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• Itamar Medical Announces Additional 16 Million Covered Lives for WatchPAT™, the Only Single-Use Sleep Apnea Test that Meets Guidelines - GlobeNewswire

  16-12-2020 22:05
  
  Itamar Medical Announces Additional 16 Million Covered Lives for WatchPAT™, the Only Single-Use Sleep Apnea Test that Meets Guidelines  GlobeNewswire
  
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• VIDEO: Mercy Medical Center provides COVID-19 vaccine update - WWLP.com

  16-12-2020 21:50
  VIDEO: Mercy Medical Center provides COVID-19 vaccine update  WWLP.com
  
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• Montclair State University Launches Undergraduate Pre Medical Program - Montclaire News

  16-12-2020 21:48
  
  Montclair State University Launches Undergraduate Pre Medical Program  Montclaire News
  
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• Trazodone-Sildenafil Mix-Up; Ibogaine Minus Hallucinations; Facebook Flags Distress

  16-12-2020 21:00 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- The FDA announced AvKARE issued a voluntary recall of the depression drug trazodone (100 mg tablets) and the erectile dysfunction drug sildenafil (100 mg tablets) due to a possible mix-up.
  Novo Nordisk initiated a phase IIIa...
  
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• Surprise Billing Compromise Could Soon Pass Congress

  16-12-2020 20:30 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- WASHINGTON--As Congress rushes to get out of town before the Christmas and New Year's holidays, some legislators are hoping that a compromise bill on surprise billing will be passed before they leave.
  The House and Senate...
  
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• FDA Panel Backs Entresto, Spironolactone for Broader HF Use

  16-12-2020 20:00 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- After two days of deliberation on what could become the first approved drugs for heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF), FDA advisors voted in favor of both--but not for HFpEF exactly.
  Rather, members of...
  
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• FDA OK's First-Ever Synthetic Implant for ACL Tears

  16-12-2020 19:30 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- WASHINGTON--Patients needing reconstruction of torn anterior cruciate ligaments (ACLs) no longer have to rely on grafts harvested from their own bodies or cadavers, with the FDA's authorization of a synthetic implant on Wednesday...
  
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• Problems Managing Money May Predict Dementia Years Before Diagnosis

  16-12-2020 19:00 via medpagetoday.org
  (MedPage Today) -- Study Authors: Lauren Hersch Nicholas, Kenneth M. Langa, et al.; Jason KarlawishTarget Audience and Goal Statement: Neurologists, geriatricians, primary care physiciansThe goal of this study was to examine the association...
  
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• Medical City Plano to begin distribution of COVID-19 vaccines as soon as this week - Community Impact Newspaper

  16-12-2020 19:00
  
  Medical City Plano to begin distribution of COVID-19 vaccines as soon as this week  Community Impact Newspaper
  
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• Peptide-Drug Conjugate Active in R/R Myeloma

  16-12-2020 18:30 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- A first-in-class peptide-drug conjugate had "clinically meaningful" activity in heavily pretreated multiple myeloma, a prospective clinical evaluation showed.
  Melflufen (melphalan linked to flufenamide) plus dexamethasone produced...
  
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• UVM Medical Center fights federal claim it discriminated against nurse - WCAX

  16-12-2020 18:26
  
  UVM Medical Center fights federal claim it discriminated against nurse  WCAX
  
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• Trial Questions Dexamethasone in Chronic Subdural Hematoma

  16-12-2020 18:00 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- Dexamethasone, commonly used with or instead of surgery in patients with chronic subdural hematoma, led to fewer favorable outcomes than placebo, the randomized Dex-CSDH trial suggested.
  "Our trial sought to determine if dexamethasone...
  
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• Clinical Challenges: ALK-Positive NSCLC

  16-12-2020 17:30 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) alterations is an aggressive subtype that is not associated with smoking, and individuals who present with the disease tend to be younger than the typical...
  
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• Garwood Medical wins grant to prevent biofilm formation on ortho implants - Medical Design & Outsourcing

  16-12-2020 17:03
  
  Garwood Medical wins grant to prevent biofilm formation on ortho implants  Medical Design & Outsourcing
  
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• COVID Vaccine Delivery Proceeding Smoothly, Officials Say

  16-12-2020 17:00 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- WASHINGTON--"Expect the unexpected" applies to many things--including distribution of the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine.
  At a press briefing Wednesday, Gen. Gustave Perna, chief operating officer of Operation Warp...
  
