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Major Health Insurers Promise to Improve Prior Authorization

(MedPage Today) -- The nation's major health insurers are promising to scale back and improve prior authorization, the widely despised practice that leads to care delays and complications.

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Thyroid and Weight: Exploring a Complex Link at AACE 2025

(MedPage Today) -- At the recent American Association of Clinical Endocrinology (AACE) annual meeting, thyroid disease and its impact on body weight was highlighted in a keynote by Jacqueline Jonklaa

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Abortions in the US are on the rise three years after Roe v Wade was overturned

A growing number of abortions happen through telehealth – including for women in states with strict bansThree years after the US supreme court overturned Roe v Wade, erasing the national right to ab

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IBD Biomarkers: Established Tests Are Helpful but Clinicians Want More

(MedPage Today) -- Two biomarker tests -- one for blood and the other for stool -- are mainstays in the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), but gastroenterologists are hoping to gain e

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STAT+: Top drug regulator is retiring as FDA departures mount

The top drug regulator at the FDA is retiring in July, as departures of senior leaders mount.

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STAT+: Compass psilocybin therapy shown to be effective in largest-ever study in depression

Compass Pathways said Monday it achieved its primary endpoint in an early readout from the largest-ever study of psilocybin for treatment-resistant depression.

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HHS Probes Major Health System; FDA Nausea Med Warning; Reveal Presidents' Health?

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STAT+: MAHA eyes tolerance as alcohol-related harms emerge 

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STAT+: Pharmalittle: We’re reading about Novo ending Hims deal, FDA transparency, and more

Novo Nordisk is halting its collaboration with Hims & Hers Health over the sale of weight loss drugs

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STAT+: Eli Lilly drug preserves lean mass in patients losing weight on Wegovy

Some doctors are concerned that patients taking weight loss drugs like Wegovy may be losing too much lean mass. A combination therapy might change that.

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