plans nationwide must get a primary care provider's referral before seeing a wide array of specialists...
  
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• Stereotactic Radiation Better for Patients With Multiple Brain Metastases?

  19-02-2026 22:39 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Stereotactic radiation improved key quality-of-life outcomes among patients with multiple brain metastases compared with hippocampal-avoidance whole-brain radiation (HA-WBRT), a phase III randomized trial showed.
  For patients...
  
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• 16 NIH Institutes Have No Permanent Directors

  19-02-2026 20:43 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- During President Donald Trump's first term, former National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) Director Jeremy Berg, PhD, said he and other former NIH officials worried about what he called a "nightmare scenario"...
  
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• Two Types of ADT for Prostate Cancer, Different Effects on Coronary Artery Plaque

  19-02-2026 20:17 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Two types of androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) had different effects on coronary atherosclerosis in a small randomized trial of men with prostate cancer.
  Significantly more coronary artery plaque progression occurred in men...
  
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• Nurse Fired After Potential HIV Exposures; Beaten Nurse Sues Hospital; Texas MD Sued

  19-02-2026 18:55 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- The Texas jail nurse who may have exposed about a dozen inmates to HIV has been fired. (KWTX)
  Mirlande Ciprien, RN, PhD, the neonatal intensive care nurse manager who was killed at her home in Texas last weekend, was described...
  
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• Preventing Interval CRCs; Diabetes and Pancreatic Neoplasms; Defining 'Gut Health'

  19-02-2026 18:36 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Interval colorectal cancers (CRCs) were lower when patients' endoscopists had a better sessile serrated lesion detection rate on screening colonoscopies, a large retrospective cohort study showed. (JAMA Network Open)
  Roughly...
  
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• A Wellness Grifter's Dream; 'Unacceptable' CDC Director; Two Very Different Newborns

  19-02-2026 18:34 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- The following contains links to social media websites including Bluesky, X, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn.
  Science communicator Nini Munoz, PhD, suggested that vaccines should be every wellness grifter's dream: ...
  
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• Uneven Access to Biologics in Psoriasis, Study Shows

  19-02-2026 17:54 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- For Medicaid beneficiaries with psoriasis, biologic treatment patterns differed significantly among racial and ethnic groups, according to a cross-sectional study.
  From 2016 to 2022, Black beneficiaries were less likely to use...
  
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• Early Prenatal Care on the Decline in the U.S., Says CDC Report

  19-02-2026 17:47 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Early prenatal care improves the chances of a healthy pregnancy and baby, but a new federal report shows it's been on the decline.
  The share of U.S. births to women who began prenatal care in the first trimester dropped from...
  
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• Fellow Nurses: What Can We Do About Rising Workplace Violence?

  19-02-2026 17:40 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- "Empty your pockets. Remove the lanyard around your neck. Never turn your back to anyone in the room. Always have the exit in mind." This was not advice to enter a maximum-security prison; it was my preceptor's advice to me on...
  
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• If Healthcare is Unaffordable, Stop Subsidizing It

  19-02-2026 16:57 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Rising health insurance premiums have been pulled into the "affordability crisis" vortex, most visibly in the debate over whether to extend pandemic-era premium subsidies. What often gets lost is the simple math behind health...
  
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• FDA to Drop Two-Study Requirement for New Drug Approvals

  19-02-2026 16:20 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- The FDA plans to drop its longtime standard of requiring two rigorous studies to win approval for new drugs, the latest change from Trump administration officials vowing to speed up the availability of certain medical products...
  
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• Trump Pressures FDA on Vaccines; Obesity Drug May Shed Too Much; Texas Hospital Sued

  19-02-2026 15:25 via medpagetoday.com
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  President Trump told FDA Commissioner Marty Makary, MD, MPH, that he was frustrated with the agency's handling of vaccines, prompting the FDA to reverse course...
  
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• Mortality After Menopausal Hormone Therapy: Study Weighs In

  19-02-2026 00:30 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Women who used menopausal hormone therapy did not have an increased risk of death, and some even had longer survival, according to a large Danish cohort study.
  Among 876,805 women, those who redeemed a prescription for menopausal...
  
