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• Eye Issues Common With ANCA-Associated Vasculitis

  07-01-2026 18:24 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Ocular issues are common among the varied manifestations and complications of anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis (AAV), with management options improving for some forms.
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• AMA Urges Congress to Make Telehealth Flexibilities Permanent

  08-01-2026 23:01 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- With the deadline for making pandemic-era telehealth flexibilities permanent looming at the end of the month, the American Medical Association (AMA) issued a brief aimed at convincing lawmakers to take action.
  "Since the COVID...
  
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• Not All Drugs Approved for Rheumatoid Arthritis Are Equal for Pain Relief

  08-01-2026 22:25 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Among rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients responding to upadacitinib (Rinvoq) or adalimumab, those receiving the former had significantly less residual pain with treatment, according to a post-hoc analysis of phase III trial data...
  
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• 'They've Just Gotten It Wrong': Vaccine Shift Raises Fears of Hepatitis A, B Surges

  08-01-2026 21:55 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- After plunging over the past several decades, hepatitis A and B rates could climb again now that the CDC has removed both vaccines from its list of universally recommended childhood immunizations, public health experts warned...
  
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• The 2025 MedPage Today Culture Awards Ceremony

  08-01-2026 21:11 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- For the inaugural MedPage Today Culture Awards, the MedPage Today social media team recognized some of the biggest cultural moments of 2025 in medicine and beyond. It's a deeply (un)serious look at the indomitable tapestry that...
  
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• Experts Blast New Pediatric Vax Schedule; How Not to Die Young; Flu Surge Warning

  08-01-2026 20:48 via medpagetoday.com
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  Health experts slammed the CDC's change to the childhood immunization schedule, which took a cue from Denmark...
  
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• FDA Flags Medtronic Recall as Most Serious; Hep B Cure? Appendectomy for UC

  08-01-2026 20:31 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- The FDA designated the recall of certain Medtronic Bravo esophageal pH monitoring capsules as class I, the most serious type. Due to a problem with the adhesive, the capsules may not attach to the patient's esophagus or detach...
  
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• Parents Are Confused. I'm Worried for My Pediatric Patients.

  08-01-2026 19:19 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- One of the stated justifications for an overnight overhaul of the U.S. childhood vaccine schedule is to "restore" or "rebuild" trust. This refrain, echoed by HHS and CDC leadership, rests on a flawed premise: that parents will...
  
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• Doc Sentenced for Identity Theft; ICE Inside Minneapolis Hospital; Doc's CPAP Racket

  08-01-2026 17:55 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Former doctor Angela Boston, MD, was sentenced to 10 months in prison for stealing the identity of another doctor to try to get a job in Oklahoma, federal prosecutors said.
  U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents were...
  
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• Trump's 'Beautiful' New Law Means States Have Big Decisions This Year on Medicaid

  08-01-2026 17:46 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- States have major decisions to make in 2026 about the social safety net and taxes in the aftermath of a sweeping law President Donald Trump signed last year.
  The federal government is shifting more responsibilities to states...
  
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• Interim Safety Data Reassure on RSV Vaccine in Pregnant Women

  08-01-2026 17:00 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- For pregnant women who received the bivalent prefusion F subunit-based respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine (RSVpreF; Abrysvo), safety outcomes were similar to those who were not vaccinated, according to interim results...
  
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• Fellow Nurses: Is Compartmentalization a Hack or a Hindrance?

  08-01-2026 16:42 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- As nurses, we move through situations that most people could never imagine.
  Our day-to-day work requires us to transition rapidly--from one room, storyline, and patient to the next, often carrying the weight of trauma, fear...
  
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• 3 Hospitals Under Investigation; Healthiest U.S. State; Flu Shot Still Worth It?

  08-01-2026 15:30 via medpagetoday.com
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  Three hospitals in Washington, Colorado, and Minnesota are under federal investigation for providing gender-affirming care to trans youth that's legal under state...
  
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• If Parents Skip Rotavirus Vaccine, More Kids Will Be Hospitalized

  08-01-2026 15:05 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- When Paul Offit, MD, was a pediatric resident at the Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh in the late 1970s, some 400 children were admitted each winter with severe dehydration from rotavirus infection.
  Children rapidly became...
  
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• Health Gains Vanish Within 2 Years of Stopping Weight-Loss Drugs

  08-01-2026 00:30 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Weight loss and cardiometabolic benefits were fully reversed within 2 years for people who stopped weight management medications, a systematic review and meta-analysis showed.
  Adults with overweight or obesity who stopped using...
  
