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Intermittent Fasting 3 Days a Week Tops Calorie Restriction for Weight Loss

(MedPage Today) -- Three days of intermittent fasting (IMF) each week was a bit better for weight loss than daily caloric restriction (DCR), the DRIFT randomized trial found.

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Navigation Program Increased Colonoscopies After Abnormal FIT

(MedPage Today) -- A patient navigation program significantly increased follow-up colonoscopy among those with an abnormal fecal immunochemical test (FIT), a randomized trial showed.

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After an Earthquake, How Long Can Trapped Victims Survive?

(MedPage Today) -- For those trapped in rubble after an earthquake, survival depends on many factors, including weather and access to water and air.

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Prenatal Smoking Cessation Medication Did Not Increase Congenital Malformations

(MedPage Today) -- Prenatal use of smoking cessation therapies was not linked to increased risks of major congenital malformations (MCMs) compared with smoking during the first trimester, a retrospec

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STAT+: Cassidy gave himself a difficult task. RFK Jr. isn’t making it any easier on him

Cassidy received commitments from the nation’s health secretary in return for Cassidy’s support, but those promises are difficult to enforce.

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Stroke Survivor Speaks Again With the Help of an Experimental Brain-Computer Implant

(MedPage Today) -- Scientists have developed a device that can translate thoughts about speech into spoken words in real time.

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siRNA Agent Slashes Lipoprotein(a) Levels

(MedPage Today) -- CHICAGO -- Novel small interfering RNA (siRNA) agent lepodisiran drastically cut levels of lipoprotein(a), or Lp(a), in the phase II ALPACA trial.

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We Need Healthcare, Not Policing, For Immigrant Patients

(MedPage Today) -- The mission of the healing professions and healthcare institutions is the health of patients and their communities. It is not to police them.

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Why the Right Still Embraces Ivermectin

Five years after the pandemic began, interest in the anti-parasitic drug is rising again as right-wing influencers promote it — and spread misinformation about it.

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Completed BsUFA III Deliverables

Since the passage of the Biosimilar User Fee Act (BsUFA) in 2012, user fees have played an important role in expediting the process for the review of biosimilar products.

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