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'Virtual ED' Helps One Health System Avoid Unnecessary Emergency Department Visits

Half of patients referred to care at home, doctor's office, or urgent care

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Preeclampsia Flagged by Common Lab Values

Can the fibrinogen-to-albumin ratio help with early identification?

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Cataract Surgery Linked With Fewer Falls, Traumatic Injuries in Older Patients

Study adds leg and ankle fractures, intracranial hemorrhage to evidence on falls, hip fracture

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RSV Vaccine Tied to Fewer Hospitalizations, ED Visits in Older, High-Risk Adults

However, questions remain about durability of vaccine protection, expert says

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Case Against Perioperative Beta-Blockers Grows Stronger

Excess postoperative strokes, and accompanying racial disparities, tied to any beta-blocker use

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Retinal Injections May Increase Risk for Cataract Surgery Complications

History of injections tied to multiple postop complications, but data open to questioning

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Myasthenia Gravis Patients May Use Less Steroids After Starting Efgartigimod

Insurance claims data show lower glucocorticoid usage at 1 year

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No impact on safety outcomes after laparoscopic surgery

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Patients Are Relying on Lyft, Uber to Travel Far Distances to Medical Care

Some are calling for states to subsidize the expensive trips for rural residents

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Shorter Course of Antibiotics Works for Bloodstream Infections

With few exceptions, treatment can be shortened to 7 days, researcher says

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Sustained Disease Control in Adolescent Myasthenia Gravis With FcRn Blocker

Nipocalimab plus standard of care reduced IgG and was well tolerated

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Novel Monoclonal Antibody Protects Infants Against RSV

Clesrovimab reduced severe disease, hospitalizations in preterm and term healthy infants

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Rainfall and Mortality; Identifying Risk for Preeclampsia

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Informed Consent, Inclusion Prioritized in Revised Ethics for Human Trials

World Medical Association releases "Declaration of Helsinki" principles for medical research

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Whooping Cough in the U.S. Is at a Decade-High Level

In Wisconsin, there have been about 1,000 cases so far this year versus a total of 51 last year

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Study: OUD Patients More Likely to Stay on Methadone Than Buprenorphine/Naloxone

Findings make a "strong case" for making methadone available in all settings, researcher says

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Novel Targeted Drug Approved for Stomach Cancers

Zolbetuximab indicated alongside fluoropyrimidine- and platinum-containing chemotherapy

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Diet and Prostate Cancer; TTFields OK'd for NSCLC; Cancer Studies Retracted

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Tpoxx No Better Than Placebo for Clade I Mpox

"We have no current effective therapies," for mpox, expert warns

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Teen Smoking, Other Tobacco Use Dropped to Lowest Level in 25 Years, CDC Reports

A drop in vaping largely explains the overall decline in tobacco use

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Immunotherapy and Immune-Related Adverse Events

Use of immune checkpoint inhibitors comes with a variety of potential side effects

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Drugmaker Pulls Trodelvy's Bladder Cancer Approval

In confirmatory trial, antibody-drug conjugate failed to improve OS versus chemotherapy

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CDC Reminds Docs About This Flesh-Eating Worm

Previously eradicated in the U.S., New World screwworms have been creeping north

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Serious Battery Issue Prompts Medtronic Insulin Pump Recall

Problem linked to 170 reports of hyperglycemia and 11 ketoacidosis cases

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A Life in Medical Innovation and Philanthropy

A discussion with the former CEO of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

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Rx for Reality: Clinicians Confront Medical Gaslighting

Three healthcare professionals describe when they were gaslit by their peers

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The Supreme Court's Open Season on Public Health Agencies

'I just had this reverence for the court. I don't anymore,' says Lawrence Gostin, JD

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An Indian Doctor Was Just Raped and Killed. This Is Not an Isolated Incident.

An examination of what's driving sexual violence against women in medicine

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Blood Test for Colon Cancer: Panacea or Hype?

This newly approved testing modality brings challenges and opportunities

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When a Revolutionary Cancer Treatment Causes Cancer

The potential benefits of CAR T-cell therapies still far outweigh the risks