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APA Apologizes for Past Support of Racism in Psychiatry
The American Psychiatric Association acknowledges past practices and events contributing to racial inequality, and is working to develop...
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Many EM Docs Have Treated COVID Patients Without Proper PPE
A Medscape survey also found that for most emergency physicians, income has dropped 11% to 50% during the pandemic. Fewer than half say their...
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PCPs Play a Small Part in Low-Value Care Spending
Expert said a new report is further proof that low-value care is "extremely common, very costly, and provided by primary care providers and...
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Bemarituzumab FIGHTs Gastric/GEJ Cancers, Improving Survival
Adding bemarituzumab to chemotherapy as first-line treatment for advanced gastric and gastroesophageal junction (GEJ) cancers improved survival...
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Many ED Visits May Be Preventable for Patients With NSCLC
The authors of a study in JCO Oncology Practice note that unplanned hospital visits are among the largest drivers of increased spending in advanced...
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Biden Taps Levine for Key Health Role, in Historic Pick of Transgender Person
President-elect Joe Biden on Tuesday named Dr Rachel Levine to service as assistant US health secretary, a historic first as Levine would become...
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Nulliparity, Not ART, Likely Raises Risk of Ovarian Cancer
Women who receive ovarian stimulation for assisted reproductive technology (ART) procedures don't have an increased risk of developing ovarian...
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COVID-19 Symptoms Persist Months After Acute Infection
Three quarters of patients hospitalized with COVID-19 were still experiencing at least one symptom of the infection 6 months after being...
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Personalized Brain Stimulation May Reduce OCD Behaviors
Noninvasive neuromodulation that is personalized to the brain's reward center may provide lasting improvement in obsessive compulsive behaviors....
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Orthodox Jewish Docs Wrestle With COVID-19, Bad Press
Physicians who are part of tight-knit Jewish communities are working to mitigate risk and fight misinformation during the pandemic, without...
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LA Eases Smog Rule to Curb Backlog of COVID Cremations
So many people in Los Angeles County are dying that pollution-control limits on the number of cremations were lifted to deal with a backlog of...
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How Operation Warp Speed Created Vaccination Chaos
States are struggling to plan their vaccination programs with just one week's notice for how many doses they'll receive from the federal...
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Are Public Health Ads Worth the Price? Not if They're About Fear
The public service announcement showed a mother finding her teenage son lifeless, juxtaposed with the sound of a ukulele and a woman singing,...
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Groups Strategize COVID-19 Vaccine Access for People of Color
States that rank highly on COVID-19 vulnerability indexes, in particular, have fallen behind on vaccinations for high-risk groups that need them...
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Cancer Surgery Mortality Down, but Racial Disparities Persist
In recent years, deaths after cancer surgery have decreased for all types of cancer except among Black patients undergoing prostate cancer surgery,...
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NY Governor Explores Buying Virus Vaccine Directly From Maker
Frustrated by the flow of coronavirus vaccine from the federal government, Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Monday floated the idea of buying shots for New...
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Unexpectedly, Immunotherapy Response Linked to Low TMB in rGMB
In contrast to what has been seen in other tumor types, recurrent glioblastoma (rGMB) appears to respond better to immunotherapy when tumor...
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Has This Fugitive Physician Evaded Justice?; More
High court blocks plaintiffs from pursuing their claims; is binding arbitration a growing trend, and is it bad for doctor–patient relationships?;...
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Coronavirus Deaths Rising in 30 US States Amid Winter Surge
Coronavirus deaths are rising in nearly two-thirds of American states as a winter surge pushes the overall toll toward 400,000 amid warnings that a...
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Low Carb Diets Boost Diabetes Remission Rates, at Least Short Term
Following a low-carbohydrate diet for 6 months increases type 2 diabetes remission rates by a third, but ongoing support and 'convenient solutions'...
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Mexico Aims to Make Up for Pfizer Vaccine Shortfall With Others
Mexico's president said on Monday the government aimed to compensate for a reduction in deliveries of COVID-19 vaccine doses from Pfizer with those...
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US and China Clash at WHO Over Scientific Mission in Wuhan
The United States called on China on Monday to allow an expert team from the World Health Organization (WHO) to interview "care givers, former...
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Biden Names Geneticist Lander for New Cabinet-Level Post, Elevating Role of Science
US President-elect Joe Biden named pioneering geneticist Eric Lander as the director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy on Friday,...
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Biden Will Keep Dr Francis Collins as National Institutes of Health Director: Statement
US President-elect Joe Biden will keep Dr Francis Collins as head of the National Institutes of Health, his transition team said in a press release...
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Brazil Airlifts Emergency Oxygen In, Sick Babies Out of Pandemic-Battered Manaus
Brazil's Air Force delivered emergency supplies of oxygen on Friday to the jungle state of Amazonas, and premature babies were to be airlifted to...