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• Exercise Cuts Cancer Mortality Risk in Less Common Types of Cancer, Too

  18-02-2026 23:37 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Higher levels of moderate/vigorous physical activity (MVPA) after cancer diagnosis had a significant association with a lower risk of cancer mortality, according to pooled data from six large cohort studies.
  Focusing on seven...
  
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• Trump Team Taps New Acting CDC Director

  18-02-2026 23:05 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- NIH Director Jayanta "Jay" Bhattacharya, MD, PhD, has been tapped as the CDC's acting director, according to a Trump administration official.
  He becomes the CDC's third director of President Trump's second term, following the...
  
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• Antibody-Oligonucleotide Conjugate Shows Promise in Myotonic Dystrophy Type 1

  18-02-2026 23:00 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Investigational delpacibart etedesiran (del-desiran) showed promise in the phase I/II MARINA trial of myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1), a rare progressive disorder caused by a toxic gain-of-function mutation in the DM1 protein...
  
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• What Action Will RFK Jr. Take on Ultraprocessed Foods?

  18-02-2026 22:58 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s promise to take action on a petition to regulate ultraprocessed foods could take a variety of forms, according to public health and regulatory experts.
  "I'm not saying that we're going...
  
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• Q&A: ANA's President on the Death of Nurse Alex Pretti and More

  18-02-2026 22:08 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- American Nurses Association (ANA) President Jennifer Mensik Kennedy, PhD, MBA, RN, shared her response to the death of Alex Pretti, RN, and explained how heightened immigration enforcement is exacerbating concerns over workplace...
  
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• Novel Rapid-Acting Drug Proves Effective in Severe PTSD

  18-02-2026 21:52 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- The investigational neuroplastogen TSND-201 showed significant efficacy in patients with severe post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), according to results from a phase II randomized trial.
  Among 65 patients, treatment with...
  
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• Sugary Drinks and Anxiety; Psychedelics Succeed for Depression; Obsessional Jealousy

  18-02-2026 21:32 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Greater consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages was associated with a 34% increased risk for anxiety disorders, a meta-analysis of nine studies found. (Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics)
  A 25-mg dose of Compass Pathways...
  
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• Here's Exactly How High Colorectal Cancer Risk Is for IBD Patients

  18-02-2026 21:17 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- People with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and colorectal dysplasia at diagnosis are significantly more likely to develop colorectal cancer (CRC), according to a cohort study from Sweden.Among more than 50,000 IBD patients...
  
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• Med School, UnitedHealth Partnered on a Course. It's Now Being Revised.

  18-02-2026 21:04 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- The University of Minnesota (UMN) will change a medical school course offered in partnership with UnitedHealth Group (UHG) in response to feedback from students.
  The current syllabus for the fourth-year elective course, "Leadership...
  
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• CDC Study Warns of Vision-Threatening Eye Infections After Laser Surgery

  18-02-2026 19:42 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Three patients undergoing laser eye surgery at a New York City ophthalmology clinic developed Purpureocillium lilacinum corneal infections as a result of poor infection prevention and control practices, health officials reported...
  
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• What Mike Tyson Is Forgetting About Obesity

  18-02-2026 19:05 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- The ad featuring Mike Tyson that addressed obesity during last week's Super Bowl was a tough watch. The spot may have been filmed in monochrome, but medically, obesity is anything but black and white. Both the messaging and messenger...
  
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• Millions on Medicare Advantage Forced to Switch Plans as Insurers Exit

  18-02-2026 17:00 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- About one in 10 Medicare Advantage (MA) enrollees, roughly 2.9 million people, will be forced to disenroll from their plan in 2026, following a spike in MA plans leaving the market, a study showed.
  The mean forced disenrollment...
  
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• 'Massive Uptick' in Medicare Advantage Plan Exits Forced Substantial Disenrollments

  18-02-2026 17:00 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- About one in 10 Medicare Advantage (MA) enrollees were forced to disenroll from their plan in 2026, following a spike in MA plans leaving the market, a study showed.
  The mean forced disenrollment rate for MA beneficiaries jumped...
  
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