Lung Cancer Drug Osimertinib Tied to Cardiac Events, Even in Low-Risk Patients
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The non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) drug osimertinib (Tagrisso) was associated with an increased risk of therapy-related cardiovascular (CV) events compared...
MD Reacts to Anesthesia Policy; Debunking Pedialyte Misinfo; Passion vs Practicality
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The following contains links to social media websites including X, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn. “Babe, wake up, your surgery isn’t...
Trump Nearly Backed 16-Week Federal Abortion Ban
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Donald Trump was on the verge of backing a 16-week federal abortion ban earlier this year when aides staged an intervention....
MedPAC Members Supportive of Upping Medicare Pay Rates Close to the Inflation Rate
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Members of the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) seemed favorable Thursday to a proposed recommendation to Congress that Medicare should pay...
Skip Surgery for DCIS in Favor of Active Monitoring?
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SAN ANTONIO — Active monitoring for low-risk ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) did not lead to a higher rate of ipsilateral...
Risk-Reducing Surgery May Benefit BRCA Carriers With Early-Onset Breast Cancer
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SAN ANTONIO — Carriers of germline BRCA mutations diagnosed with breast cancer by age 40 who underwent risk-reducing surgeries had lower...
Jamie Foxx’s Stroke: Here’s What to Know
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Actor, comedian, and singer Jamie Foxx revealed that his mystery ailment last year was a brain bleed and stroke. In his...
New Investigation Casts Doubt on Landmark Ticagrelor Trial
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New questions about the landmark trial that launched the antiplatelet drug ticagrelor worldwide are being raised after an investigation uncovered more...
The 7 Biggest Financial Enemies of Doctors
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Success in personal finance and reaching financial freedom is not complicated. But that does not mean it is necessarily easy —...
Doc Confesses to Killing Wife, Police Say; Nurse Reprimanded for Cursing at Toddler
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Orlando-area physician Thomas Wentzell, MD, was arrested and confessed to killing his wife, according to local police. (WFTV9) Twenty lawsuits were...
Pulled Myeloma Drug Improves Survival in Trial
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SAN DIEGO — A significant overall survival (OS) benefit with belantamab mafodotin (belantamab; Blenrep) in a phase III trial of relapsed...
FDA Issues Safety Alert on Liver Disease Drug
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Postmarketing data on obeticholic acid (Ocaliva) identified a risk for serious liver injury in primary biliary cholangitis (PBC) patients without cirrhosis,...
Subcutaneous Cancer Immunotherapies Provide New Options for Physicians and Patients
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One of the most meaningful shifts in the cancer treatment landscape has been the move toward therapies that not only fight...
HER2 Low and Ultralow Designations Open Door to Expansion of ADCs in Breast Cancer
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The HER2-low and HER2-ultralow breast cancer subtype designations have led to a changed landscape in HER2-directed therapies, as well as a...
Providers, You Are the Missing Piece: Your Patients With OUD Need You
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Califf is FDA commissioner. Sokolowska is an FDA deputy center director specializing in substance use and behavioral health. As of 2023,...
Are Schools Shifting From Drug Prevention to Mental Health?
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TOPLINE: From 2008 to 2020, US schools reported significant increases in emotional/mental health education (from 83.8% to 89.8%) and suicide prevention...
More CEOs Targeted in Wanted Posters; Ultraprocessed Food Lawsuit; OD Deaths Fall
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Note that some links may require registration or subscription. “Wanted” posters of healthcare CEOs were put up in New York City...
First final compensation in blood scandal to be paid in days
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The government has said the first victims of the infected blood scandal will receive final compensation payments this week. Ten people...
Should Hospitals Be Paid the Same as Doctors’ Offices for the Same Service?
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The idea of requiring site-neutral payments in Medicare — in which providers would be reimbursed at the same rate for performing...
Mystery Disease in Congo May Be Malaria but More Testing Needed, Authorities Say
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The mystery flu-like illness that killed dozens of people in southwest Congo in recent weeks might be malaria, according to results...
Could Covering GLP-1s Pay Off?
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The question may seem simple: Could paying for weight loss medications — especially the pricey glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonists (GLP-1s),...
General Practitioners and Specialists: What’s a Fair Price?
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During the first congress of the Belgian College of General Practitioners, held on November 15 and 16 in Namur, Belgium, a...
Whistleblower Doc Sues Hospital, Claims Retaliation
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Cardiologist Daniel West, MD, had practiced at Trinity Health Muskegon Hospital, Muskegon, Mich., since he finished medical school. His mother worked...
Diabetes Drugs and Eye Disease: These Protect, These Don’t
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TOPLINE: Glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RAs) and fenofibrates are associated with a reduced risk for diabetic macular edema (DME)...
Olaparib Protects Patients From High-Risk Cancer Recurrences
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SAN ANTONIO — Nearly 10 years along patients with high-risk BRCA-positive breast cancers who had been treated with the poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase...
