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Surgeons Billed $2 Billion for Unnecessary Spine Surgeries: Report

(MedPage Today) -- More than 200,000 Medicare patients with back pain underwent $2 billion worth of unnecessary surgeries, including spinal fusion and/or laminectomy or vertebroplasty, over a recent

STAT+: Changing course, European regulators now say Alzheimer’s treatment Leqembi should be approved

Reversing an earlier decision, European regulators recommended that an Alzheimer’s therapy from Eisai and Biogen should be approved.

$13M Award for COVID Vax Refuser; Doc Sentenced for Threats to Blow Up Hospital

(MedPage Today) -- A federal jury awarded $13 million to a former employee of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan who said she was fired for refusing the COVID shot.

STAT+: FDA scolds Merz over ‘misleading’ Instagram posts featuring interior designer Nate Berkus

For a fifth time this year, the FDA has scolded a pharma company for misleading marketing, this time over a Merz Pharmaceutical rival to Botox.

Scientists Fear What’s Next for Public Health if RFK Jr. Is Allowed To ‘Go Wild’

As federal health scientists await an unprecedented takeover by medical skeptics in the second Trump administration, some are said to be preparing résumés or retirement papers.

Facing a dialogue with RFK Jr., a top FDA official mounts a public defense of vaccines

Facing with a dialogue with RFK Jr., a top FDA official mounts a public defense of vaccines — and pleads for open minds.

Alarming Surge in Alcohol-Related Liver Transplants in Younger Adults

(MedPage Today) -- Rates of alcohol-induced liver disease (AILD)-related hospitalizations and liver transplants surged over the past two decades, with particularly steep increases among younger adult

Birth Control and Abortion Pill Requests Have Surged Since Trump Won the Election

(MedPage Today) -- Hours after Donald Trump was elected president for the second time, Clayton Alfonso, MD, had two messages from patients seeking to replace their intrauterine devices (IUDs).

Robert Twycross obituary

Doctor who transformed pain relief and emphasised the need for a holistic approach for patients in palliative careRobert Twycross, who has died aged 83, was a pioneering doctor in the field of palliat

British Bangladeshi men have highest rates of lung cancer in England

Oxford University research finds ‘ethnic background and social circumstances’ are crucial factors in cancer riskBritish Bangladeshi men have the highest rates of lung cancer in England, according

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