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Source link : https://newshealth.biz/health-news/fragile-students-wont-last-in-medicine/ (MedPage Today) — When I first read about the Samantha Fulnecky and Mel Curth debacle that captivated the nation last week, I thought: “Well that’s the most creative grade negotiation I’ve ever seen.” Fulnecky, a pre-med junior at University… Source link : https://www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/second-opinions/118986 Author : Publish date : 2025-12-13 17:00:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs […] […] More

Source link : https://newshealth.biz/health-news/florida-plows-ahead-on-push-to-roll-back-certain-vaccine-mandates-for-schoolchildren/ (MedPage Today) — Florida officials are plowing ahead with a proposal to roll back certain vaccine mandates for the state’s schoolchildren, after Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis called for the state to become the first in the nation to eliminate… Source link : https://www.medpagetoday.com/pediatrics/vaccines/118997 Author : Publish date : 2025-12-13 14:00:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs […] […] More

Source link : https://newshealth.biz/health-news/one-glp-1-drug-may-be-better-than-rivals-for-glaucoma-risk/ (MedPage Today) — Use of the dual GIP/GLP-1 drug tirzepatide (Mounjaro, Zepbound) was associated with a significantly reduced risk of glaucoma compared with GLP-1 drugs among patients with type 2 diabetes, a large retrospective cohort study suggested… Source link : https://www.medpagetoday.com/ophthalmology/glaucoma/118988 Author : Publish date : 2025-12-13 13:00:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the […] […] More

Source link : https://newshealth.biz/health-news/doctor-strike-during-flu-outbreak-would-be-beyond-belief-says-starmer/ EPA Sir Keir Starmer has urged resident doctors not to go ahead with “reckless” strikes planned for next week, saying it is “beyond belief” they could take place during a flu outbreak. The prime minister said the NHS is in its “most precarious moment” since the coronavirus pandemic due to soaring flu cases across the […] […] More

Source link : https://health365.info/indiana-college-doctor-joins-fda-panel-on-male-hormone-remedy/ Helen Bernie, DO, MPH, assistant professor of urology at Indiana College College of Medication, will take part in a professional panel on testosterone alternative remedy and males’s well being to be held Wednesday, Dec. 10, by way of the U.S. Meals and Drug Management. Bernie’s position at the panel is that of a medical skilled on […] More

Source link : https://newshealth.biz/health-news/some-health-plans-automatically-downcode-office-visit-claims/ (MedPage Today) — Several insurers are automatically downcoding — and, therefore, paying less for — claims for non-procedural office visits, a practice that provider groups said is unfair and may be anticompetitive. The claims involved… Source link : https://www.medpagetoday.com/practicemanagement/reimbursement/118999 Author : Publish date : 2025-12-12 22:15:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source. The […] More

Source link : https://newshealth.biz/health-news/study-makes-the-case-for-replacing-annual-breast-cancer-screening/ (MedPage Today) — SAN ANTONIO — Risk-based breast cancer screening proved noninferior for detecting clinically significant tumors in a randomized trial, though outside experts raised concerns and a major medical group said the findings do not… Source link : https://www.medpagetoday.com/meetingcoverage/sabcs/119000 Author : Publish date : 2025-12-12 22:17:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked […] […] More

Source link : https://newshealth.biz/health-news/why-are-sperm-donors-having-hundreds-of-children/ James Gallagher,Health and science correspondentand Catherine Snowdon,Health reporter Getty Some men are having vast numbers of children through sperm donation. This week the BBC reported on a man whose sperm contained a genetic mutation that dramatically raises the risk of cancer for some of his offspring. One of the most striking aspects of the investigation […] […] More

Source link : https://newshealth.biz/health-news/anticoagulant-reversal-drug-pulled-from-u-s-market/ (MedPage Today) — Andexanet alfa (Andexxa) will officially be taken off the U.S. market this month as an emergency reversal medication for contemporary blood thinners. “The Biologics License Application for Andexxa has been withdrawn for commercial… Source link : https://www.medpagetoday.com/publichealthpolicy/fdageneral/119001 Author : Publish date : 2025-12-12 22:22:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked […] […] More

Source link : https://newshealth.biz/health-news/cdc-says-kids-covid-shots-reduced-emergency-department-visits/ (MedPage Today) — COVID vaccines for the 2024-2025 season provided protection against COVID-associated emergency department (ED) and urgent care visits among children, according to data from a multisite electronic health record-based network… Source link : https://www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdisease/covid19vaccine/119002 Author : Publish date : 2025-12-12 22:34:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source. The post CDC Says […] More

Source link : https://newshealth.biz/health-news/survival-is-possible-with-resuscitation-in-some-extremely-premature-infants/ (MedPage Today) — More than a third of resuscitated infants born alive at 21 weeks’ gestational age — an age previously believed to be previable — survived to discharge, a single-center, retrospective case series showed. Among 22 infants… Source link : https://www.medpagetoday.com/pediatrics/generalpediatrics/119003 Author : Publish date : 2025-12-12 22:41:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to […] […] More

Source link : https://newshealth.biz/health-news/myasthenia-gravis-gets-a-new-drug-approval/ (MedPage Today) — The FDA expanded the indication of inebilizumab (Uplizna) to include generalized myasthenia gravis (gMG), Amgen announced Friday. The drug is now approved to treat gMG in adults who are anti-acetylcholine receptor (AChR) or… Source link : https://www.medpagetoday.com/neurology/generalneurology/118998 Author : Publish date : 2025-12-12 21:56:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked […] […] More