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• Tumor-Infiltrating Clonal Hematopoiesis Increased Risk of Poor Outcomes in Cancer

  23-04-2025 23:17 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Tumor-infiltrating clonal hematopoiesis (TI-CH) increased the risk of disease recurrence or death among patients with early non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), and the risk of death from any cause among patients with solid tumors...
  
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• Young-Onset Dementia Risk Rises With Metabolic Syndrome

  23-04-2025 23:09 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- The risk of young-onset dementia--dementia before age 65--was higher in people with metabolic syndrome, a nationwide population-based study in Korea showed.
  Across nearly 2 million people with a mean age of 49, metabolic...
  
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• Novel DPP-1 Drug Trims Exacerbation Risk in Bronchiectasis

  23-04-2025 23:00 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Targeting airway inflammation with investigational brensocatib reduced exacerbations with bronchiectasis, the ASPEN trial showed.
  The dipeptidyl peptidase 1 (DPP-1) inhibitor cut the annualized rate of pulmonary exacerbations...
  
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• Lorundrostat Lowered BP in Uncontrolled, Treatment-Resistant Hypertension

  23-04-2025 23:00 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Lorundrostat reduced blood pressure (BP) in people with confirmed uncontrolled and treatment-resistant hypertension, according to a double-blind randomized trial.
  With background antihypertensive medication provided to participants...
  
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• Antiviral Reduced Transmission of Influenza to Close Contacts

  23-04-2025 23:00 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- A single dose of the antiviral baloxavir marboxil (Xofluza) led to a lower incidence of influenza virus transmission to household contacts compared with placebo, a phase IIIb randomized trial showed.Five days after receiving...
  
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• Groups Decry Loss of Funding for 'Critically Important' GI Disease Network

  23-04-2025 22:44 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Physicians and patient advocates are sounding the alarm after the NIH abruptly withdrew a grant renewal application for the Consortium of Eosinophilic Gastrointestinal Disease Researchers (CEGIR), the only clinical care network...
  
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• No Extra Cancer Recurrence Risk Seen for RA Patients on Biologic Therapy

  23-04-2025 21:16 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients in Denmark with a history of solid tumor cancers, now in remission, faced no greater likelihood of cancer relapse when they were treated with biologic agents, compared with conventional disease...
  
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• Antibiotic Candidate for Lyme Disease Boosts Hope for Custom Approach

  23-04-2025 20:56 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- In the realm of Lyme disease research, one antibiotic emerged as being highly effective for treatment of acute infection, and early-stage data lent credence to one theory for the pathobiology of persistent symptoms.
  First, researchers...
  
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• BTK Inhibitors for Follicular Lymphoma

  23-04-2025 20:38 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Newer-generation Bruton's tyrosine kinase (BTK) inhibitors have found a place in the management of follicular lymphoma, a malignancy where the first-generation drug ibrutinib (Imbruvica) failed.
  "When the first BTK inhibitor...
  
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• What Physicians Can Learn From Pope Francis

  23-04-2025 20:06 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Catholics and Christians worldwide, as well as non-religious people, are mourning the death of Pope Francis, who is often referred to as the "People's Pope." While not a doctor himself, Francis's teachings and actions offer valuable...
  
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• Coldplay Singer's Depression; Add-On Cobenfy Flopped; Uptick in Psilocybin Use

  23-04-2025 19:34 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Coldplay singer Chris Martin shared his strategies for managing depression with Vanity Fair.
  More than 13% of American adolescents and adults reported being depressed in the past 2 weeks, according to National Health and Nutrition...
  
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• Novavax Says Its COVID Shot Is on Track for Full FDA Approval After Delay

  23-04-2025 19:12 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Novavax's closely watched COVID-19 vaccine is on track for full approval after additional discussions with the FDA, the company said Wednesday.
  The news sent company shares soaring more than 21% in morning trading and appeared...
  
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• Anti-Vaxxers Say Bioweapon Caused Measles Outbreak; DOGE Holds Health Grants Hostage

  23-04-2025 18:54 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Welcome to the latest edition of Investigative Roundup, highlighting some of the best investigative reporting on healthcare each week.
  Anti-Vaxxers Say 'Bioweapon' Started Measles Outbreak
  Anti-vaccine activists have been profiting...
  
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• High Response Rate in Myeloma With Novel CAR-T After Anti-BCMA Failure

  23-04-2025 18:48 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- More than 80% of patients whose multiple myeloma had progressed on standard chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy responded to an investigational CAR T-cell agent, a small study from China showed.
  Targeting the GPRC5D...
  
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• Bill Treats mRNA Vaccines as 'Weapons'; Brain Drain Begins? New Ice Bucket Challenge

  23-04-2025 15:26 via medpagetoday.com
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• RFK Jr. May Pull COVID Shot From CDC's Vaccine Schedule for Kids

  23-04-2025 15:18 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is considering removing the COVID-19 vaccine from CDC's schedule of recommended immunizations for children, according to two people familiar with the situation.
  The move, reported by Politico...
  
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• FDA to Phase Out Petroleum-Based Food Dyes

  23-04-2025 14:55 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- The FDA will phase out petroleum-based food dyes in the coming months, FDA and HHS officials said Tuesday.
  "For the last 50 years, American children have increasingly been living in a toxic soup of synthetic chemicals," FDA...
  
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