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(MedPage Today) -- Bariatric surgery patients who took GLP-1 medications prior to surgery lost the same amount of weight after 1 year as individuals unexposed to the blockbuster class of drugs, a retrospective review indicated. Among 383 patients...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- Defying expectations, regular cannabis users had fewer ectopic heartbeats on the days they reached for the joint or vape, a randomized crossover trial showed. On days using cannabis, there was a significant 9% reduction in these...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- The JAK inhibitor upadacitinib (Rinvoq) dramatically improved hair regrowth for patients with severe alopecia areata in two parallel phase III trials, with results that appeared better than previously seen among the class of...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- While the use of focal therapy for nonmetastatic prostate cancer is limited, half of procedures occurred in settings that are not supported by current guidelines, according to a retrospective study. Among over 1.1 million men...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- Any cost-benefit analysis has two columns. President Trump's August 10 executive order on vaccines considers neither. If put into action, it would impose a burden on families in the form of additional medical visits, yet it carries...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- Half of participants in a new, increasingly popular fitness competition called HYROX said they had sustained an injury during training for it during the previous year, an international survey found. Among 418 HYROX athletes...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- The following contains links to social media websites including Bluesky, X, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn. How much liquid is actually in pediatric vaccines? Pediatrician Nicole Baldwin, MD, set the record straight...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- Welcome to Culture Clinic, MedPage Today's collaboration with Northwell Health to offer a healthcare professional's take on the latest viral medical topics. Brad Pitt, the famed actor and film producer, recently shared that...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- U.S. poison centers reported a nearly fourfold increase in calls for liver injury from 2000 to 2024, with acetaminophen (Tylenol) identified as the most common substance implicated. (Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- Public health experts have been quick to condemn an executive order from President Donald Trump aimed at upending childhood vaccinations in the U.S., but the biggest obstacles may be the unprecedented financial and logistical...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- Nurses at an Iowa mental health facility sued their supervisors over repeated assaults by patients, alleging they knew about continued violence but did nothing to stop it. (The Gazette) The owner of a testing company in Oregon...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- Note that some links may require registration or subscription. Whole Foods said some of Taylor Farms' jalapeño-containing dips, salsa, and guacamole that were recalled due to potential Salmonella contamination were sold...
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