Planned Parenthood clinics close amid funding restrictions: KFF
Nearly 60 clinics have closed or consolidated with another site since last year, according to the report.
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Dementia May Be Worse for People Taking Popular Supplement
(MedPage Today) -- Glucosamine -- a popular supplement used for joint pain -- was associated with faster progression to Alzheimer's disease and worse survival among Alzheimer's patients, a retrospective study of electronic health records suggested...
Read full article →Kids' Risk of Severe Respiratory Infection Rises With Comorbidity Count
(MedPage Today) -- Having multiple comorbidities or being transferred from a referring hospital was linked to a greater risk of severe illness in children hospitalized with acute respiratory tract infections (RTIs), according to a Canadian retrospective...
Read full article →First Guideline on Cardiovascular-Kidney-Metabolic Syndrome Released
(MedPage Today) -- The first dedicated U.S. guideline for cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic (CKM) syndrome makes a big push to unite primary and specialty care in managing large swaths of the population. The American Heart Association (AHA) and...
Read full article →Stem Cell Transplant for Sickle Cell Disease More Cost-Effective Than Gene Therapy
(MedPage Today) -- Non-myeloablative haploidentical allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT) is a more cost-effective strategy compared with gene therapy for treating sickle cell disease (SCD), researchers found. Their cost...
Read full article →Oral Small-Molecule Elecoglipron Tackles Obesity and Diabetes
(MedPage Today) -- NEW ORLEANS -- Treatment with investigational elecoglipron led to weight loss in people with obesity and improved glucose control in those with type 2 diabetes, a pair of global phase II randomized trials showed. In the dose...
Read full article →FDA OKs First New Sunscreen Ingredient in a Quarter Century
(MedPage Today) -- For the first time since the late 1990s, the FDA has approved a new active ingredient for sunscreens. Approved as an over-the-counter (OTC) product for use by adults and children, bemotrizinol is a non-mineral broad-spectrum...
Read full article →Brain Institute Halts Research; Parkinson's Deaths Fall; Meet the 'Dementia Rebels'
(MedPage Today) -- The White Plains, New York-based Burke Neurological Institute ceased research operations, citing funding problems, The Transmitter reported. A global brain bank study illustrated how genetic variants were associated with Parkinson...
Read full article →Cutting Through the Chaos in Primary Care
(MedPage Today) -- Working at the faculty practice of a large academic medical center -- the primary outpatient teaching site for 140 internal medicine residents -- can be a tough place to inspire. They spend one quarter of their residency...
Read full article →Drug Fights GLP-1 Muscle Loss; Unapproved Retatrutide Prescriptions; Protein Swap
(MedPage Today) -- Investigational apitegromab -- a selective myostatin activation inhibitor -- effectively preserved lean mass when combined with tirzepatide (Zepbound) in a randomized phase II trial, suggesting it could help fight "Ozempic...
Read full article →Trump Admin Warns Over 500 Hospitals to Provide More Pricing Info or Face Fines
(MedPage Today) -- The Trump administration has warned more than 500 hospitals that they are failing to provide the public with basic pricing information -- arguing that the lack of disclosure is keeping healthcare costs higher than they should...
Read full article →Unproven Peptides Need More Regulation, AMA Delegates Say
(MedPage Today) -- The FDA must do a better job of regulating unproven peptides, members of the American Medical Association (AMA) House of Delegates said Monday. At their annual meeting, the delegates passed a resolution directing the AMA to...
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