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NHS ‘routinely failing’ deaf patients in England, report finds

RNID survey finds half of sign language users did not understand diagnoses – some terminal – or how their treatment workedDeaf patients face systemic discrimination when it comes to learning about

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NHS staff fatigue poses ‘significant’ threat to patient safety, watchdog warns

Investigation body also says medics are dying in car accidents while driving home after long shiftsNHS staff are so tired they are dying in car crashes and posing a major threat to patients, the servi

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STAT+: NIH chief voices support for Nora Volkow, head of drug addiction research institute

NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya signals that at least one institute director, Nora Volkow at the National Institute on Drug Abuse, has his support.

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STAT+: New England Journal of Medicine gets swept up in U.S. attorney inquiry into alleged bias

Last week, at least one scientific journal received a letter from a top U.S. attorney asking it to respond to alleged bias.

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Tumor-Infiltrating Clonal Hematopoiesis Increased Risk of Poor Outcomes in Cancer

(MedPage Today) -- Tumor-infiltrating clonal hematopoiesis (TI-CH) increased the risk of disease recurrence or death among patients with early non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), and the risk of deat

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Young-Onset Dementia Risk Rises With Metabolic Syndrome

(MedPage Today) -- The risk of young-onset dementia -- dementia before age 65 -- was higher in people with metabolic syndrome, a nationwide population-based study in Korea showed.

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Lorundrostat Lowered BP in Uncontrolled, Treatment-Resistant Hypertension

(MedPage Today) -- Lorundrostat reduced blood pressure (BP) in people with confirmed uncontrolled and treatment-resistant hypertension, according to a double-blind randomized trial.

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Novel DPP-1 Drug Trims Exacerbation Risk in Bronchiectasis

(MedPage Today) -- Targeting airway inflammation with investigational brensocatib reduced exacerbations with bronchiectasis, the ASPEN trial showed.

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Antiviral Reduced Transmission of Influenza to Close Contacts

(MedPage Today) -- A single dose of the antiviral baloxavir marboxil (Xofluza) led to a lower incidence of influenza virus transmission to household contacts compared with placebo, a phase IIIb rando

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Groups Decry Loss of Funding for 'Critically Important' GI Disease Network

(MedPage Today) -- Physicians and patient advocates are sounding the alarm after the NIH abruptly withdrew a grant renewal application for the Consortium of Eosinophilic Gastrointestinal Disease Rese

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