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One in Six Adults With Asthma Didn't Adhere to Meds Due to Cost

(MedPage Today) -- Despite a declining trend, the number of adults in the U.S.

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Who Is Luigi Mangione, the 'Person of Interest' in the UnitedHealthcare Murder?

(MedPage Today) -- Police arrested a 26-year-old man on Monday in the Manhattan killing of UnitedHealthcare's CEO after they say a Pennsylvania McDonald's worker alerted authorities to a customer who

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Johnson & Johnson seeks first drug approval for treatment of smoldering myeloma

Here's the latest news from the annual meeting of the American Society of Hematology.

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Procalcitonin Confirmed as Good Gauge for Window of Sepsis Antibiotics

(MedPage Today) -- For critically ill patients on antibiotics for suspected sepsis, monitoring one biomarker safely shortened the course of these medications in the ADAPT-Sepsis randomized trial.

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Nobel Laureates Urge Senate to Turn Down Kennedy’s Nomination

Elevating Mr. Kennedy to secretary of H.H.S. “would put the public’s health in jeopardy,” more than 75 laureates wrote.

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STAT+: The pharma industry isn’t lobbying against RFK Jr.’s nomination for a top health role

RFK Jr. has lambasted the pharmaceutical industry and spread discredited ideas about vaccines.

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Rheumatoid Arthritis Boosts Risk for Heart Failure, but Not Every Kind

(MedPage Today) -- Rates of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) were doubled in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) relative to other people of the same age and sex, researcher

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Hydroxyurea Shows Some Benefits in Milder Sickle Cell Disease

(MedPage Today) -- SAN DIEGO -- Treatment with hydroxyurea led to more hematologic dose-limiting toxicities (DLTs) compared with placebo in patients with hemoglobin SC, a milder form of sickle cell

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Disability Redefines 'Ability' in the Medical Profession

(MedPage Today) -- Last month, Elton John told Good Morning America's Robin Roberts that he has lost significant vision in his right eye due to an infection and is unsure whether he can record an alb

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Racial Diversity Lacking in Epilepsy Genetics Studies

(MedPage Today) -- LOS ANGELES -- Low racial diversity has limited genome-wide association studies (GWAS) in epilepsy, researchers found, with implications for prognostication and management decisi

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