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(MedPage Today) -- Robotic cholecystectomy for complex gallbladder disease was linked with reductions in further interventions and complications, without increasing the total cost of care, a cohort study suggested. Among patients undergoing complex...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- There was strong evidence for extending dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) beyond the standard 12 months in selected patients with multivessel coronary artery disease (CAD), the DAPT-MVD trial found. These were nonelderly patients...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- Officials under President Donald Trump want to make it easier for men to get a prescription for testosterone, the latest shift in a decades-long debate over the benefits and risks of replacing the hormone that affects sex drive...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- The following contains links to social media websites including Bluesky, X, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn. Health professionals from the Illinois Department of Public Health and the Unbiased Science Podcast shared...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- Maternity care billing is getting an overhaul that ob/gyns say is long overdue and will likely improve patient care and physician compensation -- as long as it's rolled out effectively. For decades, there's been a global system...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- Experts warned that components of the new U.S. Dietary Guidelines like red meat intake are associated with greater liver fibrosis risk while liver-protective foods such as beans were not included. (American Journal of Gastroenterology...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- The FDA approved enlicitide (Lipfendra) as the first oral PCSK9 inhibitor for lowering cholesterol. Enlicitide is now approved as an adjunct to diet and exercise to reduce LDL cholesterol in adults with high cholesterol or heterozygous...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- A Missouri nurse whose anesthesiologist husband had admitted to assaulting a woman was found dead in her home in June. Her husband, Andrew Hummel, MD, has not been accused in her death. (Fox News) Samuel Lee, MD, of Florida...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- Hypoglossal nerve stimulation (HGNS) for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) may have some longer-term cardiovascular benefits, but its effects in the short term painted a different picture, according to a retrospective cohort study...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- It's an idea whose time, as it were, may have come -- again. The twice-yearly changing of the clocks in the U.S. could be a thing of the past if legislation currently in Congress that calls for permanent daylight time makes...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- Note that some links may require registration or subscription. Sam Neill's cause of death was pneumonia, his agent said. The "Jurassic Park" actor had been in remission from his rare lymphoma following CAR T-cell therapy. (AP...
Read full article →Venture capital funding deals worth $100 million or more made up nearly half of all money invested so far this year, according to Rock Health.
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