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• With legalization on the table, medical marijuana producers push to loosen restrictions - WWBT NBC12 News

  18-11-2020 22:10
  
  With legalization on the table, medical marijuana producers push to loosen restrictions  WWBT NBC12 News
  
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• Top executives with California Medical Association joined Gov. Gavin Newsom at French Laundry party in Napa County - KGO-TV

  18-11-2020 21:10
  
  Top executives with California Medical Association joined Gov. Gavin Newsom at French Laundry party in Napa County  KGO-TV
  
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• Top executives with California Medical Association joined Gov. Gavin Newsom at French Laundry party in Napa County - KABC-TV

  18-11-2020 21:09
  
  Top executives with California Medical Association joined Gov. Gavin Newsom at French Laundry party in Napa County  KABC-TV
  
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• Small Benefit of Vitamin D for Advanced Cancer Risk

  18-11-2020 20:30 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- Middle-age adults who took low-dose vitamin D supplements for 5 years had a small but statistically lower risk of developing metastatic or fatal cancer, a new analysis of a randomized trial showed.
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• Seniors' Depression Overlooked; Pandemic Stress and Jaw Pain

  18-11-2020 20:00 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- Why are many older folks left behind when it comes to depression treatment? (Forbes)
  After an advisory panel voted in favor of approval, the FDA declined to okay the investigational ALKS 3831 (olanzapine/samidorphan), a schizophrenia...
  
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• Texas Medical Center doctors warn of alarming increase in COVID-19 cases - KPRC Click2Houston

  18-11-2020 19:31
  
  Texas Medical Center doctors warn of alarming increase in COVID-19 cases  KPRC Click2Houston
  
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• JFK in Trauma Room One: A Witness Remembers

  18-11-2020 19:30 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- Earlier this month, MedPage Today published an article about a presentation at the annual conference of the American College of Emergency Physicians regarding the treatment of President John F. Kennedy in the emergency room of...
  
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• Here's How to Think About the Danish Mask Study

  18-11-2020 19:15 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- I was drawn to science and medicine because of all human endeavors, ours is one where smart people can say, "I don't know." We don't stop there. We run a study or experiment that helps us know more. That is what makes what we...
  
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• AMA: Cautious 'Yes' to Public Option; 'No' to Legal Cannabis

  18-11-2020 19:00 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- The American Medical Association (AMA) House of Delegates gave a thumbs up to a "public option"--with caveats--but a thumbs down to marijuana legalization at the final day of its virtual special meeting.
  The delegates...
  
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• T Cells May Tell Us More About COVID Immunity

  18-11-2020 18:30 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- While antibodies have been the focus of testing for past infection with COVID-19, T cells will also provide some insights--potentially better ones, experts say.
  These lymphocytes are the first responders that then coordinate...
  
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• Lorlatinib Shows 'Striking' CNS Activity in ALK Lung Cancer

  18-11-2020 18:00 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- Lorlatinib (Lorbrena) topped an older first-line standard for patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and ALK rearrangements, an interim analysis of the international, randomized CROWN trial showed.
  Compared with crizotinib...
  
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• Students Update the Hippocratic Oath

  18-11-2020 17:30 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- Medical students in the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine's incoming class recited two oaths via Zoom this year--the Hippocratic Oath, and an updated version that they wrote to address what they see as the most...
  
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• Which Sleep Apnea Screening Tool Works Best Before Bariatric Surgery?

  18-11-2020 17:00 via medpagetoday.org
  (MedPage Today) -- Study Authors: Kimberly Y. Kreitinger, Macy M.S. Lui, et al.Target Audience and Goal Statement: Endocrinologists, gastroenterologists, primary care physicians, bariatric surgeonsThe goal of this study was to compare the ability...
  
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• System can sterilize medical tools using solar heat - MIT News

  18-11-2020 17:00
  
  System can sterilize medical tools using solar heat  MIT News
  
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• Women and Liver Cirrhosis: NAFLD Far Outpaces Booze

  18-11-2020 16:30 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- Women are suffering growing rates of liver cirrhosis, researchers in Canada's largest province found, although causes and future burdens vary considerably among age groups.
  The most important factors from a population standpoint...
  
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• COVID's Heart Complications Modest in Large Registry

  18-11-2020 16:00 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- The first results emerging from the American Heart Association (AHA) COVID-19 registry showed fewer cardiovascular complications than expected from some series, but reemphasized the higher risk with obesity and among minorities...
  
