Medical
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Stable, Long-term Opioid Therapy Safer Than Tapering?
For patients without opioid use disorder, long-term, stable opioid dosing is tied to less risk for overdose or suicide than gradual tapering or...
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Siblings of Children With Chronic Conditions May Face Depression
Targeted interventions could support the psychological well-being of siblings and families. Medscape Medical News
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Low Urate Limits for Gout Questioned in Study
Low urate levels appear less risky when body composition is figured into the statistical analysis. Medscape Medical News
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CVS, Walmart, and Walgreens Ordered to Pay $650.6 Million to Ohio Counties in Opioid Case
Pharmacy operators CVS, Walmart, and Walgreens must pay a combined $650.6 million to two Ohio counties to address the damage done by the opioid...
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Increase in New-Onset Type 1 Diabetes in Kids During Pandemic
The early days of the COVID-19 pandemic saw an increase in new-onset pediatric diabetes and DKA, while children with pre-existing diabetes had...
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Medical Groups, 20 States Weigh In on Idaho Abortion Lawsuit
Those who follow state law could damage patients’ health and place themselves and their hospitals at risk of federal fines or loss of funding....
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Biden Administration to Stop Buying COVID Vaccines, Tests
Access to the products would shift to the regular health care system, with vaccines and treatments at doctor's offices, hospitals, and pharmacies....
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Elephant Seals Are Supplying Info About the Blob
Elephant seals that have been tagged for biological studies are providing unexpected data about the marine heatwave known as the North Pacific...
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Lung Adverse Effects in Patients Taking Trastuzumab Deruxtecan
Cancer patients treated with the targeted agent need to be closely monitored for interstitial lung disease/pneumonitis as an adverse event, say...
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Fake Positive Reviews; Low Quality Guidelines; and CDC Reorg
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Is Yoga the Answer to Pelvic Floor Woes?
Yoga may provide a more accessible option for women experiencing pelvic floor disorders, and a new study suggests that the science may back up...
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Resilience in Patients Linked to Fuller Recovery After Hip Fracture
Resilience and other psychological factors play a role in patient recovery, study suggests. Medscape Medical News
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CDC Leadership Seeks to Reform and Modernize Agency
The goal is to create a new "public health action-oriented culture" at the agency, CDC Director Rochelle Walensky said. Some actions may...
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Nearly 15% of Adults Worldwide Experience Tinnitus Symptoms
The global prevalence of tinnitus likely will increase as the population grows older, according to researchers. Medscape Medical News
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APA Report, Virtual Model Highlight US Psychiatric Bed Crisis
A computer simulation, developed by the American Psychiatric Association and described in a new report, assesses multiple factors in calculating...
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Can Walking, Reading, Crafting Curb Dementia Risk?
Cognitive activities have the greatest effect on lowering risk for dementia -- but physical and social activities also help protect the aging...
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Public Health Agencies Adapt to Curb Overdoses, STDs, Gun Violence
Know-how gained through the COVID pandemic is seeping into other public health areas. But in a nation that has chronically underfunded its public...
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White House, facing pressure from activists, to accelerate rollout of monkeypox treatments and vaccines
Biden administration health officials said Wednesday they would accelerate access to vaccines and treatments for monkeypox , as the White House...
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Akili’s deal to go public via SPAC could close soon
You’re reading the web edition of STAT Health Tech, our guide to how tech is transforming the life sciences. Sign up to get this...
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Opinion: Genetic research provides new clarity about the ‘whys’ of autism
It was an appropriately hazy afternoon on the day my son Dylan, age two years, seven months, and sixteen days, was diagnosed with autism. The...
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STAT+: ‘We’re finally here’: Harvard graduate spearheads custom gene therapy for younger brother
Richard Horgan has waited for this moment for more than three years. Last month, the Food and Drug Administration granted permission for his...
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STAT+: Pharmalittle: FDA approves a gene therapy for a rare blood disorder; pharmacy chains ordered to pay $650 million over opioid crisis
Hello, everyone, and how are you today? We are doing just fine, thank you, courtesy of clear blue skies and cool breezes circling about the...
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Opinion: Organ transplantation is at a crossroads. Major reform is needed
In early August, the Senate Finance Committee held a bipartisan hearing co-chaired by Senators Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Charles Grassley (R-Iowa)...
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STAT+: Pharma’s likely to sue over Medicare negotiation. Here are the arguments they might use
WASHINGTON — Democrats finally achieved a win over the pharmaceutical industry this month when they passed the most aggressive drug pricing...
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Opinion: History doesn’t have to repeat itself with stigma and monkeypox
Ricky (not his real name), is a patient of mine: a young, gay man with a gentle soul and well-controlled HIV. He recently went to his local...