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Calorie labels encourage people to eat less by only a single crisp, study says

Review of labelling’s effectiveness finds average reduction is equivalent of 11 calories in a typical 600-calorie mealCalorie labels on menus and food packets encourage people to choose healthier op

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Paul Mango, Warp Speed leader and Trump adviser, dies at 65

Mango was instrumental to the effort to develop Covid-19 vaccines and treatments, and was working on the Trump transition effort.

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Lawmakers Clash Over Whether Trump and His Nominees Will Hurt Public Health

(MedPage Today) -- WASHINGTON -- Lawmakers on opposite sides of the aisle shared clashing views on the potential impacts of a second Trump administration on trust in science and public health durin

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Aortic Stenosis Outcomes Worsen With Cardiac Amyloidosis Also in the Picture

(MedPage Today) -- People with transthyretin cardiac amyloidosis (ATTR-CA) on top of aortic stenosis (AS) fared particularly poorly in a large cohort study, which researchers said calls for awareness

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The most essential and memorable JPM moments, recapped

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One Racial Group Is Less Likely to Go Through With Bariatric Surgery

(MedPage Today) -- After patients with obesity discuss bariatric surgery with a clinician, racial disparities appeared to affect who moves forward with the procedure, according to 20 years of retrosp

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DEA Proposes a Special Registry for Telehealth Providers of Controlled Substances

(MedPage Today) -- Physicians would have to register with the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) for telehealth prescribing of certain controlled substances under a proposed rule issued Wednesday

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Beneath deal-making at J.P. Morgan conference, debate and sympathy over Americans’ anger at health care

Reminders of the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson were everywhere at this year's J.P. Morgan conference.

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Oregon Doctors, Nurses Have Been Striking for a Week

(MedPage Today) -- Thousands of healthcare workers from Providence Health in Oregon now have been on strike for a week, following months of contract negotiations between the health system and the Ore

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KFF Health News' 'What the Health?': Hello, Trump. Bye-Bye, Biden.

With just days to go before the official launch of a new administration, the GOP-led Congress is putting together plans on how to enact incoming President Donald Trump’s agenda, with a particular em

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