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• 905 Mayo Clinic Staff Have COVID-19

  18-11-2020 15:30 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- A total of 905 staffers across the Mayo Clinic's Midwest facilities have been infected with COVID-19 in the past 2 weeks, a spokesperson told MedPage Today.
  That's nearly a third of the 2,981 staffers in total who have been...
  
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• Rapid Coronary CT No Help in Intermediate-Risk Patients

  18-11-2020 15:00 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- A strategy of early coronary CT angiography (CCTA) for patients with suspected acute coronary syndrome (ACS) and a clinical history of intermediate- or high-risk cardiovascular events failed to improve outcomes compared to standard...
  
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• Medical marijuana dispensary opens in Hermantown - Duluth News Tribune

  18-11-2020 15:00
  
  Medical marijuana dispensary opens in Hermantown  Duluth News Tribune
  
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• Why We're Excited About Pfizer and Moderna Vaccine News

  18-11-2020 14:30 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- It seems that we have at least two vaccines with potentially more on the way that might end this pandemic.
  There's finally a light at the end of the tunnel. Don't get us wrong--the next few months have the potential to be...
  
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• The power of clinical informatics: A primer for medical students - American Medical Association

  18-11-2020 14:00
  
  The power of clinical informatics: A primer for medical students  American Medical Association
  
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• Few Infants Whose Moms Had Liver Disease Got Optimal Testing

  18-11-2020 14:00 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- Less than a third of infants born to mothers who had hepatitis C (HCV) with cirrhosis received appropriate testing, a researcher said.
  Optimal HCV antibody screening was checked at age 12 months or older in only 32% of infants...
  
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• Pregnancy-Related Suicidality On the Rise, Often Going Undetected

  18-11-2020 13:45 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- Kara Zivin, PhD, MS, MA, has spent her entire career researching mental health disorders, but that doesn't make it any less difficult to talk about the near fatal overdose she experienced while pregnant with her son nearly a...
  
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• Speaker Programs = Fraud? Shots Into Arms: Pfizer's Plan; COVID's Kabuki Theater

  18-11-2020 13:30 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- Welcome to the latest edition of Investigative Roundup, highlighting some of the best investigative reporting on healthcare each week.
  HHS Issues Fraud Alert on Speaker Programs
  The Department of Health and Human Services ...
  
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• Seeing with comfort using new MRI machine at Pioneers Medical Center - The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel

  18-11-2020 13:00
  
  Seeing with comfort using new MRI machine at Pioneers Medical Center  The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel
  
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• Finerenone Cuts CV Events in Patients With CKD and T2D

  18-11-2020 13:00 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- Oral finerenone reduced the incidence of cardiovascular (CV) events by 14% in patients with chronic kidney disease and type 2 diabetes, regardless of whether they had a history of heart disease, results from the FIDELIO-DKD trial...
  
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• Cancer Crosstalk | Harvard Medical School - Harvard Medical School

  18-11-2020 13:00
  
  Cancer Crosstalk | Harvard Medical School  Harvard Medical School
  
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• Cancer Crosstalk - Harvard Medical School

  18-11-2020 13:00
  
  Cancer Crosstalk  Harvard Medical School
  
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• Cincinnati hospital identified as among the first to receive Covid-19 vaccine in Ohio - Cincinnati Business Courier

  18-11-2020 12:40
  Cincinnati hospital identified as among the first to receive Covid-19 vaccine in Ohio  Cincinnati Business Courier
  
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• Parma Heights heart-attack survivor gives thanks to UH Parma Medical Center staff who saved his life - cleveland.com

  18-11-2020 12:33
  
  Parma Heights heart-attack survivor gives thanks to UH Parma Medical Center staff who saved his life  cleveland.com
  
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• Op-Ed: Demanding Thanksgiving Abstinence Is Not Public Health

  18-11-2020 12:30 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- This week, a survey reported that 38% of people planned to gather with 10 or more people for Thanksgiving, and just a third said they would wear a mask. Twitter reacted predictably. Public health experts and doctors pointed to...
  
