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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)

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STAT+: 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

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U.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.

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RFK 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.

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One 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

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STAT+: 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.

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Narcolepsy-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

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Doctors 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…

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STAT+: 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.

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Some Rural Hospitals Ditch Medicare Advantage

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