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Retrospective Study Links COVID in Kids With Post-Acute Kidney Outcomes
(MedPage Today) -- COVID-19 infection in children and adolescents was tied to a higher risk of adverse post-acute kidney outcomes, especially among those with preexisting chronic kidney disease (CKD)
Read MoreSTAT+: Key NIH grant review panels resume meeting, but are not ‘back to normal’
Key NIH advisory councils that approve research grants resumed meeting this week, though the sessions were abbreviated
Read MoreU.S. Pregnancy-Related Deaths Rise Over 5 Years
(MedPage Today) -- Rates of pregnancy-related deaths in the U.S. increased from 2018 to 2022, a cross-sectional analysis of nationwide data showed.
Read MoreRFK Jr. Accuses FDA of Drug Industry Influence That Barred Alternative Remedies
The nation’s health secretary addressed agency employees, asking them to shed any corporate influence.
Read MoreOne Diuretic May Be Better for Hypertensive Patients With Kidney Stone History
(MedPage Today) -- BOSTON -- In people with hypertension, a history of kidney stones may inform the choice of diuretic for stone prevention, according to a secondary analysis of the Diuretic Compar
Read MoreSTAT+: Trump to end federal funding of certain non-medical services in Medicaid
The services are often aimed at improving housing and nutrition for people in the Medicaid program.
Read MoreNarcolepsy-CVD Link: Stage Is Set as Early as Childhood
(MedPage Today) -- The link between narcolepsy and cardiovascular disease (CVD) was strengthened by new evidence that the relationship applied to subclinical disease and was apparent early in life, b
Read MoreDoctors remove pig kidney from an Alabama woman after a record 130 days
An Alabama woman who lived with a pig kidney for a record 130 days had the organ removed after her body began rejecting it and is back on dialysis, doctors announced Friday…
Read MoreSTAT+: FDA plans to phase out animal testing in drugs in what it calls a ‘paradigm shift’
The move comes after lawmakers sought to force the agency to update regulations that would allow alternatives to animal testing.
Read MoreSome Rural Hospitals Ditch Medicare Advantage
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