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• CDC Director Urges Focus on Health Threats as Agency Confronts Political Changes

  26-11-2024 17:27 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- The outgoing head of the nation's top public health agency urged the next administration to maintain its focus and funding to keep Americans safe from emerging health threats.
  "We need to continue to do our global work at CDC...
  
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• Brain Volume Changes Come 10 Years Sooner for Men With Cardiovascular Risks

  27-11-2024 00:30 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- Men at high risk of cardiovascular disease had brain volume changes a decade earlier than women, U.K. Biobank data showed.
  Cardiovascular risk and obesity had the strongest relationship with lower gray matter volume in men between...
  
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• U.K. Data Tie Acetaminophen to Increased Ulcer Risk

  26-11-2024 22:29 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- Widespread belief holds that the popular over-the-counter painkiller acetaminophen does not cause stomach ulcers, but a new study from Great Britain puts that in doubt.
  General practice records from 1998 to 2018 in the U.K show...
  
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• Texas Governor Scolds Hospital After Doctor Goes Viral on TikTok

  26-11-2024 22:07 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- After a TikTok video in which a Texas physician informed the public of their right to not respond to a citizenship question on hospital intake forms went viral, Gov. Greg Abbott (R) fired back on social media.
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• Medicare Advantage Plans' Prior Auth Rules Would Be Made Public Under CMS Proposal

  26-11-2024 21:29 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- Medicare Advantage plans' prior authorization rules and coverage criteria would become publicly available under a proposed rule issued Tuesday by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).
  The Biden Harris administration...
  
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• Another Emergency Medicine Staffing Firm Goes Under

  26-11-2024 21:15 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- NES Health, the staffing firm that drew attention recently for not paying its doctors, says it will "wind down its operations and cease doing business," according to a company email shared on social media.
  Doctors who worked...
  
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• Hunting & Heart Attacks; Cardiologist's Whistleblower Suit; Algorithm Predicts Death

  26-11-2024 21:01 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- The American Heart Association said that hunters should be advised that physical exertion, colder temperatures, and the thrill of the hunt can put them at risk for heart attack or stroke.
  Merck announced positive topline results...
  
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• Biden Proposes Coverage of Obesity Drugs in Medicare, Medicaid

  26-11-2024 20:31 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- Medicare and Medicaid recipients with obesity would have access to coverage of pricey GLP-1 receptor agonists like semaglutide (Wegovy) or tirzepatide (Zepbound) under a regulation proposed Tuesday by the Centers for Medicare...
  
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• Thyroid Drug & Bone Loss; GLP-1s' Renal Benefit; Menopause Musculoskeletal Syndrome

  26-11-2024 20:14 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- The thyroid medication levothyroxine may be associated with bone loss, according to a study that will be presented at the Radiological Society of North America's annual meeting.
  In a phase II study, investigational maridebart...
  
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• Alzheimer's Trials Fail; Blood Test Predicts Tau; Neuroscience Moves to Bluesky

  26-11-2024 20:05 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- Investigational simufilam failed to reduce cognitive or functional decline in Alzheimer's disease patients in the ReThink-ALZ phase III trial, Cassava Sciences reported. The company stopped a second phase III study of the controversial...
  
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• International Working Group Discusses Diagnosing Alzheimer's Disease

  26-11-2024 19:20 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- The International Working Group discussed diagnosing Alzheimer's disease among cognitively unimpaired individuals in a presentation at the Clinical Trials on Alzheimer's Disease annual meeting in Madrid and a paper published...
  
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• New Rule Allows HIV-Positive Organ Transplants

  26-11-2024 18:48 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- People with HIV who need a kidney or liver transplant will be able to receive an organ from a donor with HIV under a new rule announced Tuesday by U.S. health officials.
  Previously, such transplants could be done only as part...
  
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• Are GLP-1 Drugs Putting an End to Bariatric Surgery?

  26-11-2024 18:18 via medpagetoday.com
  
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  In this video, Mikhail Varshavski, DO, who goes by "Dr. Mike" on YouTube, talks with Christine J. Ren-Fielding, MD, of NYU Langone Health in New York City, about the future of bariatric surgery.Following is a partial transcript...
  
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• Many Drinkers Cut Back After Starting Obesity Meds, Study Finds

  26-11-2024 18:02 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- Nearly half of participants in a weight-loss program who consumed alcohol at baseline began drinking less after adding an obesity drug into their weight-management regimen, a cohort study indicated.
  Among the 7,491 participants...
  
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• Make the Diagnosis: He Has Facial Lesions—and So Do Some Teammates. What’s Up?