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• More students are entering medical school - AAMC

  16-12-2020 16:51
  
  More students are entering medical school  AAMC
  
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• Kaiser Permanente plans $100M medical center in Waldorf - WTOP

  16-12-2020 16:36
  
  Kaiser Permanente plans $100M medical center in Waldorf  WTOP
  
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• Are Old Vaccines Helpful Against COVID-19?

  16-12-2020 16:30 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- The idea that old vaccines might have a role in the fight against COVID-19 has been floated since the early days of the pandemic. Vaccines stimulate the broad, innate immune response, which appears to play a key role in fighting...
  
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• UVM Medical Center rebukes federal enforcement actions threatening patient reproductive rights - Vermont Biz

  16-12-2020 16:28
  UVM Medical Center rebukes federal enforcement actions threatening patient reproductive rights  Vermont Biz
  
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• US regulators OK genetically modified pig for food, drugs - desmoinesregister.com

  16-12-2020 16:14
  US regulators OK genetically modified pig for food, drugs  desmoinesregister.com
  
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• Exero Medical smart sensor gains FDA breakthrough nod - Mass Device

  16-12-2020 16:09
  
  Exero Medical smart sensor gains FDA breakthrough nod  Mass Device
  
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• A medical incident leads to a wreck killing a Chanute man - KoamNewsNow.com

  16-12-2020 16:09
  
  A medical incident leads to a wreck killing a Chanute man  KoamNewsNow.com
  
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• NLM and NEH Renew Partnership to Collaborate on Research, Education, and Career Initiative

  16-12-2020 16:05 via nlm.nih.gov
  The National Library of Medicine (NLM), the world’s largest medical library and part of the National Institutes of Health, and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) have renewed their partnership through 2024. The collaboration, originally established in 2012, aims to develop initiatives that explore the intersection of biomedical and humanities research.
  
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• What Do We Really Know About Pfizer's New COVID Vax?

  16-12-2020 16:00 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- Listen and subscribe on Apple, Stitcher, Spotify, and Google, so you don't miss the next episode. And if you like what you hear, a five-star rating goes a long way in helping us "Track the Vax"!
  The first COVID-19 vaccine in...
  
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• Spirit of giving at the Milwaukee VA Medical Center - VAntage Point - VAntage Point Blog

  16-12-2020 16:00
  
  Spirit of giving at the Milwaukee VA Medical Center - VAntage Point  VAntage Point Blog
  
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• MSF steps up medical care in response to humanitarian crisis in Honduras - Honduras - ReliefWeb

  16-12-2020 15:59
  
  MSF steps up medical care in response to humanitarian crisis in Honduras - Honduras  ReliefWeb
  
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• Medical Economics® Welcomes L. Allen Dobson Jr., MD, FAAFP, as Editor-in-Chief - Odessa American

  16-12-2020 15:38
  Medical Economics® Welcomes L. Allen Dobson Jr., MD, FAAFP, as Editor-in-Chief  Odessa American
  
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• SABCS 2020: Immunotherapy Options

  16-12-2020 15:30 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- In this exclusive virtual roundtable video from MedPage Today, three expert leaders in the field of breast cancer discuss the latest emerging and potentially practice-changing data from the just completed San Antonio Breast Cancer...
  
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• Ending Surprise Medical Bills - AAF - American Action Forum

  16-12-2020 15:22
  
  Ending Surprise Medical Bills - AAF  American Action Forum
  
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• Cartoonist must be released on medical grounds, urge rights experts - UN News

  16-12-2020 15:12
  
  Cartoonist must be released on medical grounds, urge rights experts  UN News
  
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• Sheba Medical Center Inks Strategic Agreement with Iguazio to Deliver Real-Time AI for COVID-19 Patient Treatment Optimization - Business Wire

  16-12-2020 15:00
  
  Sheba Medical Center Inks Strategic Agreement with Iguazio to Deliver Real-Time AI for COVID-19 Patient Treatment Optimization  Business Wire
  
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• Okami Medical Announces FDA 510(k) Clearance of the LOBO-5 Vascular Occluder - PRNewswire

  16-12-2020 15:00
  
  Okami Medical Announces FDA 510(k) Clearance of the LOBO-5 Vascular Occluder  PRNewswire
  
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• Less Intense Watch-and-Wait an Option in Rectal Cancer?

  16-12-2020 15:00 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- Patients with rectal cancer who sustained clinical complete response after neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy for 1 year with a watch-and-wait strategy seemed to have low risk for local regrowth and distant metastases during the next...
  
