STAT+: Orlando Health, a $6 billion Florida powerhouse, is expanding into Alabama
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UNRWA says “swift and safe delivery” of vaccines essential for GazaUNIFIL provides free medical care…
FDA approves Purdue Pharma’s controversial new overdose-reversal medication
Purdue Pharma, the company best known for fueling the opioid crisis by misleadingly marketing the…
Source credibility: a necessary North Star in cancer care – Nature.com
Source credibility: a necessary North Star in cancer care Nature.com Read Original Article: Source credibility: a…
Intake of sugar sweetened beverages among children and adolescents in 185 countries between 1990 and 2018: population based study
AbstractObjectiveTo quantify global intakes of sugar sweetened beverages (SSBs) and trends over time among children…
STAT+: Vertex, U.K. reach deal to provide CRISPR-based medicine to thalassemia patients in England
LONDON — Patients in England with a rare blood disorder will now be able to…
STAT+: Medicare finalizes reimbursement rule for breakthrough medical devices
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has finalized its rule easing reimbursement for medical…
WHO chief convenes expert meeting on mpox spread
The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) called for an emergency meeting on mpox…
The dark side of Medicare Advantage: a must-read investigation
Dear Readers, If you read anything this year exposing the hidden injustices in our health…
STAT+: CVS removes top Aetna leader as higher medical costs eat further into profits
CVS Health continued to pay out more than it expected for the medical claims of…
STAT+: The race to build better CRISPR delivery vehicles is heating up
If the first CRISPR decade was marked by a mad dash to evolve, engineer, and…
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WHO regional chief voices grave concern over Middle East escalation
Recent developments in Gaza, the wider Middle East, and Sudan, have highlighted the complexities of…
STAT+: FDA scolds Bristol Myers over a misleading website for a cancer treatment
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has scolded Bristol Myers Squibb for making false and…
Company that lost medical records of nearly 83 000 people faces {pound}6m fine
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has issued a fine of just over £6m to a…
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Doctors call for ban on cutting artificial stone after reporting first UK cases of silicosis
Experts have called on the UK government to follow Australia’s lead in banning artificial stone…
WHO to convene panel to determine whether mpox outbreak is a public health emergency
The director general of the World Health Organization announced Wednesday that he will convene a…
Bangladesh at a crossroad, says senior UN official
The resignation and departure of the Bangladeshi Prime Minister after weeks of bloody protests has…
NHS staff urged to “accompany vulnerable colleagues” to work amid riots
NHS employers must “urgently support migrant and ethnic minority staff” as far right riots and…
GP who faked assault by patient to get him removed from list is suspended for 12 months
A senior GP has been suspended from the UK medical register for 12 months after…
STAT+: Pharmalittle: We’re reading about Roche plans for Flatiron, underwhelming Novo Nordisk earnings, and more
Hello, everyone, and how are you today? We are doing just fine, thank you, especially…
STAT+: Novo Nordisk pulls filings for Wegovy in heart failure as it waits for cardiovascular outcomes data
Novo Nordisk is pulling its regulatory submissions to expand the use of its obesity drug…
A new drug for glioma means a windfall for Agios
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Presence of an interested doctor is vital to establishing trust
Smith reminds us that “we must simply listen.”1 He encourages us to listen in silence,…
Drug bypasses suppressive immune cells to unleash immunotherapy
Immunobiologists found that a subset of immune cells that normally puts the brakes on the…
Dozing at the wheel? Not with these fatigue-detecting earbuds
To help protect drivers and machine operators from the dangers of drifting off, engineers have…
On its own, listening is not enough
Smith writes: “Psychoanalysis may, in my view, be scientific junk, but an hour a day…
David Oliver: Our health regulators are in a crisis of competence and credibility
