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• Wexner Medical Center doctors feeling “great” 24 hours after getting COVID-19 vaccine - 10TV

  15-12-2020 23:43
  
  Wexner Medical Center doctors feeling “great” 24 hours after getting COVID-19 vaccine  10TV
  
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• MS Medical Marijuana Association looking to connect businesses with industry experts - WLOX

  15-12-2020 23:31
  
  MS Medical Marijuana Association looking to connect businesses with industry experts  WLOX
  
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• U.S. regulators OK genetically modified pig for food, medical products; no plans to sell it yet for meat - KTLA

  15-12-2020 23:00
  U.S. regulators OK genetically modified pig for food, medical products; no plans to sell it yet for meat  KTLA
  
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• New partnership to give qualifying RSCC students access to free medical care - WBIR.com

  15-12-2020 22:36
  
  New partnership to give qualifying RSCC students access to free medical care  WBIR.com
  
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• Medical Imaging Leaks Highlight Unhealthy Security ... - Dark Reading

  15-12-2020 21:30
  
  Medical Imaging Leaks Highlight Unhealthy Security ...  Dark Reading
  
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• FBI agent shoots person on Metro train at Medical Center station - BethesdaMagazine.com

  15-12-2020 21:21
  
  FBI agent shoots person on Metro train at Medical Center station  BethesdaMagazine.com
  
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• University of Virginia Biocomplexity Institute Launches National COVID-19 Medical Resource Demand Dashboard - GlobeNewswire

  15-12-2020 21:18
  University of Virginia Biocomplexity Institute Launches National COVID-19 Medical Resource Demand Dashboard  GlobeNewswire
  
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• 'Laverne & Shirley' Star's Death

  15-12-2020 21:00 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- Actor David Lander, known for his role as Andrew "Squiggy" Squiggman on the sitcom "Laverne & Shirley," died at the age of 73 at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, from complications of multiple sclerosis. In a statement...
  
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• They thought their gene therapy failed. Instead, it spawned a medical mystery - Endpoints News

  15-12-2020 20:33
  
  They thought their gene therapy failed. Instead, it spawned a medical mystery  Endpoints News
  
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• A Short Seller's Case Against a Medical Devices Company Just Got Even Weirder - Institutional Investor

  15-12-2020 20:26
  
  A Short Seller's Case Against a Medical Devices Company Just Got Even Weirder  Institutional Investor
  
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• Photos: Front-line health workers receive COVID-19 vaccine at University Medical Center - NOLA.com

  15-12-2020 20:25
  
  Photos: Front-line health workers receive COVID-19 vaccine at University Medical Center  NOLA.com
  
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• RIP Medical Debt Receives Transformative Gift from Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott - PRNewswire

  15-12-2020 20:21
  
  RIP Medical Debt Receives Transformative Gift from Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott  PRNewswire
  
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• Front-line medical workers get first doses of coronavirus vaccine in Seattle - Seattle Times

  15-12-2020 20:15
  
  Front-line medical workers get first doses of coronavirus vaccine in Seattle  Seattle Times
  
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• Medical emergency prompts flight heading to Los Angeles to land in New Orleans - WDSU New Orleans

  15-12-2020 20:14
  Medical emergency prompts flight heading to Los Angeles to land in New Orleans  WDSU New Orleans
  
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• The Greatest Gift to Patients Is Not Healing

  15-12-2020 20:00 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- I stood inside the door of "una chosa," Spanish for "a hut"--the walls bamboo and sunbaked mud; a broom-swept dirt floor; two open windows partially covered by tattered cloth; no running water, no electricity. The acrid smell...
  
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• Add-On HDAC Inhibitor No Help in Breast Cancer

  15-12-2020 19:30 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- Survival in advanced hormone receptor (HR)-positive breast cancer did not improve with the addition of a histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitor to standard endocrine therapy, according to a randomized trial.
  Median progression...
  
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• Lexington Medical Center begins COVID-19 vaccinations - WIS10

  15-12-2020 19:13
  
  Lexington Medical Center begins COVID-19 vaccinations  WIS10
  
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• Mindfulness Training Improves Migraine Disability, Well-Being

  15-12-2020 19:00 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- Standardized training in mindfulness and yoga diminished the burden of migraine in many dimensions, but reduced migraine day frequency about the same as headache education in a randomized clinical trial.
  From baseline to 12...
  
