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Kansas voters could send a Democrat to the Senate for the first time in nearly a century — and flip the governor's office back to Republican control, even in what could be a tough year for the GOP.
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. Two decades ago, makeover shows dominated reality TV, but one show...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- Patients with non-erosive reflux disease (NERD) who took once-daily tegoprazan -- a novel, fast-acting, oral potassium-competitive acid blocker (P-CAB) -- had a significant reduction in heartburn frequency, a phase III trial...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- An emerging technique called spatial frequency domain imaging (SFDI) proved its mettle for evaluating skin fibrosis in systemic sclerosis (SSc), also called scleroderma, in an early clinical study. Comparing SFDI parameters...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- The issue of cancer risk in patients with sickle cell disease (SCD) continues to attract the attention of researchers and clinicians despite having been studied fairly extensively. Early studies, based primarily on case reports...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- For those who want to try the new mRNA flu shot (mFlusiva) this season, tracking it down might take some work, experts said. Moderna's shot was only approved in August, for all adults ages 50 and older,…
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Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- The following contains links to social media websites including Bluesky, X, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn. Is that a night shift nurse or a ghost? Intensive care unit nurse Blake Lynch, RN, got in the spooky spirit...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- Open enrollment for Medicare plans begins Thursday and enrollees will face a slew of changes that go into effect in 2027. During the enrollment period, which ends Dec. 7, people will have the opportunity to choose between…
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- Rates of amyloid-related imaging abnormalities (ARIA) in Alzheimer's disease patients treated with lecanemab (Leqembi) in the real world were consistent with those seen in clinical trials, data from the LEADER study showed....
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- For medium vessel occlusion strokes, perfusion mismatch ratio predicted follow-up infarct volume, a multinational trial showed, supporting a role similar to that in large vessel occlusion. In the 94 isolated M2-segment occlusion...
Read full article →It’s Zocdoc’s first acquisition in its nearly 20-year history as the online medical scheduling company works to scale its business. Sohar already provides insurance eligibility checks within Zocdoc’s appointment scheduling platform.
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