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Chronic Pain Affects One in Four Americans, CDC Reports

(MedPage Today) -- Chronic pain affected nearly one in four U.S. adults, new CDC survey data showed. In 2023, 24.

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Malaria Vaccine Delivered by Mosquito Bite Shows Safety, Efficacy

(MedPage Today) -- Immunization with a second-generation genetically attenuated parasite was safe and provided strong protection from malaria infection in young adults, a small clinical trial in the

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What's the Status of the Proposed Ban on Menthol Cigarettes?

(MedPage Today) -- Biden administration officials have many regulations they'd like to finalize before the end of the president's term, but it's unclear whether a proposed rule banning menthol cigare

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KFF Health News' 'What the Health?': Trump’s Nontraditional Health Picks

Not only has President-elect Donald Trump chosen prominent vaccine skeptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

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FDA chief: AI adoption driven by financial reasons, not patient benefits

In latest health tech news: FDA chief's take on what's driving AI adoption in health sector; MedTwitter migrating to Bluesky, and more

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Clinicians React to Trump's Appointees; Beyonce in the OR? Diagnosing Shiny Legs

(MedPage Today) -- The following contains links to social media websites including X, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn.

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'Suicide Capsule' Creator Rejects Allegation That First User May Have Been Strangled

(MedPage Today) -- GENEVA -- The right-to-die activist behind a new "suicide capsule" said he rejects "absurd" allegations that the U.S.

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Flooding May Be the Climate Health Hazard of Our Time, Report Suggests

(MedPage Today) -- Floods are emerging as a major health hazard with inequitable global effects -- both short and long term -- as climate change alters weather patterns.

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Use of Home-Based OCT for Neovascular AMD Could Lead to More Timely Treatment

(MedPage Today) -- A retrospective review of home-based optical coherence tomography (OCT) monitoring for neovascular age-related macular degeneration (AMD) found that treatment should have been perf

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Pfizer’s new R&D head, a VC deep-dive, and a new FDA commissioner?

On STAT's podcast, hear about what’s in store for biotech VCs in 2025, Pfizer's new head of R&D, drug innovation in a second Trump term, and more.

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