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(MedPage Today) -- Over the last 9 months, nurses have been protesting a federal regulation that they say would drive up student loan debt, exacerbate workforce shortages, and threaten patient access to care. Last week, they put their words into...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- A sweeping proposed rule that would transfer federal grantmaking decisions from scientific experts to senior political appointees is "dystopian," "disastrous," and a "flagrant assault on our democracy," scientists and health...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- For many patients, taking a controlled medication feels like any ordinary medical decision. You're prescribed something for sleep, anxiety, ADHD, or pain. You're counseled on risks and side effects. You pick it up from the pharmacy...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- CHICAGO -- Sacituzumab govitecan (SG, Trodelvy) added to pembrolizumab (Keytruda) extended a surrogate measure of long-term clinical outcomes compared with chemotherapy plus pembrolizumab in patients with PD-L1-positive metastatic...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- The Trump administration moved quickly to dismantle the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) after taking office in early 2025, implementing a funding freeze, issuing stop-work orders, and carrying out mass layoffs...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- Losing visceral fat by diet and exercise -- regardless of pounds shed or later regained -- was tied to long-term improvements in cardiometabolic health, follow-up data from two randomized trials showed. (Circulation) A study...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- A review in Science looked at the oscillatory biology of sleep and how disruptions are linked with dementia risk. Using artificial intelligence (AI) and MRI data, a novel framework revealed how the brain clears out waste at...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- Insulet initiated a voluntary device correction of certain Omnipod pods due to a manufacturing defect that causes insulin to leak rather than being fully delivered into the body, the FDA alerted. This action is separate from...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- CHICAGO -- An investigational individualized vaccine for surgically resected melanoma demonstrated durable benefits in reducing the risks of recurrence and distant spread, 5-year follow-up of a randomized study showed. Adding...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- The costs of meeting a federal mandate to make research papers freely and immediately available to the public are exorbitant, and most agencies don't have adequate plans in place to cover it, a report from the U.S. Government...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- In "Beyond Diagnosis: Alzheimer's Disease," Cleveland Clinic behavioral neurologist Jagan Pillai, MD, PhD, and host Glenn Campbell continue their discussion on communicating effectively with patients and families facing a progressive...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- In this series, MedPage Today is asking healthcare economists and policy experts the same questions about the high costs of U.S. healthcare. They'll discuss what they believe is working, what's not working, and what else can...
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