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• Coronavirus Vaccine Clinic Begins at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School - Rutgers Today

  15-12-2020 18:55
  
  Coronavirus Vaccine Clinic Begins at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School  Rutgers Today
  
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• Remnant and VLDL Cholesterol Seen as Better Predictor of ASCVD Risk

  15-12-2020 18:30 via medpagetoday.org
  (MedPage Today) -- Study Authors: Olga Castañer, Xavier Pintó, et al.; Mie Balling, Shoaib Afzal, et al.; John R. Burnett, Amanda J. Hooper, Robert A. HegeleTarget Audience and Goal Statement: CardiologistsThe goal of these studies...
  
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• Here’s how to find ‘secret’ discounts for teachers, students, medical and more - KRQE News 13

  15-12-2020 18:18
  Here’s how to find ‘secret’ discounts for teachers, students, medical and more  KRQE News 13
  
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• FDA Staff Give Moderna COVID-19 Vax Favorable Report

  15-12-2020 18:00 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine candidate, mRNA-1273, seemed to meet criteria for emergency use authorization (EUA), agency staff said in a briefing document released on Tuesday.
  And as with the Pfizer/BioNTech product that won authorization...
  
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• The Disturbing Effects of FDA Antidepressant Warnings on Youth Suicides

  15-12-2020 17:30 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- COVID-19 heralds a second, insidious pandemic affecting mental health, as isolation, fear, and economic devastation become near-universals in the American experience. Even before the pandemic, two-thirds of teens with major depression...
  
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• Do Patients With Rheumatic Diseases Have Increased Risk of Severe COVID-19?

  15-12-2020 17:00 via medpagetoday.org
  (MedPage Today) -- Study Authors: Eric Hachulla and members of the FAI2R /SFR/SNFMI/SOFREMIP/CRI/IMIDIATE consortiumTarget Audience and Goal Statement: Rheumatologists, infectious disease specialists, pulmonologistsThe goal of this study was...
  
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• A Moment with HPU’s New Medical Director: ‘They Are Our Children, Too.’ - High Point University

  15-12-2020 16:35
  
  A Moment with HPU’s New Medical Director: ‘They Are Our Children, Too.’  High Point University
  
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• Mastectomy May Lead to Chronic Opioid, Benzo Use

  15-12-2020 16:30 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- About one in seven women who are prescribed opioids and other drugs to ease pain after mastectomy and reconstructive surgery became long-term users of the medications after surgery, researchers reported at the virtual 2020 San...
  
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• CarolinaEast Medical Center gives out first vaccine - WITN

  15-12-2020 16:03
  
  CarolinaEast Medical Center gives out first vaccine  WITN
  
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• Here's Where AI Has Taken Over the Clinic

  15-12-2020 16:00 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- "Automation" and "artificial intelligence" are becoming part of the fabric of medical care, but can put clinicians on alert, as many new technologies do--even more so because most examples come from science fiction.
  "'Terminator...
  
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• El Dorado Hills office building planned by medical professionals - Sacramento - Sacramento Business Journal

  15-12-2020 15:59
  El Dorado Hills office building planned by medical professionals - Sacramento  Sacramento Business Journal
  
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• Mississippi Medical Marijuana Association launches - WJTV

  15-12-2020 15:52
  Mississippi Medical Marijuana Association launches  WJTV
  
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• FDA Authorizes First OTC COVID-19 Test

  15-12-2020 15:00 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- In another first during the COVID-19 pandemic, the FDA authorized the first over-the-counter COVID-19 test, a viral antigen test with an analyzer where a smartphone helps interpret the results, the agency said on Tuesday.
  The...
  
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• Adding Daratumumab Injection Boosts PFS in Myeloma

  15-12-2020 14:31 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- Adding subcutaneous daratumumab (Darzalex Faspro) to pomalidomide (Pomalyst) and dexamethasone nearly doubled progression-free survival (PFS) for relapsed multiple myeloma, according to data from a randomized trial presented...
  
