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Exercise and Cancer Survival; COVID Vaccine and Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors
(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... -
We've Seen Defensive Medicine, but It Was Never Taught
(MedPage Today) -- A 12-year-old boy arrives in the pediatric emergency department wincing with right lower quadrant pain. The team quickly gets his vitals, draws blood, and gets a bedside abdominal ultrasound. He has what is expected: uncomplicated... -
Democrats Press RFK Jr. on an Ethics Agreement Change Involving Law Firm Fees
(MedPage Today) -- Congressional Democrats are pressing for answers from Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. over what they describe as a previously undisclosed change to the ethics agreement he made before being confirmed, which they say calls... -
Two Procedures May Yield Similar Symptom Relief for Uterine Fibroids
(MedPage Today) -- Laparoscopic radiofrequency ablation and myomectomy for uterine fibroids both resulted in significant and sustained improvements on symptoms and health-related quality of life (HRQOL) measures over 2 years, with between-group... -
Growing Support for Initiatives to Recognize Myopia as a Disease
(MedPage Today) -- Support from the American Medical Association (AMA) to classify myopia, or nearsightedness, as a disease created momentum to increase access to evidence-based treatment and stave off a public health crisis, according to the nation... -
Maternal Tdap Blunts Preschoolers' Pertussis Shot Response, but Booster Revives Them
(MedPage Today) -- Children whose mothers were vaccinated against tetanus, diphtheria, and pertussis (Tdap) during pregnancy saw significantly reduced immunity response to their own early childhood vaccination, although childhood vaccine boosters... -
Did FDA Advisors Support a Cancer Early-Detection Blood Test?
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FDA Approves Efsitora Weekly Insulin for Type 2 Diabetes
(MedPage Today) -- The FDA approved the once-weekly basal insulin efsitora (Onswik), drugmaker Eli Lilly announced on Thursday.
Indicated as an adjunct to diet and exercise for adults with type 2 diabetes, the therapy delivers steady basal insulin...