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America's Long History of Falling for Hucksters and Their Outlandish Promises
(MedPage Today) -- America: land of possibility. And also: land of suckers.
Our enduring belief that anything is possible -- whether based in reality or not -- has helped the nation become the world's largest economy. It has also led us to... -
Oxygen for Preterm Infants; Top-Down Therapy in Crohn's
(MedPage Today) -- TTHealthWatch is a weekly podcast from Texas Tech. In it, Elizabeth Tracey, director of electronic media for Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore, and Rick Lange, MD, president of Texas Tech Health El Paso, look at the top medical... -
Work As an RN First. Then Go to NP School.
(MedPage Today) -- Before anyone accuses me of being anti-nurse practitioner (NP), let me be clear: I support NPs. I support them enough to worry about what we're doing to the profession. Somewhere along the way, we stopped treating advanced practice... -
Gene Therapy for Sanfilippo Syndrome Gets FDA Nod
(MedPage Today) -- The FDA on Thursday approved rebisufligene etisparvovec (Fayuvi) as the first treatment for pediatric patients with mucopolysaccharidosis type IIIA (MPS IIIA), also known as Sanfilippo syndrome type A, the agency announced Thursday... -
Trial Supports New Method for Easing IUD Insertion Pain
(MedPage Today) -- Intrauterine instillation of the anesthetic mepivacaine significantly reduced pain during intrauterine device (IUD) insertion, a Swedish randomized trial showed.
Mean pain score during IUD placement was 43.8 mm on a visual analog... -
Trump Announces All 50 States Joining Medicaid Drug Pricing Model
(MedPage Today) -- President Trump announced Friday that all 50 states will join in on a program set to provide "most favored nation" (MFN) pricing to some drugs within the Medicaid program, bringing the net price of selected drugs down to prices... -
Holdout Juror Didn't Doubt Former Nurse Clancy Was Responsible for Killing Her Kids
(MedPage Today) -- The lone juror who wanted to convict Lindsay Clancy of murder for killing her three children said he was certain of her guilt, but that other jurors wouldn't listen to him, according to a statement released by his lawyer Friday... -
What Injectable Did the FDA Warn About?
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