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(MedPage Today) -- Two recent deaths tied to counterfeit versions of retatrutide, an investigational weight-loss medication, were reported to the FDA. (CBS News) Meanwhile, ongoing lawsuits allege that GLP-1 receptor agonists can cause severe...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- The FDA cleared BridgeSource's SmartRead system for easy identification of cardiac implants by brand. (Mass Device) LDL cholesterol has noticeably improved in young people without atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (CVD...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- An estimated 11.4 million new dementia cases occurred worldwide in 2023, and the number is projected to jump to 24.7 million new cases a year by 2050, a meta-analysis of 22 cohort studies showed. (JAMA Neurology) Investigational...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- NEW ORLEANS -- GLP-1 receptor agonists did not significantly affect anti-VEGF treatment frequency in patients with diabetic macular edema (DME), a large retrospective cohort study showed. Over 24 months of follow-up, "no sustained...
Read full article →Investment firm BlackRock will acquire a majority stake in nearly 150 senior primary care clinics owned by Humana’s healthcare division, CenterWell, the insurer announced Tuesday.
Read full article →The company says it will use the money to develop AI agents and deepen its relationships with its 30 health technology partners.
Read full article →The lawsuit isn’t a surprise, after Alignment told investors it would take all available actions to improve its quality scores.
Read full article →UnitedHealth raised its 2026 earnings guidance and outperformed analyst expectations for the third time this year, suggesting its financial turnaround is sustainable.
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- Oral and sputum microbiomes appeared substantially different with long COVID, a large registry study showed. The biggest reduction in richness and evenness of the variety of bacterial genus representation correlated with the...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- NEW ORLEANS -- Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) in young children tripled the likelihood of new-onset glaucoma, a large retrospective analysis showed. Though still an uncommon condition in children, an unadjusted analysis showed...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- Clinical obesity increased among U.S. adolescents over the past two decades, underscoring the urgent need for targeted prevention and intervention. According to a serial cross-sectional analysis of National Health and Nutrition...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- A supplement marketed for joint pain and arthritis was the likely culprit in one man's iatrogenic Cushing's syndrome, researchers reported. A man in his 40s presented with features of Cushing's syndrome, including rapid weight...
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