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• Common Food Additive Linked to Cancer Risk

  08-01-2026 00:30 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- A higher intake of preservatives widely used in processed foods and beverages was associated with a modestly increased risk of cancer, according to results from the French NutriNet-Santé prospective cohort.
  Among more than...
  
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• Lipoprotein(a) and Long-Term Heart Risks: Study Makes the Case for Screening

  07-01-2026 23:35 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Very high lipoprotein(a) levels strongly predicted long-term cardiovascular disease risk in healthy women, according to a cohort study, while mild to moderately high levels were not really red flags.
  Thirty-year outcomes among...
  
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• How Medical Groups Reacted to the New Dietary Guidelines

  07-01-2026 23:23 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Reaction has been mixed to the Trump administration's announcement Wednesday of new dietary guidelines that focus on increasing intake of whole foods and decreasing consumption of overly processed foods.
  Federal law requires...
  
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• Take a Look at RFK Jr.'s New 'Upside Down' Food Pyramid

  07-01-2026 23:05 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and other federal officials on Wednesday released new dietary guidelines that emphasize the consumption of whole foods and protein, elevating meat, fresh vegetables, and dairy products while...
  
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• Here's Where Experts Stand on Kennedy Cutting HPV Vax to One Dose

  07-01-2026 23:02 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- A growing body of evidence has supported the idea that one dose of the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine is enough to protect most people, but experts worry there isn't enough evidence to support that recommendation just yet...
  
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• The Department of Education's Dangerous Nursing Miscalculation

  07-01-2026 22:54 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Nursing is the largest and most trusted sector of the healthcare workforce. There are more than 5 million registered nurses in the U.S. alone. And the number of people whose lives have been touched by nurses? Unquantifiable...
  
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• Simple Finger-Prick Test Identifies Alzheimer's Disease

  07-01-2026 22:20 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Measurements of phosphorylated tau 217 (p-tau217) in dried plasma spots (DPS) identified people with Alzheimer's disease nearly as well as venous blood, data from the DROP-AD project suggested.
  Correlations between DPS p-tau217...
  
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• Will Progress on Protecting Young Kids From RSV Be Reversed?

  07-01-2026 22:03 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Infectious disease experts are dismayed that the monoclonal antibody against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) for infants, widely considered a crucial advance in public health, has been downgraded on the childhood immunization...
  
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• NLM Colloquia: Harnessing AI and Informatics for Dementia and Aging Research

  07-01-2026 21:35 via nlm.nih.gov
  Join us on January 21 as we welcome Dr. Li Shen, Professor of Informatics and Radiology at Perelman School of Medicine, UPenn, to present his lecture entitled “Harnessing AI and Informatics for Dementia and Aging Research” at our upcoming NLM Colloquia on Biomedical Data Science and Computational Biology Research. For more information: https://www.nlm.nih.gov/research/lectures.html
  
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• Risky Psychedelic Retreats; Psilocybin for Binge Eating; Winter 'SAD' Routines

  07-01-2026 21:23 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- A qualitative study of 49 psychedelic retreats uncovered substantial variability in safety protocols, particularly in regards to cessation of pharmaceutical drugs and polysubstance use. (JAMA Network Open)
  One doctor's experience...
  
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• 'Truly Practice Changing' Trial in Gastroesophageal Cancer

  07-01-2026 21:16 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- SAN FRANCISCO--Incorporating the recently approved bispecific antibody zanidatamab (Ziihera) into first-line treatment for HER2-positive gastroesophageal cancer topped trastuzumab plus chemotherapy, a phase III trial showed...
  
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• Surgery for Refractory Constipation Should Be Last Resort, Guideline Says

  07-01-2026 20:17 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Surgery for refractory constipation should be a last resort, used only after comprehensive physiologic and psychological evaluation, according to a new clinical practice update from the American Gastroenterological Association...
  
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• Acid Suppressants in Pregnancy Not Linked to Neuropsychiatric Disorders in Kids

  07-01-2026 20:04 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- After controlling for familial factors, acid-suppressive medications in pregnancy showed no association with risk for neuropsychiatric disorders in offspring, including attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and autism...
  
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• Spondyloarthritis: Spinal MRI May Improve Management

  07-01-2026 19:56 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Some 20% of people with axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) included in a prospective cohort study showed no lesions in their sacroiliac joints, only in the spine, researchers reported--an indication that advanced imaging that...
  
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• Yet Another NIH Leader Resigns; Bhattacharya in the Middle; Whooping Cough Rising

  07-01-2026 18:53 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Welcome to the latest edition of Investigative Roundup, highlighting some of the best investigative reporting on healthcare each week.
  Another NIH Leader Resigns
  There's been yet another shakeup of leadership at the NIH-...
  
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