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• NFL, NFLPA will provide funding for research into pain treatment, including medical marijuana - NFL.com

  08-06-2021 22:58
  
  NFL, NFLPA will provide funding for research into pain treatment, including medical marijuana  NFL.com
  
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• Helius Medical Technologies, Inc. to Participate in Noble Capital Markets' Virtual Road Show Series - GlobeNewswire

  08-06-2021 22:05
  
  Helius Medical Technologies, Inc. to Participate in Noble Capital Markets' Virtual Road Show Series  GlobeNewswire
  
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• Tilray Launching New Medical Marijuana Brand - The Motley Fool

  08-06-2021 21:50
  
  Tilray Launching New Medical Marijuana Brand  The Motley Fool
  
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• How Photography Made Me a Better Doctor

  08-06-2021 21:30 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- In my first year as an attending hospitalist, I personally discovered what Hippocrates realized millennia before, "Life is short and the art long." Clinical reasoning is an intellectual labyrinth that can only be mastered with...
  
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• Flu Shot in Pregnancy Doesn't Harm Kids' Health Years Later

  08-06-2021 21:00 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- Influenza vaccines given to pregnant mothers do not result in any increased risk of adverse health outcomes for young children, Canadian researchers found in a retrospective cohort study.
  Pregnant mothers who received an influenza...
  
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• Another CAR-T Impresses in Follicular Lymphoma

  08-06-2021 20:30 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- Two-thirds of adults with difficult-to-treat follicular lymphoma achieved complete responses following treatment with tisagenlecleucel (Kymriah), a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy, in a single-arm phase II study...
  
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• Clinical Challenge: BRCA-Mutant Triple-Negative Breast Cancer

  08-06-2021 20:00 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- The majority of breast cancers are "sporadic," developing in patients with no associated hereditary mutations. On the other hand, hereditary cancer susceptibility gene mutations, the most common being BRCA1, occur in about 5...
  
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• CaroMont Health Kick-Off Construction for New Hospital, Medical Campus in Belmont - CaroMont Health

  08-06-2021 19:50
  CaroMont Health Kick-Off Construction for New Hospital, Medical Campus in Belmont  CaroMont Health
  
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• CaroMont Health Kicks Off Construction for New Hospital, Medical Campus in Belmont - CaroMont Health

  08-06-2021 19:48
  CaroMont Health Kicks Off Construction for New Hospital, Medical Campus in Belmont  CaroMont Health
  
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• Two HHS Nominees Have Fairly Easy Time at Senate Hearing

  08-06-2021 19:30 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- WASHINGTON--Two of President Biden's nominees for positions within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) appeared Tuesday to be headed for easy approvals from the Senate Health, Education, Labor & Pensions...
  
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• BPAs Cut Fracture Risk in Metastatic Prostate Cancer

  08-06-2021 19:00 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- The use of bone-protecting agents (BPAs) substantially reduced the risk of fracture in men with castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) and bone metastases who were being treated with enzalutamide with and without radium...
  
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• City nixes plan for medical offices at Town & Country Village - Palo Alto Online

  08-06-2021 18:48
  
  City nixes plan for medical offices at Town & Country Village  Palo Alto Online
  
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• Prison whistleblower lawsuit settled by state, medical provider - The Augusta Chronicle

  08-06-2021 18:41
  Prison whistleblower lawsuit settled by state, medical provider  The Augusta Chronicle
  
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• New Director of Wyoming-WWAMI Medical Education Program Named at UW | News - University of Wyoming News

  08-06-2021 18:32
  New Director of Wyoming-WWAMI Medical Education Program Named at UW | News  University of Wyoming News
  
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• What Did Pre-COVID PTSD Look Like for Interns?

  08-06-2021 18:30 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- Symptoms of work-related post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) were three times higher for interns than the general population, according to a 2018 study.
  There were 10.8% of intern physicians who screened positive for PTSD...
  
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• Bethel elder Eula David, co-author of English-Yup'ik medical dictionary, dies - Alaska Public Media News

  08-06-2021 18:13
  
  Bethel elder Eula David, co-author of English-Yup'ik medical dictionary, dies  Alaska Public Media News
  
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• iPhone-CIED Danger; Vax Link to Myocarditis 'Probable'; Meet the Cardiologist-Farmer

  08-06-2021 18:00 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- Cardiorespiratory fitness trends and private health data sharing capabilities are coming to the iOS 15 operating system for iPhones and Apple Watches, Apple announced.
  But watch out for magnetic interference on implanted cardiac...
  
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• A Drug to Treat Alzheimer’s Was Approved. Now What?

  08-06-2021 17:45 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- Now that the FDA has approved Biogen's aducanumab (Aduhelm), the controversial new drug for Alzheimer's disease, what does this mean?
  "I think this is good news for our patients with Alzheimer's disease who now have a therapy...
  
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• Tips to Develop Your Capacity for Improvement for Medical School | Medical School Admissions Doctor | US News - U.S. News & World Report

  08-06-2021 17:32
  
  Tips to Develop Your Capacity for Improvement for Medical School | Medical School Admissions Doctor | US News  U.S. News & World Report
  
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• Will Insurers Pay for New Alzheimer's Drug?

  08-06-2021 17:30 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- Biogen's Alzheimer's drug aducanumab (Aduhelm) may have been cleared by the FDA, but its uptake will be influenced by insurance coverage, particularly by Medicare.
  The $56,000 annual price tag on the therapy is far higher than...
  
