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(MedPage Today) -- Bolton Medical is recalling the Relay Pro Thoracic Stent Graft System due to difficulties in releasing the stent graft. As of April 23, the company has reported three deaths associated with this issue, according to an FDA alert...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- The New York Times explored terminal lucidity -- the phenomenon in which some dementia patients briefly regain cognitive abilities just before they die. In a rural area that one resident calls "Parkinson's Valley," farmers...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- At ENDO 2026, the annual meeting of the Endocrine Society, discussion around hypercortisolism extended beyond classic Cushing syndrome and highlighted the potential cardiovascular impact of cortisol across a broader spectrum...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) is often described as the "bible" of psychiatric diagnosis. It shapes how clinicians diagnose patients, how insurers reimburse care, how researchers design psychiatric...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- Kenyan activists on Monday accused authorities of violating a court order from last month halting the setting up of an American-backed Ebola quarantine center after reports surfaced that Americans were being quarantined in the...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- Note that some links may require registration or subscription. Michigan's cyclosporiasis outbreak has surpassed 6,100 cases, state officials said. A fourth person died in connection with New York City's Legionnaires' disease...
Read full article →The HHS has halted more Medicaid funding to the states, citing concerns about fraud. Critics have slammed the “attack first, ask questions later” strategy of the deferrals, which have only impacted Democrat-led states to date.
Read full article →The lawsuit follows a cease-and-desist request and argues Lilly is using “deceptive” ads to claim its GLP-1 products are broadly superior to Novo’s medicines. Lilly countered that its campaign is “truthful.”
Read full article →The company agreed to buy a diabetes health business and medical supplier Strive Medical to boost its growing in-home solutions unit.
Read full article →The entity would comprise five AdventHealth hospitals, three Intermountain hospitals and their affiliated sites. It would be managed by AdventHealth, which is also expected to be the joint venture's majority owner.
Read full article →The Midwest native gave more than $4 billion over the course of his lifetime, including nearly $2 billion to Sanford Health.
Read full article →The funding freezes are due to “suspected fraud and noncompliance,” U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said in a Tuesday press conference.
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