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Dementia Risk Drops With Shingrix Vaccine

— Recombinant shingles vaccine tied to 164 additional days without dementia diagnosis

8 Hrs Ago
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Persistent Anxiety Tied to Future Dementia

Both chronic and new-onset anxiety raised dementia risk in older adults

Jul 24, 2024
Trauma Patients Without Insurance Taken Off Life Support Sooner, Study Finds

Clinicians must "uncomfortably" examine bias in life-and-death decisions, says expert

Jul 24, 2024
Volunteering Would Feel Good Even If It Didn't Have Health Benefits. But It Does.

Various studies have shown a variety of health and psychological benefits

Jul 24, 2024
Where Kamala Harris Stands on Key Healthcare Issues

app looks at the vice president's views on everything from abortion to Medicare

Jul 22, 2024
Volunteering Would Feel Good Even If It Didn't Have Health Benefits. But It Does.

Various studies have shown a variety of health and psychological benefits

Where Kamala Harris Stands on Key Healthcare Issues

app looks at the vice president's views on everything from abortion to Medicare

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This Medical Group Treats Only Homeless Patients — and Makes Money Doing It

Doctors, nurses, and social workers are testing a new business model

Jul 21, 2024
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New Alzheimer's Mimic Identified

Memory-loss syndrome predominantly affects limbic system

Jul 19, 2024
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Trump Talks Cancer Cures, 'Right to Try' as He Accepts GOP Presidential Nomination

"We're going to get to the bottom of it"

Jul 19, 2024
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Biden Is Positive for COVID-19

Biden will fly to his home in Delaware and "self-isolate"

Jul 17, 2024
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Opinion
The Supreme Court Did Not Deliver 'Wins' for Reproductive Rights This Term

They simply evaded critical questions about access

Jul 17, 2024
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D.C. Hospital Gets a Wake-Up Call to Chagas Disease

Report is part of larger efforts to increase awareness of neglected disease

Jul 17, 2024
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Trump's Former Doc Weighs In; 23andMe and Alzheimer's Risk; What's 'Teflon Flu'?

Health news and commentary gathered by app staff

Jul 17, 2024
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This U.S. President Was Dying, but His Doctors Zipped Their Lips

Eight decades after FDR's decline and death, do White House physicians owe truth to the public?

Jul 16, 2024
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Opinion
We've Been Here Before: The Politicization of Drug Pricing

Ensuring medication access does not have to come at the cost of innovation

Jul 16, 2024
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Health Should Be a Bigger Focus at the GOP Convention Than It Will Be, Lawmaker Says

"I wish it was the centerpiece of everything we're talking about," says Rep. Rich McCormick, MD

Jul 16, 2024
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Pemafibrate Takes a Small Step Forward in Diabetic Foot Ulcers After CVD Flop

Signal of reduced ischemic ulceration, gangrene in PROMINENT

Jul 15, 2024
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Gail Wilensky, Former CMS Administrator, Dies at 81

Ran Medicare and Medicaid under President George H.W. Bush

Jul 15, 2024
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Novel Goalpost for PCI Excellence Is Borrowed From the Surgeons

"Failure to rescue" may help with quality improvement in interventional cardiology

Jul 12, 2024
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