  26-11-2024 16:15 via medpagetoday.com
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• Hit and Miss for CDK4/6 Inhibitor in Recurrent Brain Cancer

  26-11-2024 16:04 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- HOUSTON--Progression-free survival for 6 months (PFS6) in recurrent/progressive high-grade meningioma improved more than threefold versus historical outcomes in patients who received the CDK4/6 inhibitor abemaciclib (Verzenio...
  
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• What 'Make America Healthy Again' Gets Right About Communications

  26-11-2024 16:00 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- Many of the nominated advisers to the incoming Trump administration challenge the American public health status quo, our health outcomes, and what influences them. Some of these things need challenging, like the practices and...
  
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• COVID Contrarians Rise; Philly Residents Want Union; What Happens After IVF Mix-Up?

  26-11-2024 15:26 via medpagetoday.com
  
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  Skepticism and rage about the COVID-19 pandemic may be a theme uniting President-elect Donald Trump's top picks to lead the nation's healthcare system, an article...
  
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• Lack of Workplace Control Fans the Flames of Doc Burnout

  25-11-2024 23:32 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- Lack of control over their work environment fostered burnout among physicians, along with an increased desire to bail out of the organization, according to a multi-institutional study.
  The analysis of data from 2,339 physicians...
  
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• Have Foodborne Illness Outbreaks Really Increased?

  25-11-2024 23:16 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- Last week, it was reported that an infant died from a Listeria infection in an outbreak tied to ready-to-eat-meat products. Meanwhile, recalls continue after an outbreak of Escherichia coli from bagged organic carrots led to...
  
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• Preoperative Embolization Linked to Relapse-Free Survival in Meningioma

  25-11-2024 21:39 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- HOUSTON--Preoperative embolization of meningioma was associated with improved relapse-free survival (RFS) in a retrospective propensity-matched review.
  Surgery without embolization was associated with a median RFS of 8.6...
  
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• Utility Shutoffs Can Be Deadly During Extreme Weather Events

  25-11-2024 21:38 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- Anna Mae* faced an impossible choice: either pay her electric bill or pay for her medication. An elderly woman with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and asthma, she came to me because she couldn't afford to refill...
  
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• Severe Maternal Morbidity at First Birth Linked to Lower Subsequent Birth Rates

  25-11-2024 21:21 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- Women who experienced severe maternal morbidity with their first birth were less likely to have more children, a retrospective Swedish population-based cohort study suggested.
  Among nearly 36,800 women, those with any severe...
  
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• Do Not Wash Your Turkey and Other Thanksgiving Tips to Keep Your Food Safe

  25-11-2024 21:07 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- Ready or not, the holidays are here. It's a time when many Americans accustomed to preparing simple meals find themselves responsible for safely serving multi-dish feasts.
  It's no easy task. Outbreaks of some types of food poisoning...
  
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• Study: CKD Not Worsened With Gout Treatment

  25-11-2024 20:52 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- Worries that urate-lowering therapy (ULT) could speed renal failure in patients with gout and chronic kidney disease (CKD) are unfounded, data from Great Britain indicated.
  In a so-called "target trial emulation" analysis of...
  
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• Autopsy Data Reveal New Insights About Brain Swelling After Pediatric TBI

  25-11-2024 20:03 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- Bilateral brain swelling was more common in children than in adults who died after moderate or severe traumatic brain injury (TBI), an autopsy case series showed.
  At autopsy, macroscopic evidence of brain swelling was more prevalent...
  
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• Barzolvolimab Shows Promise for Cold Urticaria and Dermographism

  25-11-2024 19:26 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- The investigational monoclonal antibody barzolvolimab significantly improved provocation test outcomes and reduced symptoms compared with placebo in patients with cold urticaria and symptomatic dermographism, according to results...
  
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• Philly's Tax on Sugary Drinks Did Not Trim Kids' Obesity

  25-11-2024 19:18 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- Philadelphia's beverage tax on sugary drinks was not associated with changes in pediatric weight outcomes 2 years after it took effect, researchers found.
  Among 2- to 18-year-olds with BMI measured both before and after the...
  
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• Acoramidis Snags FDA Approval for ATTR Cardiomyopathy

  25-11-2024 19:10 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- Acoramidis (Attruby) gained FDA approval for treating wild-type or variant transthyretin (TTR) amyloidosis cardiomyopathy (ATTR-CM), BridgeBio Pharma announced.
  Offering patients near-complete TTR stabilization in an oral tablet...
  
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• Getting Patients in the Habit of Doing the Right Thing

  25-11-2024 18:59 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- Quite frequently, after long-term patients come in for their annual physical examination, the next morning their blood test results appear in my EHR in-basket, and I will send a portal message to let them know what was up: "Looks...
  
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