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• Top Trump health appointee taking medical leave after insurrection remarks - The Washington Post

  16-09-2020 23:01
  
  Top Trump health appointee taking medical leave after insurrection remarks  The Washington Post
  
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• Baseball Hall of Famer Dies of Lewy Body Dementia and COVID-19

  16-09-2020 21:30 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- Hall of Fame baseball pitcher Tom Seaver recently died at the age of 75 because of complications of Lewy body dementia (LBD) and COVID-19.
  Seaver, also known as "Tom Terrific," turned the previously laughable New York Mets into...
  
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• Op-Ed: Failures of 'Wartime' Research

  16-09-2020 21:00 via medpagetoday.com
  
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  ZDoggMD and Marty Makary, MD, MedPage Today's editor-in-chief and professor of surgery at Johns Hopkins University, go deep on the failures of our research infrastructure during the COVID-19 war.
  Below is a transcript of...
  
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• Women's Child-Bearing Years Leave Mark on CVD Risk

  16-09-2020 20:00 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- Older women's heart disease risk factors were tied to the timing and events of their child-bearing years, researchers found.
  Adverse pregnancy outcomes, especially hypertensive disorders of pregnancy and low birth weight, were...
  
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• Beyond Transplant, CAR Therapy for Relapsed DLBCL

  16-09-2020 19:30 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- Despite representing a treatment success story, diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) still accounts for the largest lymphoma burden worldwide, and cure remains out of reach for many patients, a review by a lymphoma specialist...
  
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• Belimumab Shows Benefits for Lupus Nephritis

  16-09-2020 19:00 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- Patients with lupus nephritis who received belimumab (Benlysta) plus standard therapy were significantly more likely to have a renal response at 2 years than those given placebo plus standard care, a large randomized trial found...
  
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• DMARDs for Early Rheumatoid Arthritis Have Cardiovascular Benefits

  16-09-2020 18:00 via medpagetoday.org
  (MedPage Today) -- Study Authors: Sven Plein, Bara Erhayiem, et al.Target Audience and Goal Statement: Rheumatologists, cardiologistsThe goal of this study was to determine whether patients with early rheumatoid arthritis (RA) have cardiovascular...
  
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• CDC: More Than Half of Pregnant Women With COVID-19 Lacked Symptoms

  16-09-2020 17:30 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- More than half of pregnant women admitted to the hospital with COVID-19 were asymptomatic, researchers found.
  Of 598 hospitalized pregnant women with COVID-19, about 55% were asymptomatic, while 16% of symptomatic pregnant women...
  
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• Mount Sinai opens Scarsdale medical facility, with Yonkers center soon to follow - Crain's New York Business

  16-09-2020 17:12
  
  Mount Sinai opens Scarsdale medical facility, with Yonkers center soon to follow  Crain's New York Business
  
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• Healthcare Drives Arizona Doc's Run for Congress

  16-09-2020 17:00 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- It may not come as a surprise that an Arizona physician's main motivation for running for Congress was (wait for it): healthcare.
  The night of the 2016 election, "an overwhelming fear hit me--the threat of 'repeal and replace...
  
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• Make the Diagnosis: Careless Sunscreen Application?

  16-09-2020 16:45 via medpagetoday.com
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• Cardiology Program Leader Embroiled in Racial Accusations

  16-09-2020 16:30 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- "Is this the America we want?" asked Andrea Natale, MD, executive medical director of the Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute at St. David's Medical Center in Austin.
  It was part of a tweet that made news: Natale asserted that...
  
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• B1G Adopts Stringent Medical Protocols; Football Resumes Oct. 23-24 - University of Nebraska - huskers.com

  16-09-2020 16:01
  B1G Adopts Stringent Medical Protocols; Football Resumes Oct. 23-24 - University of Nebraska  huskers.com
  
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• Treatment Patterns for New-Onset JIA Vary Across U.S. Hospitals

  16-09-2020 16:00 via medpagetoday.org
  (MedPage Today) -- Study Authors: Rosemary G. Peterson, Rui Xiao, et al.Target Audience and Goal Statement: Rheumatologists, pediatriciansThe goal of this study was to examine variations in treatment patterns for children hospitalized with...
  
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• Unseen Benefits of Eyeglasses Against COVID-19?

  16-09-2020 15:30 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- A smaller proportion of patients with COVID-19 reported wearing eyeglasses daily than the rate of myopia in the general population, suggesting a potential inverse relationship between glasses and contracting the virus, a small...
  
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• Titrating Heart Failure Therapies: Pick Up the Phone, Follow the Script

  16-09-2020 15:00 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- Physician-supervised clinical staff helped improve uptake of guideline-directed medical therapy (GDMT) by calling heart failure patients and following a medication titration algorithm, one center found.
  Implementation of the...
  
