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Jimmy Carter, the 39th US President, Has Died at 100

(MedPage Today) -- Jimmy Carter, the peanut farmer who won the presidency in the wake of the Watergate scandal and Vietnam War, endured humbling defeat after one tumultuous term, and then redefined l

Diversity Reporting Improved in Pulse Oximetry Testing After FDA Guidance

(MedPage Today) -- There was "low but improving uptake" of reporting about the diversity of participants in summary documents for FDA-cleared pulse oximeters after voluntary guidance was issued in 20

BBC Radio 2 presenter thanks NHS staff after treatment for small brain bleed

Johnathan Joseph, known as DJ Spoony, went to hospital on 21 December after a headache lasted for weeksThe BBC presenter DJ Spoony has thanked the NHS and his family after being treated in hospital fo

Psychedelic experiences in clinical settings | Letters

If clinicians cannot put the experience into words, then how can patients give informed consent that meets the robust medico-legal standard, asks Dr Caroline HayesAlthough it is refreshing to read a m

Using Immune Biomarkers to Guide Treatment in TNBC

(MedPage Today) -- High levels of immune infiltrates are strongly prognostic for favorable outcomes independently of nodal status in triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC).

Aletha Maybank to step down as AMA’s chief health equity officer

Aletha Maybank, who became the American Medical Association’s first chief equity officer five and half years ago, is leaving the organization.

Lupus Patients See More Vascular Risk, but It's Modifiable

(MedPage Today) -- Atherosclerosis progression was more than twice as common in younger people with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) than in healthy controls in a prospective study from Greece, but

The biggest medical advances of 2024

The biggest medical advances of 2024 will be remembered as significant long into the future.

Experts Lament 'Anemic' Response to H5N1, Worried About What 2025 Will Bring

(MedPage Today) -- This year, human cases of H5N1 bird flu ramped up in the U.S., particularly after the virus made its way into dairy cattle herds.

Blinatumomab Plus Chemotherapy New Standard for Children With B-Cell ALL

(MedPage Today) -- The randomized phase III AALL1731 trial presented at the American Society of Hematology annual meeting showed that adding the bispecific T-cell engager blinatumomab (Blincyto) to c

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