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• CereHealth Welcomes New Members to its Scientific and Medical Advisory Board - PRNewswire

  16-12-2020 14:46
  
  CereHealth Welcomes New Members to its Scientific and Medical Advisory Board  PRNewswire
  
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• Covid crisis leads to fiscal crisis for emergency medical service providers - WGRZ.com

  16-12-2020 14:35
  
  Covid crisis leads to fiscal crisis for emergency medical service providers  WGRZ.com
  
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• Identifying MDS in Patients With Myeloma

  16-12-2020 14:30 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- At December's American Society of Hematology (ASH) virtual meeting, researchers presented a study that used next-generation sequencing to identify specific mutational profiles in patients with multiple myeloma (MM) and cytopenias...
  
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• BOQI International Medical Signs Material Definitive Agreement to Acquire Chaohu Zhongshan Minimally Invasive Hospital - GlobeNewswire

  16-12-2020 14:30
  BOQI International Medical Signs Material Definitive Agreement to Acquire Chaohu Zhongshan Minimally Invasive Hospital  GlobeNewswire
  
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• Naval Medical Center Portsmouth to start vaccinating staff on Wednesday - WAVY.com

  16-12-2020 14:25
  Naval Medical Center Portsmouth to start vaccinating staff on Wednesday  WAVY.com
  
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• Special Report-As More Women Fill America’s Jails, Medical Tragedies Mount - U.S. News & World Report

  16-12-2020 14:17
  
  Special Report-As More Women Fill America’s Jails, Medical Tragedies Mount  U.S. News & World Report
  
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• Spinal Elements® Announces the Acquisition of Benvenue Medical Assets - Business Wire

  16-12-2020 14:15
  
  Spinal Elements® Announces the Acquisition of Benvenue Medical Assets  Business Wire
  
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• Medical Innovation Xchange Appoints Elliot Fung As Executive Director - GlobeNewswire

  16-12-2020 14:15
  
  Medical Innovation Xchange Appoints Elliot Fung As Executive Director  GlobeNewswire
  
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• Global Mobile Medical Apps Market Report 2020-2027 - Emphasis on Remote Patient Monitoring Bodes Well for the Mobile Medical Apps Market - PRNewswire

  16-12-2020 14:15
  
  Global Mobile Medical Apps Market Report 2020-2027 - Emphasis on Remote Patient Monitoring Bodes Well for the Mobile Medical Apps Market  PRNewswire
  
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• Driver who crashed in construction zone on North Side identified by medical examiner's office - KSAT San Antonio

  16-12-2020 14:13
  
  Driver who crashed in construction zone on North Side identified by medical examiner's office  KSAT San Antonio
  
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• Why stigma prevents treating menstrual hygiene as essential - American Medical Association

  16-12-2020 14:11
  
  Why stigma prevents treating menstrual hygiene as essential  American Medical Association
  
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• Clear up your patients' confusion about which masks work best - American Medical Association

  16-12-2020 14:11
  
  Clear up your patients' confusion about which masks work best  American Medical Association
  
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• Overreach on anti-kickback rule stymies medical innovation - American Medical Association

  16-12-2020 14:05
  
  Overreach on anti-kickback rule stymies medical innovation  American Medical Association
  
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• Aethlon Medical Announces First Patient Treated in First-in-Human Clinical Trial of HEMOPURIFIER® in Head and Neck Cancer - PRNewswire

  16-12-2020 14:02
  
  Aethlon Medical Announces First Patient Treated in First-in-Human Clinical Trial of HEMOPURIFIER® in Head and Neck Cancer  PRNewswire
  
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• VisitPay Finds Medical Bills are High Stress, Low Priority in COVID Era - GlobeNewswire

  16-12-2020 14:00
  
  VisitPay Finds Medical Bills are High Stress, Low Priority in COVID Era  GlobeNewswire
  
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• Simplify Medical Announces First Implantation of its Cervical Artificial Disc in the US Following 1-Level Approval from the FDA - GlobeNewswire

  16-12-2020 14:00
  
  Simplify Medical Announces First Implantation of its Cervical Artificial Disc in the US Following 1-Level Approval from the FDA  GlobeNewswire
  
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• Fourth person convicted in scheme to misuse medical equipment, commit health care fraud - Traverse City Record Eagle

  16-12-2020 14:00
  
  Fourth person convicted in scheme to misuse medical equipment, commit health care fraud  Traverse City Record Eagle
  
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