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(MedPage Today) — In 2012, approximately 255 million opioid prescriptions were written in the U.S. At the time, prescribers may have thought these drugs were safe and effective, but in...
(MedPage Today) — This year’s Match Day proved rough for two groups: family medicine and noncitizen international medical graduates (IMGs), according to data from the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP)....
(MedPage Today) — Offering human papillomavirus (HPV) self-testing in primary care appears to boost cervical cancer screening rates compared with usual care, a cluster-randomized trial in New Zealand showed. A...
(MedPage Today) — The Independent Autism Coordinating Committee (ACC) — a group formed in response to HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s recent overhaul of the federal Interagency Autism Coordinating...
(MedPage Today) — Four U.S. states that mandated more frequent syphilis screening during pregnancy and at delivery had increased case detection rates, but the effect waned in the year after...
(MedPage Today) — The FDA approved linerixibat (Lynavoy) as the first drug indicated for cholestatic pruritus stemming from primary biliary cholangitis (PBC), drugmaker GSK announced on Thursday. PBC is a...
(MedPage Today) — Welcome to Culture Clinic, MedPage Today’s collaboration with Northwell Health to offer a healthcare professional’s take on the latest viral medical topics. Getting your hair washed at...
(MedPage Today) — Older adults with type 1 or type 2 diabetes had a higher risk of dementia, a U.S. prospective cohort study found. Compared with people without diabetes, older...
(MedPage Today) — Medicare coverage of targeted disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (DMARDs) for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) — both under Medicare Advantage and in separate Part D plans — is likely to...
(MedPage Today) — The FDA approved the Trilogy Transcatheter Heart Valve System for the treatment of symptomatic severe aortic regurgitation, device maker JenaValve Technology announced. This approval makes Trilogy the...