On 26 July the Department of Health and Social Care published Penny Dash’s interim independent…
“Things cannot remain as they are”—UK’s top obstetrician on workforce morale
For years, maternity care in the UK has come under intense scrutiny. Inquiries into services…
Decompression alone or with fusion for degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis (Nordsten-DS): five year follow-up of a randomised, multicentre, non-inferiority trial
AbstractObjectiveTo assess whether decompression alone is non-inferior to decompression with instrumented fusion five years after…
Surgery for spinal stenosis with degenerative spondylolisthesis
Controversy continues about the best surgical option for patients with symptomatic lumbar spinal stenosis and…
Quentin Blake’s art discharged—temporarily
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Vaccine manufacturers should produce a pertussis only vaccine for use in pregnancy
In their article on increasing maternal vaccination rates against whooping cough, Razai and colleagues say,…
Trump keeps losing his train of thought. Cognitive experts have theories about why
In a speech earlier this year, former President Trump was mocking President Biden’s ability to…
Opinion: Give pharmaceutical execs the benefit of doubt — but they need to work for it
The polarized debate over drug pricing has generated cartoonish, sometimes colorful caricatures of the biopharmaceutical…
STAT+: How UnitedHealth turned a questionable artery-screening program into a gold mine
The nation’s largest health care company pressed thousands of its clinicians to use a thinly…
Opinion: When life mirrors research: What a fall on the ice taught me about being Black and in pain
As I hurried to an important meeting about my Ph.D. dissertation one day in 2015,…
STAT+: Supply issues weigh on Novo Nordisk as drugmaker stumbles with quarterly report
LONDON — An underwhelming earnings report and ongoing questions about increasing competition in the booming…
Portland Sun Events – *New* Prenatal Yoga (A) – Main Street Media of Tennessee
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Tampa mom surprised with rare triplet pregnancy at 22 – WFLA
Tampa mom surprised with rare triplet pregnancy at 22 WFLA Read Original Article: Tampa mom surprised…
Walz signed law allowing abortion at any stage and defunded crisis pregnancy centers – Washington Examiner
Walz signed law allowing abortion at any stage and defunded crisis pregnancy centers Washington Examiner Read…
Alexandra Madison, Jon Bouffard Make TikTok About Pregnancy Loss – TODAY
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Pregnant Francesca Farago Shares Exclusive Details from Her Greek Mythology-Themed Baby Shower: ‘Such a Dream’ – PEOPLE
Pregnant Francesca Farago Shares Exclusive Details from Her Greek Mythology-Themed Baby Shower: ‘Such a Dream’ PEOPLE…
Oklahoma’s crisis pregnancy centers get a big funding boost from the state – Oklahoman.com
Oklahoma’s crisis pregnancy centers get a big funding boost from the state Oklahoman.com Read Original Article:…
Pregnant mother of 4 children is killed in California’s Silicon Valley – SFGATE
Pregnant mother of 4 children is killed in California’s Silicon Valley SFGATE Read Original Article: Pregnant…
Pregnant woman found slain in San Mateo home, boyfriend arrested – San Francisco Chronicle
Pregnant woman found slain in San Mateo home, boyfriend arrested San Francisco Chronicle Read Original Article:…
37-Year-Old Pregnant Woman Murdered In San Mateo, Boyfriend Arrested While Apparently Fleeing to SoCal – SFist
37-Year-Old Pregnant Woman Murdered In San Mateo, Boyfriend Arrested While Apparently Fleeing to SoCal SFist Read…
What Do We Really Know About the Maternal-Mortality Crisis? – The Atlantic
What Do We Really Know About the Maternal-Mortality Crisis? The Atlantic Read Original Article: What Do…
Does Vance think women should be caged up at home and constantly pregnant? Sounds like it. – The Columbus Dispatch
Does Vance think women should be caged up at home and constantly pregnant? Sounds like…
Cardi B relieved to no longer have to hide her pregnancy behind baggy fashion and umbrella handlers – Daily Mail
Cardi B relieved to no longer have to hide her pregnancy behind baggy fashion and…
Pregnant Katherine Schwarzenegger ‘Can’t Believe’ Daughter Lyla Is Getting Older as She Celebrates 4th Birthday – Yahoo Entertainment
Pregnant Katherine Schwarzenegger ‘Can’t Believe’ Daughter Lyla Is Getting Older as She Celebrates 4th Birthday Yahoo…