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For Some Measles Patients, Vitamin A Remedy Supported by RFK Jr. Leaves Them More Ill

After the health secretary promoted vitamin A as a cure, parents in West Texas began giving their children high doses, sometimes to prevent infection.

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Senate Committee Backs Dr. Oz for CMS Administrator

(MedPage Today) -- The Senate Finance Committee voted 14-13 along party lines Tuesday to recommend that Mehmet Oz, MD, MBA, be confirmed as Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) administ

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Surprising Findings From New Research About Dementia and Marriage

(MedPage Today) -- Unmarried people had a lower risk of dementia than those who were married, data from an 18-year cohort study of 24,000 older adults suggested.

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Opinion: 23andMe’s bankruptcy doesn’t diminish its impact

“23andMe might have filed for bankruptcy, but the transformation it brought to health care over nearly two decades is irreversible,” writes @michaelmina_lab.

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STAT+: Oz moves closer to role running Medicare, Medicaid on party-line vote

Dr. Oz, a former heart surgeon and TV host, is closer to becoming CMS administrator after clearing a key Senate committee vote.

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Horace Hale Harvey III, Early Abortion Rights Advocate, Dies at 93

A religious organization recruited him to help open New York City’s first independent abortion clinic, though it was unaware that Louisiana had taken away his license.

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Routine Urodynamics Fails to Improve Overactive Bladder Beyond Clinical Evaluation

(MedPage Today) -- Routine use of urodynamic testing for overactive bladder (OAB) did not improve patient-reported outcomes when combined with comprehensive clinical assessment (CCA), a large randomi

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5 High-Level CDC Officials Are Leaving in the Latest Turmoil for the Agency

(MedPage Today) -- The CDC was rocked by five high-level departures on Tuesday in the latest turmoil for the nation's top public health agency.

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FDA OKs New Option for Uncomplicated UTIs in Women, Girls

(MedPage Today) -- The FDA approved oral gepotidacin (Blujepa) for uncomplicated urinary tract infections (UTIs) in women and girls ages 12 years and up, GSK announced on Tuesday.

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What Does the Science Say About Cell Phones and Cancer?

(MedPage Today) -- In an interview with "Fox & Friends" last week, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

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