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What Happens to Abortion Access in the Next Trump Administration?

(MedPage Today) -- From enforcing the Comstock Act to reversing guidance on emergency care, there are multiple avenues for the Trump administration to dramatically limit access to abortion, even with

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Opioids Tied to Higher Dementia Risk, but Only After a Point

(MedPage Today) -- After a certain threshold, cumulative opioid use was associated with higher dementia risk, a study of adults over age 60 in Denmark showed.

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Trump Taps Dr. Oz to Run CMS

(MedPage Today) -- President-elect Donald Trump says he is nominating Mehmet Oz, MD, who hosted a long-running television talk show, to lead the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).

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Trump picks Dr. Oz to lead Medicare and Medicaid

WASHINGTON — President-elect Trump has selected the surgeon and television personality Mehmet Oz as the administrator of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the transition announced Tuesd

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FTC, Indiana Residents Pressure State To Block Hospital Merger

Hundreds of people and the Federal Trade Commission weighed in on a proposed hospital merger in Terre Haute, Indiana, with most arguing that the creation of a monopoly would increase costs and worsen

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Breast cancer drug blocked for NHS use in England and Wales after talks collapse

National Institute for Health and Care Excellence unable to reach price agreement with manufacturers of EnhertuA breast cancer charity has said it was “beyond devastated” that talks to make a life

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More Lp(a)-Reducing Tx; Cardiac Denervation for Afib; LAA Occluders at 5 Years

(MedPage Today) -- Lipoprotein(a), or Lp(a), was successfully reduced in phase II trials of muvalaplin and zerlasiran.

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One in 20 Adults With RSV Hospitalized, Study Shows

(MedPage Today) -- Among adults with outpatient respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infections across six RSV seasons, roughly one in 20 were hospitalized within 28 days, according to a large cohort st

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Civil War Toll Much Worse in Confederate States, New Estimates Show

An analysis of newly released 19th-century census records offers more insight into the conflict’s costs.

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Cardio Drugs and Dementia; Fampridine and Working Memory; Alzheimer's and Cancer

(MedPage Today) -- Long-term use of many common cardiovascular drugs was tied to fewer dementia diagnoses but anti-platelet use of any duration was associated with higher dementia risk, Swedish data

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