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Higher BP Linked to Faster Visual Field Progression in Glaucoma

(MedPage Today) -- Higher mean blood pressure (BP) levels were associated with faster rates of visual field progression in patients with glaucoma, according to a retrospective cohort study.

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STAT+: How RFK Jr. could strip legal protections from vaccine makers as HHS Secretary

A bureaucratic maneuver could help RFK Jr. upend decades of settled policy on vaccines.

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Streeting warns Britons against having cheap cosmetic surgery abroad

Wes Streeting speaks out after deaths in Turkey among women travelling for procedures such as butt liftsBritons should resist the temptation to have cosmetic surgery abroad at “rock-bottom” prices

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A Potential Reason Behind COVID Vaccines' Waning Benefit

(MedPage Today) -- The inability of COVID vaccines to reach the long-lived plasma cell compartment in the bone marrow may explain their waning protection compared with vaccines for influenza or tetan

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Response Duration After Stopping Enfortumab Vedotin in Bladder Cancer

(MedPage Today) -- Patients with metastatic urothelial carcinoma who achieved a complete response after more than 8.

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UK’s unhealthy food habits cost £268bn a year, report finds

Exclusive: Food, Farming and Countryside Commission added up cost to NHS and economy of diet-linked diseaseThe UK’s growing addiction to unhealthy food costs £268bn a year, far outstripping the bud

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MEK Inhibitor Scores Big Win in Adults, Children With Neurofibromatosis Type 1

(MedPage Today) -- Almost half of adults and children with neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) responded to the investigational MEK inhibitor mirdametinib, a large multicenter study of the rare condition

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New Brunswick premier calls on Canadian government to investigate mysterious brain illness

Previous provincial government said most patients were misdiagnosed and instead had dementia or cancerThe newly elected premier of New Brunswick has called on Canada’s federal government to aid in a

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How Often Do Doctors Use New Weight-Loss Drugs in Kids?

(MedPage Today) -- This story is part of a series called "Ozempic: Weighing the Risks and Benefits." It was produced in part through a grant from the NIHCM Foundation.

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Mike Pence urges Senate Republicans to reject RFK Jr for US health secretary

Ex-vice-president rebukes Kennedy’s stance on abortion while Matt Gaetz, another Trump pick, faces ‘uphill battle’US politics live – latest updatesMike Pence, the former vice-president, urged

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