Hospitals hit by ‘tidal wave’ of winter viruses
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Hospitals in England are being hit by a “tidal wave” of flu and other winter viruses, NHS bosses say. Data released...
Medication Underuse Headache Demands Attention
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Decreasing the number ofmigraine attacks and resolving each attack quickly when it occurs are more important than ever, according to an...
Bowel-cancer rates rising among younger people
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Rates of bowel cancer are rising among younger adults, with no clear reason why, experts are warning. Although the disease still...
Surgery Boosts Survival in Older Breast Cancer Patients
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SAN ANTONIO — A comprehensive patient-level meta-analysis of three randomized trials demonstrated that compared with surgery deferral, immediate breast surgery significantly...
Few Focal Epilepsy Cases Controlled by Initial ASM Treatment
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Los Angeles — Only about 27% of patients newly diagnosed with focal epilepsy are seizure-free on initial anti-seizure medications (ASMs), new...
The PA Boom: More PAs, More Options
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The medical community welcomed a record number of new physician associates (PAs) into the provider ranks in 2023 — 11,762 PA...
Do Risk-Reducing Surgeries Benefit Young BRCA Carriers?
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Patients with BRCA-mutations and a history of early-onset breast cancer benefited from risk-reducing surgeries, according to new data presented at the San...
New Hope for Antimicrobial Peptides?
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The story of antimicrobial peptides (AMPs), particularly in tackling antibiotic resistance, has been one of false dawns and unfulfilled promises. But...
Woman says struck-off sex GP tried to choke her
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SWNS Thomas Plimmer was struck off after having sex with multiple women at his GP surgery Warning: This article contains text...
Canada euthanasia now accounts for nearly one in 20 deaths
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The rate of medical assistance in dying – also known as euthanasia – has grown in Canada for the fifth straight...
Bowel cancer is rising in younger people around the world
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It isn’t entirely clear why bowel cancer is on the rise among adults under 50 STEVE GSCHMEISSNER/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY Rates of...
Oral SERD Impresses in Advanced Breast Cancer With ESR1 Mutations
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SAN ANTONIO — Among patients with estrogen receptor (ER)-positive, HER2-negative advanced breast cancer, treatment with imlunestrant did not significantly improve progression-free...
Could Psoriasis Treatment Be This Simple?
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A derivative of the diuretic drug amiloride (Midamor) blocked key inflammatory pathways in mouse models of psoriasis, including xenografts of psoriatic...
One CAR T-Cell Therapy for Multiple Myeloma Tops Another in Propensity Matched Study
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SAN DIEGO — In a propensity-matched comparison of two CAR T-cell therapies, ciltacabtagene autoleucel (cilta-cel, Carvykti) demonstrated better efficacy than idecabtagene...
Britain Indefinitely Bans Puberty Blockers for Children With Gender Dysphoria
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The British government on Wednesday indefinitely banned puberty blockers for children with gender dysphoria after independent experts found there was an...
Fighting Misinformation Like a Doctor
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Thomas is a hospitalist in New York State. My first encounter with each patient follows a similar pattern. I hit the...
Doc Accused of Patient Harm; Healthcare Hero’s Evolution; CHOP Downplayed Risks?
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Welcome to the latest edition of Investigative Roundup, highlighting some of the best investigative reporting on healthcare each week. Oncologist Allegedly...
Cancer Patients Who Completed Medication Survey Received More Help From Pharmacists
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NEW ORLEANS — Patients who completed a questionnaire monitoring the use of their new anticancer medications received more and faster interventions...
California Child May Have Bird Flu After Drinking Raw Milk
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A possible case of H5N1 bird flu virus in a California child has been linked to raw milk consumption and is...
For Now, ‘Dreamers’ Will Be Shut Out of the Healthcare Marketplace in 19 States
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Young adult immigrants known as “Dreamers” in 19 U.S. states will be temporarily blocked from getting health insurance through the Affordable...
Am I ‘Too Competitive’ for Some Residency Programs?
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Omer Awan is vice chair and associate program director for the diagnostic radiology residency at the University of Maryland School of...
Indefinite ban on puberty blockers to be introduced
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The ban on giving puberty blockers to under-18s questioning their gender identify is to be made permanent, Health Secretary Wes Streeting...
Trial Data Helped Guide Treatment of Stage II-III Triple-Negative Breast Cancer
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Even when diagnosed early, triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) has a higher mortality rate compared with other breast cancer subtypes due to...
Pirtobrutinib Delays Progression in CLL Already Treated With a BTK Inhibitor
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SAN DIEGO — Pirtobrutinib (Jaypirca) delayed disease progression versus other available options in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) who had...
Pre-eclampsia could be treated with mRNA technology
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High blood pressure is a common symptom of pre-eclampsia Nataliya Piatrovich/Alamy Delivering babies early, when possible, is currently the only way...