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(MedPage Today) -- Carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity (cfPWV) measurements more accurately predicted cardiovascular (CV) events in patients with autoimmune rheumatic diseases than a commonly used CV risk scoring system, researchers said. Among...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- I used to help women write birth plans. As a doula, I viewed them as protection: emotional armor against one of the most vulnerable experiences in a woman's life. Women arrived carrying carefully prepared documents outlining...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- Whenever Ebola comes, some of the afflicted choose the road to the nearest hospital. Others take the path to the shrine of a traditional healer, often with devastating consequences. Many view the onset of hemorrhagic fever as...
Read full article →More than 160 troops have contracted influenza at Lackland Air Force Base in Texas in the past few weeks following Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's decision earlier this year to end mandatory flu vaccines for service members, a source familiar with the matter told The Hill on Friday. The Air Force told The Hill that the...
Read full article →From new hires to departures, promotions and transfers, here are the latest comings and goings in the pharmaceutical industry.
Read full article →Health officials and researchers hope that efforts to control deer populations, which serve as "party buses" for mating ticks, can reverse the tide of ticks and the illnesses they cause.
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- A new study showed a "dose response risk relationship" between alcohol consumption and pancreatic cancer. (International Journal of Alcohol and Drug Research) Brain tumors diagnosed in 11 nurses at Newton-Wellesley Hospital...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- The FDA this week approved the first generic version of baloxavir marboxil (Xofluza) as a single-dose option to treat or prevent influenza in adults and children 5 years and up. In the treatment setting, the single-dose tablet...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- Note that some links may require registration or subscription. Ebola cases in Congo have increased almost 40% in a week, and the outbreak's confirmed death toll has now topped 200. (AP) The U.S. CDC activated $107 million in...
Read full article →Disability researchers across the country worry about their jobs, and the future of their institutions, as a delay in issuing federal grants drags on.
Read full article →Tennessee pharmacies are selling potent versions of the antiparasitic drug ivermectin, led by an anti-vaccine doctor who’s taken "bucketloads."
Read full article →The co-founders of Darwin Health write that the real work for making dramatic gains against pancreatic cancers is just beginning.
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