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STAT+: Top Medicaid official says Republicans’ proposed reforms are ‘just plain bad policy’

Republicans may target Medicaid for cuts to help fund tax cuts and other GOP priorities

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Britain’s Nuclear Bomb Scandal: Our Story review – how the UK’s atomic testing programme devastated lives

Trauma, terror and potential medical effects that last for generations – those who experienced the fallout of nukes in Australia and the Pacific tell their horrifying taleGrenfell, the Post Office,

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Health Prices Are Getting More Transparent, but It's Still Not Enough, Experts Say

(MedPage Today) -- WASHINGTON -- Health transparency rules have helped researchers gain more insight into hospital pricing practices, Ge Bai, PhD, CPA, said here Wednesday at an event sponsored by

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STAT+: Kura licenses leukemia drug to Japanese drugmaker

Kura Oncology has signed a global partnership with Japanese drugmaker Kyowa Kirin to develop and sell an experimental leukemia treatment

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Genetic Carrier Screening Changed Couples' Reproductive Decision Making

(MedPage Today) -- Couples who were found to be genetic carriers for autosomal recessive or X-linked genetic conditions often opted to change their reproductive strategy, a large Australian populatio

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Laryngeal Dystonia Symptoms Improve With Novel Treatment

(MedPage Today) -- Sodium oxybate (Xyrem), a drug approved to treat people with narcolepsy, provided temporary relief for laryngeal dystonia patients whose symptoms were alcohol-responsive, a phase I

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'A Watershed Moment': GLP-1 Drug Succeeds in Late-Stage MASH Trial

(MedPage Today) -- Semaglutide (Wegovy) improved liver fibrosis in patients with metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH) and led to greater rates of MASH resolution, an interim analys

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Texas Has Sued Three Doctors Over Youth Gender-Affirming Care

(MedPage Today) -- In less than a month, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has sued three doctors who provide gender-affirming care to minors in an attempt to enforce a state law that bans such care.

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Experts Release Recs on Off-Label Use of Oral Minoxidil for Hair Loss

(MedPage Today) -- An international expert consensus statement provided best-practice recommendations for the off-label use of low-dose oral minoxidil among patients with hair loss.

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STAT+: RFK Jr. wants to blow up the ‘corrupt’ FDA, but he could Make America Sick Again

Kennedy, who lacks a background in science or public health, appears intent on remaking the FDA based on assumptions and conspiracy theories

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