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• Dr. Anthony Fauci to speak virtually on UVA's Medical Center Hour - WSET

  18-11-2020 12:09
  Dr. Anthony Fauci to speak virtually on UVA's Medical Center Hour  WSET
  
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• How to Handle Accidental Activations and Other Issues With Medical Alert Devices - ConsumerReports.org

  18-11-2020 12:01
  How to Handle Accidental Activations and Other Issues With Medical Alert Devices  ConsumerReports.org
  
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• Elective Sigmoidectomy Boosts QOL in Recurrent Diverticulitis

  18-11-2020 12:00 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- Laparoscopic sigmoid resection significantly improved quality of life (QOL) in patients with recurrent, complicated, or persistent painful diverticulitis, though was associated with a small but significant risk of major complications...
  
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• US Medical Equipment Maintenance Market Worth $21,358.3 Million by 2030: P&S Intelligence - PRNewswire

  18-11-2020 11:30
  
  US Medical Equipment Maintenance Market Worth $21,358.3 Million by 2030: P&S Intelligence  PRNewswire
  
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• Mon Health Medical Center Pulmonologist now seeing patients in Weston - WV News

  18-11-2020 11:30
  Mon Health Medical Center Pulmonologist now seeing patients in Weston  WV News
  
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• Garwood Medical looks ahead to clinical trials through UB - Buffalo News

  18-11-2020 11:00
  
  Garwood Medical looks ahead to clinical trials through UB  Buffalo News
  
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• FDA OKs First Totally At-Home COVID-19 Diagnostic Test

  18-11-2020 10:30 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- People can not only test themselves for COVID-19, but get rapid results at home, as the FDA authorized use of the first self-testing molecular single-use diagnostic to detect SARS-CoV-2 late Tuesday.
  Emergency use authorization...
  
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• Harvey Weinstein is being 'closely monitored' with a fever by medical staff in prison, publicist says - CNN

  18-11-2020 10:07
  
  Harvey Weinstein is being 'closely monitored' with a fever by medical staff in prison, publicist says  CNN
  
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• HHS Kills COVID Ad Campaign; Inside the N95 'Gray Market'; Here Come the Sexbots

  18-11-2020 10:00 via medpagetoday.com
  
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  Pfizer announced that its COVID-19 vaccine is closer to 95% effective--not 90% as the company originally reported--and it plans to apply for an emergency...
  
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• Jesy Nelson Taking a Break From Little Mix For ‘Private Medical Reasons’ - Variety

  18-11-2020 09:30
  
  Jesy Nelson Taking a Break From Little Mix For ‘Private Medical Reasons’  Variety
  
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• Cancer research, corruption and sabotage feature in a new medical story based on the author's real-life experiences - GlobeNewswire

  18-11-2020 09:27
  
  Cancer research, corruption and sabotage feature in a new medical story based on the author's real-life experiences  GlobeNewswire
  
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• Highlights from the November 2020 AMA Special Meeting - American Medical Association

  18-11-2020 09:00
  
  Highlights from the November 2020 AMA Special Meeting  American Medical Association
  
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• CT state medical board disciplines 2 doctors - New Haven Register

  18-11-2020 09:00
  
  CT state medical board disciplines 2 doctors  New Haven Register
  
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• Graduate Medical Education (GME) | School of Medicine - HSC Newsbeat

  18-11-2020 08:53
  Graduate Medical Education (GME) | School of Medicine  HSC Newsbeat
  
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• NM Might Increase Medical Marijuana Purchase Limit to 15 Ounces - AZmarijuana.com

  18-11-2020 08:05
  
  NM Might Increase Medical Marijuana Purchase Limit to 15 Ounces  AZmarijuana.com
  
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• Portage to use CARES Act funds for medical equipment - The Herald Journal

  18-11-2020 08:00
  Portage to use CARES Act funds for medical equipment  The Herald Journal
  
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• Metro Detroit doctors accused of profiting off fake medical diagnoses to help immigrants obtain citizenship - WDIV ClickOnDetroit

  18-11-2020 07:59
  
  Metro Detroit doctors accused of profiting off fake medical diagnoses to help immigrants obtain citizenship  WDIV ClickOnDetroit
  
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• Nevada COVID-19 team helping schools reopen safely, get medical back-up statewide - FOX5 Las Vegas

  18-11-2020 06:43
  Nevada COVID-19 team helping schools reopen safely, get medical back-up statewide  FOX5 Las Vegas
  
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• Hospitalizations soar, stretching Colorado medical workers thin - FOX 31 Denver

  18-11-2020 06:10
  Hospitalizations soar, stretching Colorado medical workers thin  FOX 31 Denver
  
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