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Potassium Binder Cuts Hyperkalemia Risk in HF Patients on Spironolactone

(MedPage Today) -- CHICAGO -- Treatment with the potassium binder sodium zirconium cyclosilicate (SZC; Lokelma) stabilized potassium levels among patients with heart failure with reduced ejection f

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What It's Like to Win an Ig Nobel; Oxygen Company Too Big to Ban? AI Cuts Care

(MedPage Today) -- Welcome to the latest edition of Investigative Roundup, highlighting some of the best investigative reporting on healthcare each week.

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STAT+: RFK Jr. is exploring a plan to upend Medicare’s physician payments system

The idea would reduce the role played by the American Medical Association in determining how much doctors get paid

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Sacubitril/Valsartan Curbs Cardiotoxicity From Chemotherapy

(MedPage Today) -- CHICAGO -- Sacubitril/valsartan (Entresto) was effective at keeping cardiotoxicity at bay in high-risk people receiving anthracycline chemotherapy in the SARAH trial.

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Holiday Gatherings After the Election Don’t Have to Be Contentious

How to avoid a contentious family holiday after the big election.

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Diane Coleman, 71, Dies; Fiercely Opposed the Right-to-Die Movement

Her fight for disability rights included founding a group called Not Dead Yet, which protested the work of Dr. Jack Kevorkian and others.

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What to know about Dr. Oz, Trump’s pick to head CMS

Today's health news includes Mehmet Oz as Trump's pick to oversee Medicare and Medicaid, rising alcohol deaths, and more.

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STAT+: What records? Chinese company refuses to let FDA inspectors review documents or machinery

The FDA maintained that employees refused to provide complete validation reports and production records for a medicine

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Nearly All Vermonters Have Health Insurance, but Care Is Tough To Find

Almost all people have health insurance in Vermont, a state famed for its maple syrup and Ben & Jerry’s ice cream, yet residents pay the nation’s highest insurance premiums for individual cove

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Investors tell Silence Therapeutics to shush 

Silence Therapeutics presented what seemed like positive data on zerlasiran, its experimental drug for reducing cardiovascular risk. Then, its stock fell 36%.

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