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(MedPage Today) -- Senate Democrats failed Thursday to kill an artificial intelligence (AI)-driven prior authorization demonstration program for traditional Medicare, but they say this isn't the end of the road. "Democrats tried to stop AI prior...
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Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- Higher cumulative physiologic stress reflected in salivary cortisol was associated with faster cognitive decline, a prospective study showed. Older adults with high cumulative cortisol exposure had worse composite global cognition...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- The Medicare physician fee schedule proposed by CMS for 2027 will result in a 1.5% payment cut for hematology/oncology and a 1.5% increase for radiation oncology, the American Society of Clinical Oncology estimated. The FDA...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- MONTREAL -- Diabetic retinopathy severity and the risk of vision-threatening complications decreased significantly in patients treated with the investigational VEGF inhibitor tarcocimab, a randomized, sham-controlled study...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- The FDA fully approved iptacopan (Fabhalta) to slow kidney function decline in adults with primary immunoglobulin A nephropathy (IgAN) at risk of disease progression, drugmaker Novartis announced on Friday. The complement inhibitor...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- Editors at the American Diabetes Association's (ADA) top journal are once again levying charges of censorship, after a packet of editorials about the events of this year's annual meeting was denied publication by organization...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- Routine ova and parasite (O&P) testing is likely to miss a Cyclospora infection, so physicians should be sure to request additional methods when searching for a diagnosis, testing experts said. "The thing physicians may...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- MONTREAL -- An investigational bispecific antibody for retinal disease achieved faster and numerically greater short-term improvements in visual acuity and retinal anatomy versus faricimab (Vabysmo), a randomized, proof-of...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- The Trump administration is reviving a rule that could deny green cards to immigrants who use public benefits that could include food stamps, Medicaid, housing vouchers, and others. The policy, known as "public charge," appeared...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- Smoke from wildfires -- which are burning more of the Northern Hemisphere as Earth warms -- attacks nearly every system in the human body, killing tens of thousands of people a year, numerous medical studies show. It attacks...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- Last week, news reports indicated that HHS will propose a COVID-19 countermeasures injury table: a list of conditions presumed to result from COVID vaccines and other countermeasures, so those who suffer them can be compensated...
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