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• Surveillance vs Intervention for Spleen Trauma: It's a Toss-Up

  16-09-2020 14:30 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- For hemodynamically stable patients with splenic trauma at high risk of rupture, no significant difference in 30-day rates of splenic rescue and complications emerged between immediate prophylactic splenic embolization and wait...
  
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• Whistleblower Alleges ‘Medical Neglect,’ Questionable Hysterectomies Of ICE Detainees - WBEZ

  16-09-2020 14:25
  
  Whistleblower Alleges ‘Medical Neglect,’ Questionable Hysterectomies Of ICE Detainees  WBEZ
  
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• How the AMA is reshaping its path toward racial equity - American Medical Association

  16-09-2020 14:06
  
  How the AMA is reshaping its path toward racial equity  American Medical Association
  
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• ICE Hysterectomies Questioned; Spying on George Floyd's EMR; Nosocomial COVID

  16-09-2020 14:00 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- Welcome to the latest edition of Investigative Roundup, highlighting some of the best investigative reporting on healthcare each week.
  ICE Hysterectomies Questioned
  A whistleblower is alleging medical neglect and excessive...
  
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• Diamyd Medical invites to a webcast presentation on September 17 on the results from DIAGNODE-2 - PRNewswire

  16-09-2020 13:03
  
  Diamyd Medical invites to a webcast presentation on September 17 on the results from DIAGNODE-2  PRNewswire
  
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• Signifier Medical Technologies Closes $10M Series C Funding Round - PRNewswire

  16-09-2020 13:00
  
  Signifier Medical Technologies Closes $10M Series C Funding Round  PRNewswire
  
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• Double Mastectomy Linked to Sexual, Body Image Issues in Young Women

  16-09-2020 13:00 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- The choice to undergo more extensive breast surgery such as bilateral mastectomy had short- and long-term effects on body image, sexual health, and anxiety for young women with breast cancer, especially in those who avoided breast...
  
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• DCIS Tied to Higher Chance of Breast Cancer Death

  16-09-2020 13:00 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- Women with a ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) diagnosis were over three times more likely to die from breast cancer versus those in the general population, a retrospective study found.
  In over 140,000 women who underwent surgery...
  
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• Medigate raises funds to boost medical device security offering - Medical Device Network

  16-09-2020 12:58
  
  Medigate raises funds to boost medical device security offering  Medical Device Network
  
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• The global medical coatings market size is projected to grow from USD 6.0 billion in 2020 to USD 15.2 billion by 2025, at a CAGR of 20.5% - GlobeNewswire

  16-09-2020 12:49
  The global medical coatings market size is projected to grow from USD 6.0 billion in 2020 to USD 15.2 billion by 2025, at a CAGR of 20.5%  GlobeNewswire
  
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• Vivera Pharmaceuticals announces Medical Technologies Division and BIOZONE Device - PRNewswire

  16-09-2020 12:45
  
  Vivera Pharmaceuticals announces Medical Technologies Division and BIOZONE Device  PRNewswire
  
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• Intersect ENT acquires Fiagon AG Medical Technologies - Medical Device Network

  16-09-2020 12:45
  
  Intersect ENT acquires Fiagon AG Medical Technologies  Medical Device Network
  
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• 80 latest births at Samaritan Medical Center in Watertown - Newzjunky.com

  16-09-2020 12:45
  80 latest births at Samaritan Medical Center in Watertown  Newzjunky.com
  
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• Reflecting on Apollo Medical Holdings' (NASDAQ:AMEH) Share Price Returns Over The Last Year - Yahoo Finance

  16-09-2020 12:32
  
  Reflecting on Apollo Medical Holdings' (NASDAQ:AMEH) Share Price Returns Over The Last Year  Yahoo Finance
  
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• How to Read a Medical Test - The New Yorker

  16-09-2020 12:01
  
  How to Read a Medical Test  The New Yorker
  
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• Global Medical Device Industry Statistics Show Production Of Non-COVID Equipment Is Severely Impacted - GlobeNewswire

  16-09-2020 12:00
  
  Global Medical Device Industry Statistics Show Production Of Non-COVID Equipment Is Severely Impacted  GlobeNewswire
  
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• Medical Examiner identifies woman killed in rollover crash in far East Bexar County - KSAT San Antonio

  16-09-2020 11:46
  
  Medical Examiner identifies woman killed in rollover crash in far East Bexar County  KSAT San Antonio
  
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• COVID-19 exodus fills vacation towns with new medical pressures - Herald-Mail Media

  16-09-2020 11:31
  COVID-19 exodus fills vacation towns with new medical pressures  Herald-Mail Media
  
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• Hospital-Acquired COVID; New Antibody Data; In FDA We Trust?

