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Global report urges more accurate definition of obesity than BMI
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Getty Images People with excess body fat can still be active and healthy, experts say There is a risk too many...
A new definition of obesity could help treat millions of people
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Measuring body fat more carefully could help treat obesity Halfpoint/Getty Images Rethinking the way we define obesity could help millions of...
Here’s What It Will Take to Grow HIV-Positive to HIV-Positive Transplant Access
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Hemmige is an infectious disease specialist. In late November, HHS issued a final rule updating transplant regulations to enable every U.S....
Major PBMs Inflated Drug Prices, Pocketing $7.3 Billion Along the Way, FTC Says
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The three largest pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) inflated the price of specialty generic drugs beyond their costs of acquisition, earning more...
USPSTF Unveils Final Recs for Osteoporosis Screening to Prevent Fractures
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All women ages 65 and older and at-risk postmenopausal women under 65 should be screened for osteoporosis to prevent fractures, according...
Medicare for Renal Denervation; Cardiac Telemetry App Recall; Stroke Flags in Eyes
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will review a potential national Medicare coverage policy for renal denervation for patients with...
Preferred and Actual Location of Death Often Don’t Match for Young Cancer Patients
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While many adolescents and young adults (AYA) with cancer died in their preferred locations, about 30% who wanted to die at...
FDA Proposes ‘Nutrition Info’ Label for Front of Food Packages
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The FDA issued a proposed rule Tuesday that would require food manufacturers to put “Nutrition Info” labels on the front of...
Coffee, Green Tea, and the Brain; Women and Alzheimer’s; Dementia Life Expectancy
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Higher consumption of green tea, but not coffee, was associated with fewer cerebral white matter lesions in prospective studies of aging...
How Should I Prioritize Self-Care During Training?
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Welcome to “Ask the Program Director,” a column from MedPage Today where your most pressing questions about residency — from the...
T1D Islet Cell Transplant; 50K Processed Foods Ranked; Obesity and Childhood Cancers
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Sana Biotechnology said a type 1 diabetes (T1D) patient received an allogeneic primary islet cell transplantation without immunosuppression. The company’s engineered...
Biden Health Officials Say They Built Up Pandemic Defenses. Trump Promises Changes.
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The Biden administration on Tuesday released a “roadmap” for maintaining government defenses against infectious diseases, just as President-elect Donald Trump pledges...
Nurse Practitioners Top ‘Best Jobs’ Rankings Again
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For the second year in a row, nurse practitioners took the No. 1 spot in the “Best Jobs” rankings from U.S....
Kate Middleton Announces Major Cancer Update
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The Princess of Wales revealed Tuesday that her cancer is in remission after an emotional visit to the hospital where she...
How to Have a Balanced Life From Residency and Beyond
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Perhaps you’ve dreamed of becoming a doctor for as long as you can remember. Now that you’re in medical school, the...
What Do We Know About the Pink Flame Retardants Used to Slow the Los...
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Aircraft battling fires raging through the Los Angeles area are dropping more than water: Hundreds of thousands of gallons of hot-pink...
The Smoldering Symphony of Los Angeles: The Burn and Afterburn
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Berenji is an occupational and environmental medicine physician. Driving north on the 405 freeway this past Friday night, I witnessed an...
The Outrageous Cost of Finishing Medical Training
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Riya Shah was unprepared. The fourth-year medical student at Wayne State University in Detroit already spent more than $2000 on her...
Can a new class of wearable tech actively boost your mental health?
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“You’ve achieved 40 seconds of uninterrupted focus.” Apparently, this is cause for celebration. For the past 10 minutes, I have been...
Chicken Broth Recall; Medicaid at Risk; Princess Kate Thanks Medical Staff
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Note that some links may require registration or subscription. Over 2,000 cases of Great Value chicken broth were recalled due to...
Kate thanks staff at cancer hospital where she was treated
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Kate meets patients at cancer hospital where she was treated The Princess of Wales has made a personal visit to thank...
Wait Lists for Health, Social Services Rising for BC Seniors
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Older adults are living longer, but wait lists for services to support healthy aging in British Columbia (BC) have increased —...
New Weight Loss Drugs May Fight Obesity-Related Cancer, Too
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The latest glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) receptor agonists have been heralded for their potential to not only boost weight loss and...
Most Kids With COVID-Linked MIS-C Recover by 6 Months
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The most common symptoms reported at 2 weeks were fatigue (15.9%) and low stamina/energy (9.2%); both decreased to 3.4% and 3.3%,...
Time Management: Medical School’s Greatest Challenge?
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Beginning medical school is one of the greatest adjustments a person will ever make. “Medical school is a whole new beast...
Valaciclovir May Prevent Herpes Zoster in Lupus Treatment
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TOPLINE: The use of valaciclovir as prophylaxis prevents herpes zoster (HZ) in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) receiving anifrolumab treatment,...
