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UnitedHealth Wins Ruling Over $2B in Alleged Medicare Advantage Overpayments

A special master found the Justice Department failed to prove wrongdoing by the giant health insurer.

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U.S. State Department Shuts Down Pollution Monitoring Abroad

Since 2008, embassies and other diplomatic posts had been publishing data about local air quality. In many countries, it was the only reliable source of such information.

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Hidden Consciousness in Comatose Patients Identified by Sleep Spindles

(MedPage Today) -- Sleep spindles on electroencephalography (EEG) helped predict whether unresponsive patients with acute brain injury would recover, prospective data showed.

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STAT+: To fight U.S. tariffs, Canada should suspend U.S. patents on medicines, one expert argues

To fight U.S. tariffs, the Canadian government should consider suspending patent rights held by U.S. companies, including drugmakers, one expert argues.

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Marty Makary, Who Made His Name Bashing the Medical Establishment, May Soon Lead FDA

(MedPage Today) -- Marty Makary, MD, MPH, rose to national attention by skewering the medical establishment in books and papers and bashing the federal response to COVID-19 on TV.

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GLP-1 Agents Not Linked to Post-Op Aspiration Pneumonia, More Data Suggest

(MedPage Today) -- Preoperative use of GLP-1 receptor agonists was not significantly associated with short-term postoperative aspiration pneumonia, according to a retrospective cohort study.

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Gutting FDA Won't Make America Healthy

(MedPage Today) -- Shortly after Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

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Compounders Sue FDA; Young Women in Perimenopause; More Osteoporosis Biosimilars

(MedPage Today) -- A group representing compounding pharmacies sued the FDA over the removal of semaglutide (Ozempic, Wegovy) from the agency's drug shortage list.

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STAT+: David Mou, Tom Insel say new venture inspired by promise and failure of digital mental health

After a stint at virtual mental health company Cerebral, David Mou is teaming up with Tom Insel to launch a new venture.

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Skin Monitoring Could Make Oral Food Challenge Safer

(MedPage Today) -- SAN DIEGO -- A research tool more often used in dermatology that monitors water loss from skin may help allergists stop an oral food challenge before anaphylaxis onset, helping t

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