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Walmart Recalls Frozen Shrimp Over Potential Radioactive Contamination

(MedPage Today) -- Walmart has recalled frozen, raw shrimp sold in 13 states because federal health officials say it could ...

Good News on GLP-1s and Cancer Risk, With One Exception

(MedPage Today) -- Patients taking GLP-1 agonists for weight loss had a small but significantly lower risk of developing cancer, ...

Phone-Based Program Boosts Weight Loss in Breast Cancer

TOPLINE:A telephone-based weight-loss intervention led to clinically significant weight loss in women with stage II/III breast cancer and overweight or ...

New First-Line Option for Advanced Bladder Cancer

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has recommended the combination of enfortumab vedotin (Padcev, Astellas) with pembrolizumab ...

There might be a ‘Planet Y’ hiding in the outer solar system

Are there unseen planets in our solar system?Peter Jurik/Alamy Somewhere at the edge of the solar system a new Earth-sized ...

Physical Therapy for Knee Pain Slow to Gain Traction With Clinicians

(MedPage Today) -- Just one patient in six was referred for physical therapy (PT) within 15 days of being treated ...

FDA Rejects Tx for Trump’s Condition; Jury Awards Nurse $20M; FDA’s Oyster Warning

(MedPage Today) -- Note that some links may require registration or subscription. Manufacturer enVVeno said it received a "not approvable" ...

Safety Watchdog Flags Ongoing Maternity Risks

The Health Services Safety Investigations Body (HSSIB) has released a preliminary report on maternity and neonatal safety in England. The ...

Which Antiplatelet Works Better in Impaired Renal Function?

TOPLINE:Prasugrel provided a more rapid reduction in platelet aggregation than clopidogrel in patients with stable coronary artery disease on dual ...

Blood Pressure Method Shapes Reading

Blood pressure readings differ considerably according to where and how they are taken, especially when a patient already has hypertension, ...

CAR T Excels in Second-Line Lymphoma Care

TOPLINE:Lisocabtagene maraleucel demonstrated superior efficacy, with a median event-free survival of 29.5 months compared to 2.4 months for standard of ...

Can EBV-Related Penicillin Rashes Signal Long-Term Allergy?

TOPLINE:Nearly half of the adolescents and adults who developed rashes from penicillin during an Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection showed evidence ...

5-Fluorouracil 4% Cream Effective for Hyperkeratotic AKs

TOPLINE:5-Fluorouracil 4% cream achieved total clearance in 54.5% and partial clearance in 24.2% of hyperkeratotic actinic keratosis (AK) lesions at ...

Exercise Boosts Fitness in Kidney Transplant Candidates

TOPLINE:Compared with standard care, an 8-week supervised prehabilitation programme led to a significant improvement in exercise capacity, handgrip strength, and ...

Patients With T1D Show Poor BP Control During Exercise