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• Keene medical transportation nonprofit closes | Local News | sentinelsource.com - The Keene Sentinel

  08-06-2021 17:30
  
  Keene medical transportation nonprofit closes | Local News | sentinelsource.com  The Keene Sentinel
  
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• Can Schools Reopen Safely? One Model Says Yes

  08-06-2021 17:00 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- A modeling study that appeared in the Annals of Internal Medicine found thatit was safe to resume in-person education with controlled community transmission and moderate mitigation strategies in place.Vinay Prasad, MD, MPH...
  
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• Brain Vein Clots Less Likely With Vaccine Than With Severe COVID

  08-06-2021 16:00 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- Severe COVID-19 has led to a higher rate of cerebral venous sinus thrombosis (CVST) than COVID-19 vaccination, a study affirmed.
  The Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine had a CVST rate of 0.9 per million (99% CI 0.2-2.3 per...
  
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• One injured after medical emergency causes car crash in Iron Mountain - UpperMichigansSource.com

  08-06-2021 15:49
  
  One injured after medical emergency causes car crash in Iron Mountain  UpperMichigansSource.com
  
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• Black Patients Can Have IBD Too

  08-06-2021 15:30 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- When Shawn Bethea, a Black woman from North Carolina, was a teenager, she visited the emergency room multiple times with excruciating abdominal pain, no appetite, and complaints of exhaustion--all warning signs of inflammatory...
  
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• UnitedHealthcare to Crack Down on 'Non-Emergent' ED Claims

  08-06-2021 15:00 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- UnitedHealthcare plans to take a closer look at emergency department (ED) claims beginning July 1.
  In a June network bulletin posted to its website, the insurer said that it will assess ED facility commercial claims to determine...
  
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• Fetal Surgery Boosts Survival for Babies With Severe Birth Defect

  08-06-2021 14:30 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- Fetoscopic endoluminal tracheal occlusion (FETO) resulted in higher survival rates among babies with severe diaphragmatic hernia on the left side, according to a randomized trial.
  Fetuses with severe left diaphragmatic hernia...
  
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• Routine Physicals Not Entirely Superfluous in Primary Care?

  08-06-2021 14:00 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- General health checks were not associated with better clinical outcomes for patients, but the data were not a complete wash for proponents of these checkups.
  Wellness visits in adult primary care were generally not associated...
  
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• PD-1 Inhibitor Boosts PFS in Metastatic Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma

  08-06-2021 13:30 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- The addition of the investigational PD-1 inhibitor camrelizumab to first-line therapy significantly improved progression-free survival (PFS) in patients with recurrent or metastatic nasopharyngeal carcinoma, a phase III trial...
  
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• New Group Will Focus on Shoring Up Drug Supply Chain, White House Says

  08-06-2021 11:30 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- WASHINGTON--The Biden administration announced Tuesday that it will form a group to focus on the pharmaceutical supply chain.
  HHS will establish a "public/private consortium for advanced manufacturing and onshoring of domestic...
  
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• 'Joints for Jabs'; $56,000 Alzheimer's Drug; Montana Med School Madness

  08-06-2021 11:24 via medpagetoday.com
  
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  Washington state's Liquor and Cannabis Board is temporarily allowing "joints for jabs" promotions at cannabis retailers to boost COVID vaccinations. (KIRO7)
  The...
  
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• Employees in Florida IBS trial plead guilty for falsifying medical records; Cystic fibrosis tablet Trikafta now available for children 6 and older - Endpoints News

  08-06-2021 09:00
  Employees in Florida IBS trial plead guilty for falsifying medical records; Cystic fibrosis tablet Trikafta now available for children 6 and older  Endpoints News
  
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• Redmond students create virtual medical school summer camp - KING5.com

  08-06-2021 04:28
  
  Redmond students create virtual medical school summer camp  KING5.com
  
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• LUSD students receive second COVID-19 vaccine dose at Lompoc Valley Medical Center | NewsChannel 3-12 - KEYT

  08-06-2021 02:23
  
  LUSD students receive second COVID-19 vaccine dose at Lompoc Valley Medical Center | NewsChannel 3-12  KEYT
  
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• SWOK kids get hands-on look at medical field during Operation Orange - KSWO

  08-06-2021 01:10
  
  SWOK kids get hands-on look at medical field during Operation Orange  KSWO
  
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• Bethel elder Eula David, co-author of English-Yup'ik medical dictionary, dies - KTOO

  08-06-2021 00:48
  
  Bethel elder Eula David, co-author of English-Yup'ik medical dictionary, dies  KTOO
  
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• Sioux Falls, Lincoln County to consider medical marijuana ordinances Tuesday - Argus Leader

  08-06-2021 00:44
  Sioux Falls, Lincoln County to consider medical marijuana ordinances Tuesday  Argus Leader
  
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• Massachusetts medical examiner rules homicide in 2019 death of man in Boston police custody - WCVB Boston

  08-06-2021 00:38
  Massachusetts medical examiner rules homicide in 2019 death of man in Boston police custody  WCVB Boston
  
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• All About Family and Medical Leave Act Retaliation Claims - The National Law Review

  08-06-2021 00:32
  
  All About Family and Medical Leave Act Retaliation Claims  The National Law Review
  
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• Montana Medical School Clash Revives For-Profit Vs. Nonprofit Flap - MTPR

  08-06-2021 00:18
  
  Montana Medical School Clash Revives For-Profit Vs. Nonprofit Flap  MTPR
  
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• Why Did Ra Medical Systems Skyrocket Today? - Benzinga

  08-06-2021 00:10
  Why Did Ra Medical Systems Skyrocket Today?  Benzinga
  
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