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• Teaching medical residents how to make patient handoffs safer - American Medical Association

  15-12-2020 14:00
  
  Teaching medical residents how to make patient handoffs safer  American Medical Association
  
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• Clinical Challenges: Test Your Current Knowledge of Breast Cancer

  15-12-2020 14:00 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- A three-question quiz on key topics in breast cancer
  
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• Clinical Challenges: Expanding IO Options in TNBC

  15-12-2020 14:00 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- In the 21 months since the FDA granted accelerated approval to atezolizumab (Tecentriq) plus nab-paclitaxel (Abraxane) for locally advanced or metastatic PD-L1 positive triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC), Halle Moore, MD, of...
  
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• Statins and Placebo Produce Similar Side Effects

  15-12-2020 13:30 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- A clever study design at the virtual scientific sessions of the American Heart Association showed that half of the patients taking statins for LDL cholesterol-lowering that reported side effects from treatment were convinced...
  
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• Clinical Challenges: Treating Older and Unfit AML Patients

  15-12-2020 13:00 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- Remission induction in older or less fit adults with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) has historically been problematic.
  "The average age at diagnosis is between 60 and 65," said Laura Michaelis, MD, of Medical College of Wisconsin...
  
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• Super-Ager Brains; No COVID-Guillain Barre Link; New IDEAS Launched

  15-12-2020 12:30 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- Super-agers--people with exceptional cognitive function at advanced ages--appear to resist buildup of both tau tangles and amyloid-beta plaques, brain imaging suggested. (JAMA Network Open)
  Visual hallucinations in Parkinson...
  
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• Depression: Here's How Bad It Is for Heart Health

  15-12-2020 12:00 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- Depression takes a toll on the heart, and international researchers quantified just how much in a meta-analysis.
  Drawing upon pooled data on over 162,000 participants (mean age 63 at baseline; 73% women) in 21 cohorts from the...
  
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• Vascepa for COVID-19; TAVR Transfusions; Not So Heavenly Halo Wearable

  15-12-2020 11:30 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- Prescription fish oil icosapent ethyl (Vascepa) reduced an inflammatory biomarker and COVID-19 symptoms in symptomatic outpatients in a pilot trial, researchers reported at the virtual National Lipid Association meeting.
  COVID...
  
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• PartnerMD expands membership-based medical practice to GreenGate - RichmondBizSense

  15-12-2020 11:09
  
  PartnerMD expands membership-based medical practice to GreenGate  RichmondBizSense
  
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• Clinical Challenges: Hodgkin's Lymphoma in Older Patients

  15-12-2020 11:00 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- Older patients with Hodgkin's lymphoma historically have inferior outcomes relative to their younger counterparts.
  Individuals age 60 and over, who make up about 20% of the overall population, often have higher rates of advanced...
  
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• 300K Dead; COVID Mutates; NIH Iffy on JAK Inhibitor  

  15-12-2020 10:00 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- Note that some links may require registration or subscription.
  As of 8:00 a.m. ET Tuesday, the unofficial toll from COVID-19 included 16,520,408 cases and 300,494 deaths--up 262,493 and 1,303, respectively, from the same...
  
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• Nurses, medical staff to strike at 3 local hospitals - LA Daily News

  15-12-2020 01:46
  
  Nurses, medical staff to strike at 3 local hospitals  LA Daily News
  
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• Lowcountry medical providers preparing to administer COVID-19 vaccine - WSAV-TV

  15-12-2020 01:27
  Lowcountry medical providers preparing to administer COVID-19 vaccine  WSAV-TV
  
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• Medical Experts Say COVID-19 Vaccine Arrival Is Historic And Momentous - CBS Chicago

  15-12-2020 01:20
  
  Medical Experts Say COVID-19 Vaccine Arrival Is Historic And Momentous  CBS Chicago
  
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• Carl Vinson VA Medical Center announces plan to distribute COVID-19 vaccine - 13WMAZ.com

  15-12-2020 01:18
  
  Carl Vinson VA Medical Center announces plan to distribute COVID-19 vaccine  13WMAZ.com
  
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• OKCFD shuts down medical marijuana lab as OMMA investigates - KFOR Oklahoma City

  15-12-2020 01:15
  OKCFD shuts down medical marijuana lab as OMMA investigates  KFOR Oklahoma City
  
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• FDA approves new genetically modified pig for allergy-free medical and food products - CNN

  15-12-2020 01:06
  
  FDA approves new genetically modified pig for allergy-free medical and food products  CNN
  
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• Trump Hands Out Medical Pardons, Too - Slate

  15-12-2020 00:58
  
  Trump Hands Out Medical Pardons, Too  Slate
  
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