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3 myths you shouldn’t believe about integrative medicine – MD Anderson Cancer Center
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STAT+: Novo Nordisk’s amylin pill leads to substantial weight loss in early study
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Anxiety and Complementary Health Approaches – National Institutes of Health (NIH) (.gov)
Anxiety and Complementary Health Approaches National Institutes of Health (NIH) (.gov) Read Original Article: Anxiety and…
STAT+: House passes bill that targets China biotechs
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Apple pushes into sleep apnea detection but health care integration remain unclear
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STAT+: How powerful hospitals helped take R1 RCM private
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Terns’ GLP-1 pill leads to weight loss in early study
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STAT+: Pharmalittle: We’re reading about a Maryland law governing 340B discounts, an obesity drug, and more
The largest U.S. pharmaceutical industry trade group and several drug companies lost a bid to…
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Biden administration finalizes rules to ensure insurers pay for mental health care
The Biden administration on Monday announced it would finalize a highly anticipated proposal meant to…
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STAT+: With a win in lung cancer, biotech’s wealthiest outsider surfs to new heights
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Opinion: How Pfizer ended up passing on my GLP-1 work back in the early ’90s
One of the biopharma industry’s marvels of the 2020s has been the enormous medical and…
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She was told she might have cancer: How medicine pathologizes Black patients’ normal test results
A busy medical student, Vanessa Apea wasn’t her usual energetic self. So she dragged herself…
If only other cancer patients could wish it all away, just like heroic Elle Macpherson | Catherine Bennett – The Guardian
If only other cancer patients could wish it all away, just like heroic Elle Macpherson…
5 burning questions about Missouri’s mysterious H5 bird flu case
News that a person in Missouri contracted H5 bird flu despite having no known contact…
STAT+: Detailed data show Summit therapy beat Merck blockbuster Keytruda in late-stage lung cancer trial
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Opinion: First Opinion readers on cancer screening, mpox vaccines, and more
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Missouri resident who had no contact with animals tests positive for bird flu
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STAT+: Dana-Farber’s Laurie Glimcher is leaving on her own terms. That’s the difference between male and female leadership.
Laurie Glimcher stunned Boston’s medical world last September by orchestrating Dana-Farber Cancer Institute’s breakup with its longtime…
STAT+: Ascension, other hospitals played active roles to take medical billing company R1 RCM private
Private equity firms are leading the buyout of R1 RCM, a major provider of billing…
Transparent mice and using zip codes to predict heart risk
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Opinion: Gaza polio vaccination drive must include measles shots
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Upending a longstanding paradigm, cardiologists embrace ZIP codes, not race, to predict heart risk
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Phage editing technology could lead to alternative treatments for antibiotic-resistant bacteria – Phys.org
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STAT+: Vor Biopharma’s ‘shielded’ transplant delays relapse in leukemia patients
A CRISPR-augmented stem cell transplant that protects healthy cells from the toxic effects of anti-cancer…