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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

Now a Win for Nerve Stimulation in Rheumatoid Arthritis

(MedPage Today) -- WASHINGTON -- A small implant delivering electrical stimulation to the vagus nerve outperformed a sham treatment in relieving rheumatoid arthritis (RA) symptoms among patients wh

Peter Higgins obituary

My father, Peter Higgins, who has died aged 93, was a urologist in Stoke-on-Trent.

Anesthesiologist Gets 190 Years for Tampering With IV Bags Used in Surgeries

(MedPage Today) -- A Dallas anesthesiologist was sentenced Wednesday to 190 years in prison for injecting a nerve-blocking agent and other drugs into bags of intravenous fluid at a surgical center wh

Bacteria Found in Tom’s of Maine Toothpaste, Inspectors Say

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a warning letter, but not a recall, after microorganisms were found in water samples and finished toothpaste products.

Psych Hospitals Investigated; Internet & Well-Being; Trump's Mental Institutions

(MedPage Today) -- The Department of Justice launched an investigation into whether adults with serious mental illness were unnecessarily institutionalized in Michigan state-run psychiatric hospitals

Tapered Steroid Dosing Safe, Effective in Severe Alcohol-Associated Hepatitis

(MedPage Today) -- Tapering doses of corticosteroids was safer than, and just as effective as, a fixed dose in patients with severe alcohol-associated hepatitis, a randomized trial showed.

GLP-1 Use Prior to Surgery: Analyzing the Updated Guidance

(MedPage Today) -- Since the modern practice of anesthesia has evolved, providers have been concerned about pulmonary aspiration -- when gastric contents enter the lung, resulting in severe complic

Advocates Fear Trump Will Reimpose Abortion 'Gag Rule' Governing U.S. Aid to Africa

(MedPage Today) -- EPWORTH, Zimbabwe -- Carrying her infant daughter, 19-year-old Sithulisiwe Moyo waited 2 hours to get birth control pills from a tent pitched in a poor settlement on the outskirt

Postpartum Depression Rose Significantly Over Past Decade

(MedPage Today) -- Diagnoses of postpartum depression (PPD) increased significantly across all racial and ethnic groups and prepregnancy body mass index (BMI) categories over the past decade, accordi

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