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Court Halt on Trump Cuts for Medical Research Is Extended Nationwide

The federal order temporarily halts the Trump administration’s plans to slash $4 billion in overhead costs for research at universities and medical centers into diseases like cancer.

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A Crossroads for DEI: How Should Medical Institutions Respond?

(MedPage Today) -- Medical institutions across the U.S.

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Oral Immunotherapy Works for High-Tolerance Peanut Allergy Too

(MedPage Today) -- Daily peanut oral immunotherapy (P-OIT) using peanut butter and other store-bought, home-measured products helped most children who could already tolerate a small amount to become

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Robert F Kennedy Jr has mass appeal despite his extreme ideas. This theory explains why | Darren Loucaides

In just a few years, Kennedy and his dangerously popular ‘diagonalist’ politics have gone from the fringes of the web to, perhaps, the White House“Back at home in the United States, the newspape

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Treating ADHD earlier helps stop young people from smoking, study finds

Early diagnosis and treatment of ADHD could help prevent young people from picking up smoking, per a new study.

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Lithium for Bipolar Disorder Linked to Higher Risk of Thyroid, Kidney Dysfunction

(MedPage Today) -- Lithium was associated with a slightly increased risk of thyroid and kidney dysfunction among patients with bipolar disorder compared with other drugs, a Chinese retrospective coho

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What to Know About Efforts to Ban Abortion Pills and Punish Women Who Seek Abortion

(MedPage Today) -- Lawmakers in some states where abortion is already banned are seeking to explicitly bar abortion pills or take a step that most leading anti-abortion groups oppose: punish women wh

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Two biotech companies claim they use AI to design drugs from scratch. Do they?

In the latest edition of STAT's Health Tech newsletter: Biotech companies and hype around how AI is used in designing new drugs, and more.

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Ebola cases in Uganda rise to 9, while 265 others are being monitored under quarantine

Ebola cases in Uganda have risen to nine, while 265 other people were being monitored under quarantine, health authorities said Tuesday.

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How Complete Is Your Patient's Electronic Health Record, Really?

(MedPage Today) -- If it's not right there in the electronic health record, did it really happen? Every once in a while (maybe more often than that), a patient comes to see us after a brief or prolon

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