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Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- Note that some links may require registration or subscription. The erectile dysfunction drug tadalafil (Cialis) is being hyped in wellness circles for unproved longevity benefits. (NPR) The New York Times took a look at new...
Read full article →Ochsner Health, Froedtert ThedaCare Health, Denver Health and Summit Health are the first to adopt the application programming interface, which Epic says should speed up preapprovals for medical items and services.
Read full article →JPMorgan’s data and analytics chief is joining CVS’ board this fall, while the CEO of activist hedge fund Glenview Capital Management is leaving after a two-year stint.
Read full article →Former CMS administrator Seema Verma makes the case for better connecting healthcare data as the agency marks the first anniversary of its “Kill the Clipboard” initiative.
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- U.S. kindergarten vaccination rates inched down again last year and the share of children with exemptions rose to an all-time high, according to federal data posted Monday. The fraction of kids exempted from vaccine requirements...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- More than two dozen Democratic senators called on HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to rescind recent grant cancellations by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). "We write to express our profound concern...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- Early antiviral therapy at home for kids with influenza lowered the risk of related hospitalization, a retrospective case-control study from Taiwan indicated. Among 1,492 children, receiving antiviral therapy within 48 hours...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- Vaccination was highly effective at preventing death in children hospitalized with acute gastroenteritis caused by rotavirus infection, but its impact on mortality when rotavirus wasn't the culprit was less certain, according...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- Congo's fast-moving Ebola outbreak has now killed over 2,300 people and become the deadliest outbreak of the disease on record in the Central African nation. The outbreak unfolding in one of Congo's most vulnerable regions is...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- Frailty worsened more for individuals with osteoarthritis (OA) affecting two or more joints versus those with single-joint or no OA, data from a long-running, population-based study indicated. Among more than 1,000 participants...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- In my last column, I addressed why the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee's decision to hold Anthony Fauci, MD, in contempt of Congress was legally flawed and procedurally unprecedented. But beyond the...
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