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• Psilocybin Works Just as Well for Depression With or Without Antidepressant

  25-05-2023 18:31 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- SAN FRANCISCO--Withdrawing from antidepressants likely won't affect how well psilocybin works for treatment-resistant depression, according to a phase IIb randomized controlled trial.
  In an analysis of 233 participants treated...
  
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• FDA Panel Endorses mAb to Prevent RSV in Infants

  08-06-2023 19:41 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- An FDA advisory committee on Thursday gave strong backing to a monoclonal antibody against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) to prevent lower respiratory tract disease (LRTD) in infants as well as in at-risk children up to 24...
  
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• Novel LAA Closure Device 'Promising'

  08-06-2023 19:18 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- PHOENIX--A novel transcatheter device that twists the left atrial appendage (LAA) closed from the inside appeared safe in first-in-human results.
  Among 15 atrial fibrillation patients who received the Laminar device, all...
  
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• Acute GvHD Risk After Allo-HCT Higher With Some Antibiotics vs Others

  08-06-2023 19:00 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- Certain antibiotics for treating neutropenic fever and infections following allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (allo-HCT) were associated with a higher risk for acute graft-versus-host disease (GvHD) than others, a...
  
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• TTFields Therapy Yields OS Improvement in Second-Line NSCLC

  08-06-2023 18:49 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- CHICAGO--Treatment with tumor treating field (TTFields) therapy combined with standard of care improved overall survival versus standard of care alone in patients with metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) who have...
  
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• Mental Health Provider Disclosed Personal Patient Info in Google Reviews

  08-06-2023 18:30 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- New Jersey's Manasa Health Center, a provider of psychiatric services for adults and children, has agreed to pay HHS' Office for Civil Rights (OCR) $30,000 for allegations that it revealed protected health information about its...
  
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• Oh, You Have Medicare? We'll Skip That Test.

  08-06-2023 18:16 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- *Patient's name has been changed
  Magda* was 70 years old when she suffered a mild stroke. She was taken to a hospital, where the emergency department and critical care unit ran the appropriate tests and sent her home with medicine...
  
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• Which Mask Is Best for Wildfire Smoke?

  08-06-2023 17:55 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- As thick smoke from Canadian wildfires blankets much of the Northeast, many people are once again donning masks--but which is best to protect against the tiny particulates in wildfire smoke?
  Two experts--a pulmonologist...
  
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• Upper Airway Stimulation Device for OSA Holds Up in Real-World Analysis

  08-06-2023 16:27 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- INDIANAPOLIS--Among patients with moderate-to-severe obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) who are intolerant to continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP), an implanted upper airway stimulation device led to similar rates of surgical...
  
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• Morning Naps in Elderly People May Reflect Dementia Risk

  08-06-2023 16:07 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- INDIANAPOLIS--Elderly people who nap in the morning and not at other times of the day could be exhibiting very early signs of Alzheimer's dementia, a researcher suggested.
  In two of five statistical models, data from the...
  
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• Wildfire Health Risks; An Rx for Love; Francis Collins' Graduation Serenade

  08-06-2023 15:35 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- The following contains links to social media websites including Twitter, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn.
  As Canadian wildfire smoke spreads across the northeastern U.S. @rubin_allergy shares preventive measures to...
  
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• Foot Doc's Second Murder-for-Hire Accusation; Doc Accused of Drugging, Raping Women

  08-06-2023 14:39 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- Former New York podiatrist Ira Bernstein has been charged for trying once again to have his estranged wife murdered. Bernstein previously served almost 5 years in prison for plotting a hit against his wife. (LoHud.com)
  New York...
  
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• House Democrats, Republicans Spar Over Changes Needed for CDC

  08-06-2023 14:17 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- WASHINGTON--The CDC needs to be improved, members of Congress seem to agree, but at a House hearing Wednesday there didn't seem to be much agreement between Republicans and Democrats about the best way to do it.
  "One of...
  
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• Drug Shortage Worsens; AI, 3D Printing Potential Grows; Cancer's Effect on Function

  08-06-2023 13:36 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- More than 90% of U.S. cancer centers responding to a recent survey reported shortages of key cancer drugs, including 70% reporting shortages of the widely used cisplatin. (National Comprehensive Cancer Network)
  The inexorable...
  
