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(MedPage Today) -- The sodium channel blocker LTG-001, an investigational selective Nav1.8 inhibitor, reduced pain scores more than placebo for 2 days after abdominoplasty, a phase IIb trial showed. The primary endpoint was the time-weighted sum...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- Four Democratic lawmakers have questioned whether HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s family will profit from a sizeable settlement involving Merck's human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine (Gardasil). In a letter dated July 28...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- The FDA licensed Ezplaz, the first freeze-dried plasma product available to adults in need of transfusion, on Wednesday. Ezplaz is intended for patients who need plasma -- such as those who are bleeding, need massive transfusion...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- A first-of-its-kind U.S. study suggests invasive mold infections may be an underappreciated -- and potentially deadly -- threat. The researchers detected about 450 cases in Atlanta-area hospitals over 5 years. About a third...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- People who consumed less sugar in utero and before age 2 had a lower risk of developing dementia later in life, data from 65,000 U.K. Biobank participants suggested. The study used the abrupt end of World War II sugar rationing...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- Only a small fraction of patients with primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT)-associated end-organ damage underwent surgical treatment, a large national cohort study found. Among over 43,000 adults with biochemically diagnosed PHPT...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- Amid the ongoing Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the CDC has relieved the two top leaders of its Ebola response team of their positions. Incident manager Satish Pillai, MD, MPH, and deputy incident manager...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- Florida health officials released new guidance discouraging the use of psychiatric medications for children with anxiety, depression, attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and behavioral disorders. A twice-daily dose...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- Before I write a prescription for chronic insomnia, I want to know what molecule I am handing the patient, at what dose, and on what basis. Those are ordinary requirements. Yet, last week, a federal advisory committee recommended...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- At the International Symposium on Pediatric Neuro-Oncology (ISPNO), it was reported that personalized treatment guided by deep molecular profiling produced encouraging survival outcomes in a subset of children with H3 G34-altered...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- CMS Administrator Mehmet Oz, MD, reportedly passed up an opportunity to step into the HHS Secretary's shoes amid a White House overhaul of the agency earlier this year. Here's how Oz gained the trust of the president, Robert...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- Authorities in Uganda declared the East Africa nation free of Ebola on Tuesday following the discharge of the country's last patient in mid-June, a delicate milestone as the virus continues to plague neighboring Congo. Uganda...
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