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(MedPage Today) -- The FDA cleared medical-grade Australian sheep blowfly (Lucilia cuprina) larvae in what maker Cuprina Holdings believes marks the first debridement product to use this particular species. Dubbed Medifly Maggots, the product...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- Newborn girls were less likely to receive vitamin K prophylaxis and hepatitis B vaccination than newborn boys, according to a cohort study involving more than 93,000 babies. Female sex was associated with non-receipt of vitamin...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- CHICAGO -- The GLP-1 receptor agonist semaglutide (Ozempic, Wegovy) was associated with a 15% lower risk for fractures in adults with type 2 diabetes, a review of medical records found. In a matched analysis involving more...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- Novel hereditary angioedema (HAE) drugs aim to push treatment and prevention toward more convenient, long-acting agents and gene-editing cures by targeting plasma kallikrein and the contact activation cascade to prevent uncontrolled...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- Watching season two of "The Pitt," we found ourselves pulled into one of the show's quieter moments, when two exhausted trainees sat outside the ambulance bay entrance to the emergency department at the end of a brutal shift...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- Emergency medicine physicians under contract with Valley Health in Winchester, Virginia, said they were blindsided by the news that the health system planned to end their contract and partner with a private-equity owned practice...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- COVID-19 vaccines were associated with a lower risk of major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE), in addition to other outcomes, particularly among older adults, according to three studies. Among over 1 million veterans who...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- It's common knowledge that ticks can spread infections that cause serious illnesses, including Lyme disease. Now health officials are trying to raise awareness of a lesser-known problem: alpha-gal syndrome, a life-threatening...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- The FDA expanded the approval of teplizumab (Tzield) to include pediatric patients 8 years and older who have recently been diagnosed with stage 3 type 1 diabetes, the clinical stage where hyperglycemia symptoms emerge and insulin...
Read full article →For 2029, a federal rule proposes closing a "loophole" that protects medicines transitioning from intravenous administration from price protection.
Read full article →Friday’s decision is a victory for insurance advocates. But, given many of the rule’s provisions were codified in the GOP’s “Big Beautiful Bill,” it’s not a panacea for the ACA.
Read full article →Discover how healthcare organizations are moving from early experimentation to broader AI adoption, connecting clinical improvements to financial impact.
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