  16-09-2020 11:00 via medpagetoday.com
  
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  An average of 120 patients a day contracted COVID-19 inside U.S. hospitals, according to about 9 weeks of previously unpublished federal data provided by the CDC...
  
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• Whistleblower Alleges 'Medical Neglect,' Questionable Hysterectomies Of ICE Detainees - NPR

  16-09-2020 10:43
  Whistleblower Alleges 'Medical Neglect,' Questionable Hysterectomies Of ICE Detainees  NPRWhistleblower alleges high rate of hysterectomies and medical neglect at ICE facility  CNNIce detainees faced medical neglect and hysterectomies, whistleblower alleges  The GuardianWhistleblower Alleges Medical Negligence, Unnecessary Hysterectomies At Georgia ICE Facility  ForbesDemocrats to investigate forced surgery claims in Georgia  Boston HeraldView Fu
  
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• The Medical Office Market Shows Signs of a Thaw - GlobeSt.com

  16-09-2020 10:00
  
  The Medical Office Market Shows Signs of a Thaw  GlobeSt.com
  
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• Whistleblower alleges high rate of hysterectomies and medical neglect at ICE facility - CNN

  16-09-2020 09:00
  
  Whistleblower alleges high rate of hysterectomies and medical neglect at ICE facility  CNN
  
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• Volunteers swell ranks of Southwest Virginia Medical Reserve Corps - Southwest Virginia Today

  16-09-2020 09:00
  Volunteers swell ranks of Southwest Virginia Medical Reserve Corps  Southwest Virginia Today
  
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• Top HHS spokesperson Caputo to take medical leave - POLITICO

  16-09-2020 09:00
  
  Top HHS spokesperson Caputo to take medical leave  POLITICO
  
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• The Big Ten Conference Adopts Stringent Medical Protocols; Football Season to Resume October 23-24, 2020 - Big Ten Conference

  16-09-2020 09:00
  The Big Ten Conference Adopts Stringent Medical Protocols; Football Season to Resume October 23-24, 2020  Big Ten Conference
  
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• The Big Ten Adopts Stringent Medical Protocols; Football Season to Resume October 23-24, 2020 - GoPSUsports.com

  16-09-2020 09:00
  The Big Ten Adopts Stringent Medical Protocols; Football Season to Resume October 23-24, 2020  GoPSUsports.com
  
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• Medical school applications up—what that means for premeds - American Medical Association

  16-09-2020 09:00
  
  Medical school applications up—what that means for premeds  American Medical Association
  
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• The medical device testing market was valued at USD 9.3 billion in 2020 and is projected to reach USD 11.8 billion by 2025; growing at a CAGR of 4.8% from 2020 to 2025 - GlobeNewswire

  16-09-2020 07:09
  The medical device testing market was valued at USD 9.3 billion in 2020 and is projected to reach USD 11.8 billion by 2025; growing at a CAGR of 4.8% from 2020 to 2025  GlobeNewswire
  
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• Maternity Services for Expectant Moms Excel at Riverview Medical Center - TAPinto.net

  16-09-2020 06:27
  
  Maternity Services for Expectant Moms Excel at Riverview Medical Center  TAPinto.net
  
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• Medical experts say Oklahoma's COVID alert system is deeply "flawed" - KTUL

  16-09-2020 04:48
  Medical experts say Oklahoma's COVID alert system is deeply "flawed"  KTUL
  
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• Bibb Commissioners to send letter to GBI to request Medical Examiner Office stay open - wgxa.tv

  16-09-2020 04:46
  Bibb Commissioners to send letter to GBI to request Medical Examiner Office stay open  wgxa.tv
  
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• New NBC series 'Transplant' could be your favorite new medical drama - KING5.com

  16-09-2020 04:10
  New NBC series 'Transplant' could be your favorite new medical drama  KING5.com
  
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• Rockwell Medical Announces Appointment of Russell L. Skibsted as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Business Officer - BioSpace

  16-09-2020 03:51
  Rockwell Medical Announces Appointment of Russell L. Skibsted as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Business Officer  BioSpace
  
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• Innovative Israeli Medical Devices in the UAE: The Cardiacsense Medical Watch for Identifying Arrythmia Will be Sold in the UAE - BioSpace

  16-09-2020 03:42
  Innovative Israeli Medical Devices in the UAE: The Cardiacsense Medical Watch for Identifying Arrythmia Will be Sold in the UAE  BioSpace
  
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