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(MedPage Today) -- When Mattel announced its autistic Barbie last month, the response was immediate and largely celebratory. Headlines praised ...

Doctor Indicted on Charges He Falsified Records to Block Liver Transplants

(MedPage Today) -- A Houston doctor has been indicted on charges of falsifying medical records for five patients, making them ...

Similar Prostate Cancer Drugs Show Different Results in Real-World Study

(MedPage Today) -- A real-world comparison of two androgen receptor pathway inhibitors (ARPIs) for advanced prostate cancer showed a significant ...

‘I was full of shame after being sacked for having endometriosis’

Sanju Pal wins an employment appeal tribunal that could affect how employers can treat staff with endometriosis. Source link : ...

‘Dark Showering:’ Can It Help You Sleep Better?

Share on PinterestSome experts say that dark showering may help you fall asleep more easily. Image Credit: Ekaterina Goncharova/Getty ImagesDark ...

Autism Trial Supporting FDA-Touted Drug Is Retracted

(MedPage Today) -- One of the largest autism trials of leucovorin (Wellcovorin), a drug used to treat cerebral folate deficiency, ...

Evidence Review on Hep B Shot at Odds With Controversial CDC Decision

(MedPage Today) -- Universal hepatitis B vaccination at birth is safe, effective, and protective for both individual and public health, ...

Skiing’s Regulatory Body Rejects ‘Wild Rumor’ on Ski Jumpers’ Penile Injections

(MedPage Today) -- PREDAZZO, Italy -- The regulatory body for skiing on Friday dismissed as a "wild rumor" reports that ...

Do Women Actually Want At-Home Cervical Cancer Screening?

(MedPage Today) -- Most women said they preferred clinic-based cervical cancer testing over at-home self-sampling, with demographics and life experiences ...

3D-Printed Breast Tissue; Cancer and Ultraprocessed Food; Agent Orange and Melanoma

(MedPage Today) -- Bioengineered tissue produced with a 3D printer could offer a reconstruction solution that "allows a woman to ...

Neuroprotective Agent Improved Outcomes After Acute Ischemic Stroke

(MedPage Today) -- NEW ORLEANS -- Loberamisal improved functional outcomes after acute ischemic stroke in a placebo-controlled phase III trial, ...

Thrombolysis Window May Extend to 24 Hours for Non-LVO Strokes

(MedPage Today) -- NEW ORLEANS -- IV tenecteplase (TNKase) could be beneficial as far out as 24 hours after stroke ...

Gabapentin Misuse Persists, Two Analyses Show

(MedPage Today) -- Two analyses suggested that non-medical (illicit) gabapentin use persisted in recent years as patterns in prescribing shifted. ...

As ICE Uses Medicaid Data, Hospitals Are in a Bind Over Warning Immigrant Patients

(MedPage Today) -- The Trump administration's move to give deportation officials access to Medicaid data is putting hospitals and states ...

FDA Updates Risks in Capecitabine, Fluorouracil Labels

The labeling updates address the risk of early-onset toxicity, including life-threatening adverse events in patients with DPD deficiency who are ...

Weakening ice shelf has caused crucial Antarctic glacier to accelerate

Giant icebergs have been breaking off the edge of Pine Island ice shelfNASA/Brooke Medley A large and fast-melting glacier in ...

FDA Calls for Testing Before Treatment With Widely Used Chemotherapies