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Source link : https://newshealth.biz/health-news/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Today) — One of the largest autism trials of leucovorin (Wellcovorin), a drug used to treat cerebral folate deficiency, was retracted on Jan. 29 by the European Journal of Pediatrics, a Springer Nature journal. The randomized, double… Source link : https://www.medpagetoday.com/neurology/autism/119787 Author : Publish date : 2026-02-06 22:39:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to […] […] More

Source link : https://newshealth.biz/health-news/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 shaping those preferences, a cross-sectional study indicated. In a nationally representative… Source link : https://www.medpagetoday.com/obgyn/cervicalcancer/119783 Author : Publish date : 2026-02-06 21:10:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source. The post Do Women Actually […] More

Source link : https://newshealth.biz/health-news/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. The first analysis, led by Sara Karami, PhD, MPH, of the FDA’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research… Source link : https://www.medpagetoday.com/neurology/painmanagement/119776 Author : Publish date : 2026-02-06 19:26:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to […] […] More

Source link : https://newshealth.biz/health-news/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 be whole again” after breast cancer surgery. (CNN) Aging in fast forward: A husband-caregiver documents his wife’s… Source link : https://www.medpagetoday.com/hematologyoncology/othercancers/119781 Author : Publish date : 2026-02-06 20:12:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the […] […] More

Source link : https://newshealth.biz/health-news/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 onset in people not getting mechanical thrombectomy, the OPTION trial showed. In people with acute non-large vessel occlusion… Source link : https://www.medpagetoday.com/meetingcoverage/isc/119777 Author : Publish date : 2026-02-06 19:43:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to […] […] More

Source link : https://newshealth.biz/health-news/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, raising its prospects as an investigational neuroprotective therapy. In patients with relatively… Source link : https://www.medpagetoday.com/meetingcoverage/isc/119779 Author : Publish date : 2026-02-06 20:00:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source. The post Neuroprotective Agent […] More

Source link : https://newshealth.biz/health-news/use-of-glp-1-drugs-under-scrutiny-at-winter-olympics/ (MedPage Today) — As the Winter Olympic Games get underway, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) is monitoring an unexpected class of drugs: GLP-1 receptor agonists. An advisory group that makes recommendations about WADA’s list of prohibited… Source link : https://www.medpagetoday.com/popmedicine/cultureclinic/119770 Author : Publish date : 2026-02-06 16:20:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked […] […] More

Source link : https://newshealth.biz/health-news/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 treated with the drugs. Medscape Medical News Source link : https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/fda-updates-risks-capecitabine-fluorouracil-labels-2026a10003v0?src=rss Author : Publish date : 2026-02-06 18:44:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source. The post FDA Updates Risks in Capecitabine, Fluorouracil Labels […] More

Source link : https://newshealth.biz/health-news/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 in a bind as they weigh whether to alert immigrant patients that their personal information, including home… Source link : https://www.medpagetoday.com/washington-watch/washington-watch/119775 Author : Publish date : 2026-02-06 18:54:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the […] […] More

Source link : https://newshealth.biz/health-news/rural-america-needs-immigrant-doctors-more-than-ever/ (MedPage Today) — It’s now been 32 years since publication of My Own Country, the powerful memoir of Abraham Verghese, MD, about his time as an immigrant infectious diseases doctor caring for patients in rural Tennessee during the earliest days… Source link : https://www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/second-opinions/119772 Author : Publish date : 2026-02-06 17:14:00 Copyright for syndicated content […] […] More

Source link : https://newshealth.biz/health-news/fda-calls-for-testing-before-treatment-with-widely-used-chemotherapies/ (MedPage Today) — Oncology specialists should inform patients about a risk of serious toxicity related to dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase (DPD) deficiency and should test for DPYD variants before starting treatment with capecitabine (Xeloda) and… Source link : https://www.medpagetoday.com/hematologyoncology/othercancers/119774 Author : Publish date : 2026-02-06 17:59:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source. The post FDA […] More

Source link : https://newshealth.biz/health-news/emails-undermine-rfk-jr-s-testimony-on-his-trip-to-samoa-before-a-measles-outbreak/ (MedPage Today) — Over 2 days of questioning during his Senate confirmation hearings last year, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. repeated the same answer. He said the closely scrutinized 2019 trip he took to Samoa, which came before a devastating measles… Source link : https://www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdisease/vaccines/119771 Author : Publish date : 2026-02-06 16:53:00 Copyright for syndicated content […] […] More