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FDA Roundup: January 3, 2025
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is providing an at-a-glance summary of news from around the agency.
Read MorePossible Early Symptom of Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Identified
(MedPage Today) -- People who died with sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease were more likely to have been prescribed antidepressants before neurologic symptoms started, a retrospective study in Austri
Read MoreKeir Starmer to unveil radical NHS changes to cut waiting times
Exclusive: Patients will get direct referrals for tests without seeing a consultant, but critics say the plan is ‘deluded’Starmer’s team hope policy blitz will prove that Labour can deliver chan
Read MoreWhat's With All the UFH Infusions for Acute Pulmonary Embolism?
(MedPage Today) -- Despite guidelines recommending other anticoagulants for people hospitalized with acute pulmonary embolism (PE), old habits and misconceptions have kept unfractionated heparin (UFH
Read MoreMaurice King’s marvellous medical book saved lives in Botswana | Letter
Christine Evans read the doctor’s obituary and recalls how his work proved invaluable in her early career in the 1960sI read with interest Maurice King’s obituary (Other lives, 15 November).
Read MoreWhich Respiratory Virus Do I Have?
(MedPage Today) -- This story was originally published in 2022; it has since been updated. It started with a tickle in your throat. Then, it evolved into congestion, and maybe a little cough.
Read MoreSkeptics Question Transmissible Alzheimer's Claims
(MedPage Today) -- In early 2024, we reported new research that suggested Alzheimer's disease may be transmissible under rare conditions.
Read MoreCommons to Lords: the timeline for assisted dying bill’s progress
Bill begins its next parliamentary stage next month, with amendments expected before it proceedsThe bill to legalise assisted dying in England and Wales will begin its next parliamentary stage this mo
Read MoreWeight Management Cuts Cardiovascular Risks in Breast Cancer Survivors
(MedPage Today) -- Findings from a retrospective cohort study at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium showed that weight management strategies, such as nutrition counseling and bariatric surgery,
Read MoreGovernment would be ‘foolish’ to ignore palliative care warnings over assisted dying
Committee chair Layla Moran says doctors’ concerns about potential impact on vulnerable patients must be heededIt would be “foolish” for the government not to heed warnings from doctors about pa
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