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(MedPage Today) -- President Donald Trump said in a Truth Social post Saturday that he would deploy a hospital ship ...

New Acute PE Classification; Cardiac Xenografting Consensus; Novel VTE Biomarkers

(MedPage Today) -- New American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association guidelines for acute pulmonary embolism (PE) introduced a five-tier disease ...

Is Autism Preventable? Restless Leg Drugs Under Fire; Birding and the Brain

(MedPage Today) -- Is autism preventable? Some hypotheses suggest the interplay between genes and environmental factors may contribute to autism ...

I Was a CDC Senior Leader. From What I Saw, No One Should Run Two Agencies.

(MedPage Today) -- Running a major federal health agency is a significant, high-stakes leadership role, particularly during an outbreak or ...

Study Documents Dramatic Rise of Throat Cancer in People With HIV

(MedPage Today) -- Rates of oropharyngeal cancer among people with HIV have jumped since 2000, particularly heterosexual men ages 50 ...

Cannibalism may explain why some orcas stay in family groups

Orcas may be at risk of predation by other orcasFrancois Gohie/VWPics/Alamy Biologists have seen signs of orca-on-orca predation in the ...

What to Know About Chronic Cough in Patients Taking GLP-1s

Rates of the side effect appear to be increasing, but it’s not yet clear why. Medscape Medical News Source link ...

Sleep Apnea Measure Predicts Complications After Major Surgery

The sleep apnea-specific hypoxic burden metric correlated with 30-day postoperative mortality and cardiovascular complications among obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) patients ...

Reining in Overdiagnosis of Papillary Thyroid Cancer: Easier Said Than Done

(MedPage Today) -- As many as 94% of ultrasound-based papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) diagnoses represented overdiagnosis, particularly among women, according ...

GPs told to guarantee same-day appointments for urgent cases

New contract will require patients in England to be given immediate appointment if needed. Source link : https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cm28vp0pkzro?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss Author : ...

RFK Jr. Fought Pesticides for Years. Now He’s Backing Their Production.

(MedPage Today) -- For years as an environmental lawyer, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. crusaded against a controversial herbicide ingredient known ...

CDC Official Quits; Experts Fear Polio Comeback; Frozen Meatball Recall

(MedPage Today) -- Note that some links may require registration or subscription. Ralph Abraham, MD, the CDC's principal deputy director ...

Brief Program Improves QoL in Patients With Severe Allergies

Small gains in self-efficacy and injectable epinephrine prescription use were measured. Medscape Medical News Source link : https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/brief-education-program-improves-quality-life-patients-2026a10005n3?src=rss Author : ...

Rise of NPs Leads to More Advanced Certifications

Much of the growth among the nurse practitioner workforce is expected to be in emergency medicine and more complex clinical ...

Ruxolitinib: Landmark vitiligo cream targets immune cells that disrupt pigmentation

Vitiligo involves paler, less-pigmented skin patchesGetty Images A first-of-its-kind cream that targets the underlying cause of vitiligo will be made ...

NHS to Fund Ruxolitinib for Vitiligo

NICE has recommended topical ruxolitinib for facial non-segmental vitiligo in patients aged 12 or over after a revised cost review. ...

Fewer Newborns Receive Hepatitis B Vaccination

New data show newborn hepatitis B vaccination rates have dropped, raising concern over rising misinformation. Medscape Medical News Source link ...

New NHS Option for Relapsed Follicular Lymphoma

NICE recommends epcoritamab for relapsed follicular lymphoma, offering a new option after multiple lines of therapy. Medscape News UK Source ...

Loophole found that makes quantum cloning possible