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(MedPage Today) -- The noninvasive diagnosis of allograft rejection after heart transplantation may be on the horizon, according to findings ...

Experts Alarmed by USPSTF Work Slowdown

(MedPage Today) -- Public health advocates are expressing alarm at the work slowdown happening at the U.S. Preventive Services Task ...

‘Dry January’ Offers a Shot of Stigma

(MedPage Today) -- Social media is filled with declarations of "Dry January," a month without alcohol framed as a reset, ...

Worried About Liability After CDC Vaccine Changes? You Shouldn’t Be

(MedPage Today) -- Physicians worried that the CDC's sweeping changes to the U.S. childhood vaccine schedule could expose them to ...

Diabetes Risk Factors Cluster in Families

(MedPage Today) -- Diabetes risk factors frequently emerged in more than one member of the same household, an observational study ...

Who Are the Newest ACIP Members Appointed by RFK Jr.?

(MedPage Today) -- HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. appointed two new members to the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization ...

Is There a Link Between Screen Use at Night and Suicide Risk in Kids?

(MedPage Today) -- Recent research has focused on the troubling relationship between nighttime screen use and suicide risk in youths. ...

Rare Childhood Disorder Gets Its First FDA Drug Approval

(MedPage Today) -- The FDA approved copper histidinate (Zycubo) as the first treatment for Menkes disease in pediatric patients, the ...

FDA Says to Drop Suicide Warning From GLP-1 Drug Labels

(MedPage Today) -- The FDA requested that manufacturers of GLP-1 receptor agonists remove information regarding risks of suicidal behavior and ...

Slow Heart Rate May Signal Xylazine Involvement in Opioid Overdoses

(MedPage Today) -- Bradycardia on arrival at the emergency department (ED) appeared to be a positive predictor of xylazine detection ...

Mystery Brain Disease in Canada; Alzheimer’s Clinical Trial Lawsuit; Brains in Space

(MedPage Today) -- Five hundred people in the Canadian province of New Brunswick were diagnosed with a "mystery brain disorder" ...

‘Misleading’ Heart Drug Ad; JenaValve Deal Thwarted; SGLT2 Inhibitor to Prevent HF

(MedPage Today) -- A TV commercial for bempedoic acid/ezetimibe (Nexlizet) was deemed "false or misleading" by the FDA due to ...

EPA Will Stop Calculating the Economic Savings to Health in Key Air Pollution Rules

(MedPage Today) -- The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) says it will stop calculating how much money is saved in healthcare ...

Streeting Moves to Favour UK Graduates for NHS Training

New legislation will prioritise UK and Irish medical graduates for NHS training posts amid fierce competition and rising concern over ...

FDA Approves First Treatment for Menkes Disease in Children

The FDA has approved Zycubo (copper histidinate) injection as the first and only treatment of Menkes disease in pediatric patients. ...

Nurses Strike Enters Second Day at Major New York City Hospitals

(MedPage Today) -- Thousands of New York City nurses returned to the picket lines Tuesday as their strike targeting some ...

The hunt for where the last Neanderthals lived

Neanderthals often found refuge in cavesGREGOIRE CIRADE/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY This is an extract from Our Human Story, our newsletter about ...

Trump Talks About Taking GLP-1s; New MiniMed System OK’d; Testosterone in Diet Recs

(MedPage Today) -- President Trump said he's never taken GLP-1 receptor agonists but said he "probably should." (New York Times) ...

The New Dietary Guidelines Serve Up a Muddled Mix of Ideology and Science