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• Trial Affirms Safety of Circulatory-Death Heart Transplants

  08-06-2023 13:09 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- Transplants from circulatory-death donor hearts assessed with a perfusion machine did just as well as those procured after brain death and cold storage, a randomized trial showed.
  Recipients of a circulatory-death heart had...
  
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• Extra Follow-Up Confirms Benefit of Nivolumab in Muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer

  08-06-2023 11:53 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- Longer-term follow-up of the CheckMate-274 trial confirmed that treatment with the anti-PD-1 therapy nivolumab (Opdivo) after surgery helped reduce cancer recurrence in patients with muscle-invasive urothelial cancer, according...
  
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• Positive Signs for Lecanemab's Full Approval in FDA Briefing Documents

  08-06-2023 11:27 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- Lecanemab (Leqembi) showed clinical benefit in early Alzheimer's disease and its risks do not appear to preclude traditional approval, FDA reviewers said in a briefing document ahead of an advisory committee meeting.
  The document...
  
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• How Vax Skeptics Sow Doubt; Gun Death Every 11 Minutes; 90210 Star's Cancer Spreads

  08-06-2023 11:26 via medpagetoday.com
  
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  A look at how the mixed messages of COVID vaccine skeptics foster broader vaccine hesitancy. (KFF Health News)
  Planned Parenthood is suing to block a new Kansas law requiring...
  
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• NV Governor Vetoes Medical Aid-In-Dying Bill - Public News Service

  08-06-2023 09:03 via news.google.com
  
  NV Governor Vetoes Medical Aid-In-Dying Bill  Public News Service
  
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• FH Medical Center files complaint against insurance carrier - Fountain Hills Times

  08-06-2023 09:00 via news.google.com
  
  FH Medical Center files complaint against insurance carrier  Fountain Hills Times
  
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• Medical professionals raise awareness during National Migraine Awareness Month - CBS Pittsburgh

  08-06-2023 05:37 via news.google.com
  Medical professionals raise awareness during National Migraine Awareness Month  CBS Pittsburgh
  
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• Medical professionals raise awareness during National Migraine Awareness Month - CBS News

  08-06-2023 05:37 via news.google.com
  Medical professionals raise awareness during National Migraine Awareness Month  CBS News
  
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• Unfairly overcharged? Medical billing errors are common and costly. Here's how to spot them before paying - NBC Chicago

  08-06-2023 05:14 via news.google.com
  Unfairly overcharged? Medical billing errors are common and costly. Here's how to spot them before paying  NBC Chicago
  
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• Construction at Louisville's new VA Medical Center is moving on schedule - WLKY Louisville

  08-06-2023 05:11 via news.google.com
  Construction at Louisville's new VA Medical Center is moving on schedule  WLKY Louisville
  
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• Staying safe with medical conditions, despite dangerous haze - NEWS10 ABC

  08-06-2023 04:17 via news.google.com
  Staying safe with medical conditions, despite dangerous haze  NEWS10 ABC
  
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• VUNO shares surge after FDA innovative medical device designation - KBR

  08-06-2023 04:14 via news.google.com
  
  VUNO shares surge after FDA innovative medical device designation  KBR
  
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• Liability Insurance Carriers Global Market Report 2023: Increasing ... - PR Newswire

  08-06-2023 04:00 via news.google.com
  
  Liability Insurance Carriers Global Market Report 2023: Increasing ...  PR Newswire
  
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• Adventist delighted to add Heart Hospital to its medical care network - KGET 17

  08-06-2023 03:49 via news.google.com
  Adventist delighted to add Heart Hospital to its medical care network  KGET 17
  
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• Family of dead inmate files suit against medical contractor - FOX 5 Atlanta

  08-06-2023 03:27 via news.google.com
  Family of dead inmate files suit against medical contractor  FOX 5 Atlanta
  
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• EpimAb Biotherapeutics Appoints Yonghong Zhu, M.D., Ph.D., as ... - Business Wire

  08-06-2023 03:00 via news.google.com
  
  EpimAb Biotherapeutics Appoints Yonghong Zhu, M.D., Ph.D., as ...  Business Wire
  
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