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(MedPage Today) -- Managing pain with non-opioid options was just as effective as routine pain management with opioids after minimally invasive hysterectomy, a randomized trial showed. Mean pain scores measured using the 11-point Numeric Rating...
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Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- The risk of acute kidney injury (AKI) following elective cardiac surgery was largely reduced with a short course of SGLT2 inhibitor therapy, a Dutch trial found. Initiation of once-daily dapagliflozin (Farxiga) 1 day prior to...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- A treatment regimen anchored by doravirine worked as well as a dolutegravir-based approach but led to significantly less weight gain among patients starting antiretroviral therapy (ART) for HIV, an open-label randomized trial...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- A new genomic atlas has the potential to "rewrite the future of medicine" by using information about stem cells to create cures for diseases. (Popular Mechanics) The FDA's Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee has another vacancy...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- On July 24, Florida's health department issued a guidance statement recommending against the use of psychotropic drugs in children ages 5 to 17 years for the treatment of depression, anxiety, and attention deficit-hyperactivity...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- Ancient mummy DNA recovered in Chile has yielded the firmest evidence yet that European colonization brought smallpox to the Americas. Smallpox was one of the deadliest diseases in human history before it was eradicated in 1980...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- Note that some links may require registration or subscription. Ahman Green, 49, a four-time NFL Pro Bowl running back and the Green Bay Packers' career rushing leader, has Parkinson's disease. (AP) In other NFL news, former...
Read full article →The Health Resources and Services Administration is again pushing to include rebates in the drug discount program after a failed attempt earlier this year. Hospitals railed against the announcement, saying it would burden already strapped providers.
Read full article →A federal judge this week said he wasn’t convinced that regulation detailing work requirements would cause irreparable harm to states. Still, the court will continue to hear the case.
Read full article →The deal to provide a range of imaging and therapeutic technologies to Cleveland Clinic extends the partners’ longtime relationship and follows a recent 10-year pact between Siemens Healthineers and Mayo Clinic.
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- Flare prediction can be improved for patients with a common but poorly understood variant of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) by tracking certain biomarkers regularly, researchers proposed. Changes in levels of IgG-type antibodies...
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