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(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 →Lawmakers’ anger boiled as they questioned the former Covid czar.
Read full article →Former chief White House medical adviser Anthony Fauci's Senate hearing Wednesday ended up being an hours-long opportunity for Republicans to vent criticisms, arguments and theories on the COVID-19 response as the veteran government scientist adamantly refused to answer any questions. Fauci, who led the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases for nearly 40 years,...
Read full article →Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), the chair of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, said Wednesday he would push to hold Dr. Anthony Fauci in contempt of Congress after the former head of the U.S. COVID-19 pandemic response invoked his Fifth Amendment right at a hearing on Capitol Hill. “That’s a vote that will...
Read full article →The U.S. Federal Trade Commission sued telehealth company Hims & Hers alleging business practices that agency says misled consumers.
Read full article →The White House decision to end a Medicare drug subsidy plays into Democratic arguments ahead of the midterms.
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