NHS home bowel-cancer tests to be extended to over-50s in England
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All 50-74-year-olds in England will now receive a home-testing kit for bowel cancer every two years. NHS England has been posting...
HDL and Eye Disease: A Goldilocks Effect?
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High and low levels of high-density lipoprotein and a novel single-nucleotide polymorphism were found to be associated with an increased risk...
TNF Inhibitors May Be Safe in US Veterans With RA-ILD
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TOPLINE: Tumor necrosis factor (TNF) inhibitors led to no significant difference in survival or respiratory-related hospitalizations compared with non-TNF inhibitors, in...
What Is Behind Norovirus Spikes This Season?
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Norovirus cases continue to rise in the United States this winter, at levels higher than the same time period in previous...
Is Obesity in Children With Cancer Tied to Worse Survival?
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TOPLINE: Overall, obesity at the time of cancer diagnosis is independently associated with worse survival outcomes in pediatric patients. The association,...
Pre-Cancer Exercise Linked to Better Disease Outcomes
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TOPLINE: Physical activity before stage I cancer diagnosis is associated with reduced risk for disease progression and mortality. Members engaging in...
Early-Onset Asthma May Slow Memory Development
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Children with asthma scored significantly lower than those without asthma on measures of episodic memory, based on longitudinal data from nearly...
Simplified HIV Treatment Matches Standard Care Success
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TOPLINE: Among treatment-naive people with HIV (PWH), dolutegravir/lamivudine demonstrates effectiveness comparable with those of the commonly prescribed three-drug regimens but offers...
DoxyPEP Cuts STIs in At-Risk Groups
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Doxycycline postexposure prophylaxis (doxyPEP) has the potential to substantially reduce real-world population-level incidence of sexually transmitted infections (STIs), a study in...
Flu Shot Shields Kids Across Severity Levels
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TOPLINE: Influenza vaccination demonstrates consistent effectiveness of approximately 50% across all severity levels in children, with higher protection observed in younger...
Innovations in HIV Care for Women Worldwide
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Every week, 4000 young cisgender women aged 15-24 years contract HIV globally, according to 2023 data. Infections in this age group...
Women seeking abortions after using ‘natural’ contraception
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Getty Images There has been a rise in the proportion of women seeking abortions despite using “natural” methods to prevent pregnancy,...
More U.K. Abortion Patients Relying on Cycle Tracking Over Hormonal Contraception
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Over a 5-year period, fewer patients seeking abortion in the U.K. reported relying on hormonal contraception at the time of conception,...
‘We re-mortgaged to fund our children’s medication’
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BBC Jannine described her son’s ADHD as “debilitating” Nearly 400,000 private prescriptions for ADHD medication were issued last year as patients...
Getting Lung Cancer Screening Staff Involved Improved Tobacco Cessation
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Integrating smoking cessation into a lung cancer screening program had the biggest benefit for patients who wanted to quit, a randomized...
Docs Organize Against, and for, RFK Jr.’s Nomination to Run HHS
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With controversy continuing to swirl around President-elect Donald Trump’s nomination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to serve as HHS secretary, physicians...
Intra-Arterial Lytics After Successful Stroke Thrombectomy Did Not Improve Outcomes
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Two randomized trials found that intra-arterial urokinase and tenecteplase did not improve functional outcomes after mechanical thrombectomy in selected stroke patients....
Prospect Is Another Casualty of Private Equity in Healthcare, Experts Say
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Prospect Medical Holdings — a company that was named in a recent Senate report on the negative impacts of private equity...
Vaccinating Toddlers Too Early, Too Late Has Decreased Over Time
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Vaccine doses given to U.S. toddlers outside the recommended age or timing intervals have decreased over time, but still don’t complete...
How Nurses, Doctors Rank in Gallup’s Poll of Most Trusted Professions
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Nurses once again earned the top spot as the most trusted profession in America, with pharmacists and physicians ranking fourth and...
CAR Natural Killer Cell Therapy Shows Promise in B-Cell Lymphomas
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An investigational induced pluripotent stem cell-derived CAR natural killer cell therapy was well tolerated both as monotherapy and in combination with...
Dementia Cases to Double in the U.S.
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U.S. dementia cases were projected to reach 1 million annually by 2060, doubling from 514,000 cases in 2020. Lifetime dementia risk...
Childhood Cancer Survivors Have Double the Risk of Melanoma as Adults
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A history of childhood cancer more than doubled the risk of melanoma and premature death in adults, a large retrospective review...
The What, How, and Why of Ultraprocessed Foods
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Zaltz is a social and behavioral scientist who studies global food policies. Ultraprocessed foods (UPFs) are having a real moment. Few...