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STAT+: Google’s secretive anti-aging company Calico finally released data. Its drug failed

The company said Monday that fosigotifator failed to outperform placebo in slowing the neurogenerative disease, but is testing it further and for other conditions.

DoxyPEP Rollout Tied to Dent in STI Epidemic in the Real World

(MedPage Today) -- A decrease in California's sexually transmitted infections (STIs) followed early real-world adoption of doxycycline post-exposure prophylaxis (doxyPEP), suggesting real population-

Journal Editors Sound Alarm on Predatory Medical Journals

(MedPage Today) -- Action by all stakeholders is required to protect authors and the public from predatory medical journals, an international group of prominent medical journal editors said Monday.

Louisiana Person Is the First U.S. Bird Flu Death, Health Officials Say

(MedPage Today) -- The first U.S. bird flu death was reported, a person in Louisiana who had been hospitalized with severe respiratory symptoms.

Permanent contraception surged after Roe v Wade overturned, study finds

Young adults living in states likely to ban abortion obtained tubal sterilizations and vasectomies in months after ruling In the months after the US supreme court overturned Roe v Wade, permanent cont

Gabapentin May Not Raise the Risk of Falling After All

(MedPage Today) -- New use of gabapentin (Neurontin) was not associated with greater risk of falls in older adults with neuropathy or fibromyalgia compared with new use of duloxetine (Cymbalta), a co

Denosumab May Offer Better Fracture Protection for Dialysis Patients

(MedPage Today) -- Dialysis patients on denosumab (Prolia, Xgeva) had a lower risk for fracture but higher risk for a certain heart event, suggested an observational trial weighted to emulate a clini

Anti-Zoster Drug Prevents Shingles in Lupus Patients on Anifrolumab

(MedPage Today) -- The antiviral drug valaciclovir (Valtrex), given prophylactically, kept patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) under treatment with anifrolumab (Saphnelo) from having her

First Bird Flu Death in U.S. Reported in Louisiana

The deceased was over 65 and had other medical conditions, state officials said.

Louisiana reports first human death in US from bird flu

Patient was over age 65 and reported to have underlying medical conditions, state health department saidA patient in Louisiana has become the first human in the US to die of bird flu.

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