Will the Coming Cuts to Medicaid Spare the 'Truly Needy'?
(MedPage Today) — Based on prior history, cuts to federal healthcare programs as part of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) and the expiration of Affordable Care Act (ACA)...
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Vision-Threatening Forms of Diabetic Retinal Disease Have Plummeted
(MedPage Today) — DENVER — Prevalence of diabetic retinal disease (DRD) declined modestly over a 20-year period, while severe forms dropped substantially, a large retrospective cohort study showed. Overall, the...
Giuliani Hospitalized; 3 Dead in Suspected Outbreak; Abortion Back at...
(MedPage Today) — Note that some links may require registration or subscription. Former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani, 81, was hospitalized for an unknown reason and is in critical...
Racial Differences Persist for Menopause Hormone Therapy Prescriptions
(MedPage Today) — WASHINGTON — Rates of menopause hormone therapy significantly differed by racial group, a retrospective cohort study found. Non-Hispanic white patients had the highest utilization of menopause hormone...
Most Infection-Related Maternal Mortality Is Preventable, Study Says
(MedPage Today) — WASHINGTON — Infection remains a top cause of maternal mortality with most infection-related maternal deaths being preventable, a descriptive study of Maternal Mortality Review Committee (MMRC) data...
'Oh, It Gets Worse. We've Seen Worse': What We Heard...
(MedPage Today) — “At one point one of the doctors said, “It doesn’t get worse than that.” I’m like, oh, it gets worse. We’ve seen worse.” — Nikki Zite, MD,...
NPF Primer: GLP-1s Worth Considering as Adjunct for Select Psoriasis...
(MedPage Today) — GLP-1 receptor agonists represent a “biologically plausible and clinically intriguing adjunct” to psoriasis therapy for selected patients, authors of a National Psoriasis Foundation (NPF) “primer” concluded. The...
I Was Told I Had 6 Months to Live. That...
(MedPage Today) — Twenty years ago, I was told I likely had 6 months to live. I was 22 when I had a seizure and woke up on the floor...
Unpacking Higher Cancer Rates in Young Adults; Increasing Vaccine Uptake
(MedPage Today) — TTHealthWatch is a weekly podcast from Texas Tech. In it, Elizabeth Tracey, director of electronic media for Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore, and Rick Lange, MD, president...
Telemedicine Visits Tied to Fewer Antibiotics for Respiratory Infections
(MedPage Today) — Kids seen by primary care clinicians for acute respiratory tract infections were prescribed antibiotics less often during telemedicine appointments, without a rebound in prescribing or visits afterward,...
