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Alecensa (alectinib) Offers Hope for Certain Patients With ALK Positive NSCLC

(MedPage Today) -- When Matt was diagnosed with ALK-positive (ALK+) metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (mNSCLC), his world turned upside down.

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STAT+: Budget negotiations heat up as ACA subsidy extension, BIOSECURE get dropped

The latest in policy and public health: Federal budget talks are heating up, pharma isn't opposing RFK Jr., and a vaccine news update.

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STAT+: Stem cell transplant not needed for most mantle cell lymphoma patients, study suggests

The "sledgehammer-like treatment" of stem cell transplants had no benefit for most mantle cell lymphoma patients, according to study reported at ASH.

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Empathetic Phone Calls Help Vulnerable Diabetes Patients Lower HbA1c

(MedPage Today) -- Empathy-oriented phone calls from laypersons helped patients with uncontrolled diabetes improve glycemic control, a parallel-arm superiority trial found.

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AI Screening of Home Videos Proves Accurate for Infantile Seizure Detection

(MedPage Today) -- LOS ANGELES -- An artificial intelligence (AI) model accurately detected and ruled out infantile epileptic spasm syndrome in videos captured by family, a study showed.

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Opinion: Jamie Foxx calls on the Senate to pass a bill funding Down syndrome research

Jamie Foxx and the president of the GLOBAL Down Syndrome Foundation have teamed up to push the Senate to pass a bill named in honor of Jamie’s late sister.

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Health Panel Endorses New Option for Cervical Cancer Screening

Starting at 30, women can collect their own vaginal samples for HPV testing at a doctor’s office.

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Researchers are betting on cockroaches as the cure to elitism in neuroscience

Cockroaches are a hardy pest, and often elicit disgust.

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Novel Drug Fails for Two Rare Seizure Disorders

(MedPage Today) -- LOS ANGELES -- The novel agent soticlestat flopped in a pair of phase III trials for rare seizure disorders, researchers reported here.

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