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Pseudoscience Royal Rumble: Doc vs The Rock

Celebs who tout "harmless" quack therapies may still be doing harm

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Sale Aimed at Saving Chicago Safety Net Hospital OK'd

But activists and community leaders remain wary of rushed process

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Op-Ed: Blood Cancer Patients Need More COVID Vax Answers

Patients are left wondering, "will I be protected?"

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Safety Reassurance for Major Class of Diabetes Drugs

Pooled trial data show no link to breast cancer

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Nurse Unhooked Patient's Oxygen; Sneaky Code Hides Prices; HIV Surges in W.Va.

This past week in healthcare investigations

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Op-Ed: Be the One to Uplift Your Patients

It's not how much you know, but how much you care

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Little Benefit With Adjuvant Therapy for High-Risk Endometrial Cancer

Chemo prevented relapse but did not improve survival, no benefit from radiotherapy

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Transgender Youth at Risk for Poorer Heart Health

Association could be attributed to gender-affirming hormone therapy, researcher says

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Serious Infections Still Common in Vasculitis

Cyclophosphamide induction was riskier than rituximab

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Maintenance Semaglutide Keeps Shedding the Pounds

Continued weight loss beyond 1 year while on drug; patients switched to placebo gained it back

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Androgen Receptor Inhibitor Active in Endometrial Cancer

SGO: Apatinib for platinum-resistant ovarian cancer, pembrolizumab for advanced vulvar cancer

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Hyperglycemia Better Predictor of Severe COVID-19 Than Diabetes

Study looked at hospitalized patient outcomes during early months of the pandemic

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Just How Common Is Readmission for Diabetic Ketoacidosis?

Very -- in fact, "quite alarming," researcher says

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Op-Ed: Corn Money is Expanding America's Waistline

Dear AMA, please lobby for investment in healthy produce

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Op-Ed: Yes, Women Can Have Heart Disease Too

Better research can help us understand gender differences and save lives

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Small Molecule Inhibitor Shows Promise in Resistant Ovarian Cancer

Responses in 37% of patients with AVB-500, higher without prior bevacizumab

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'They Stopped Treating and the Effect Persisted': What We Heard This Week

Quotable quotes from 番茄社区's sources

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Op-Ed: Primary Care and Specialty Ping Pong

Let's put an end to bureaucratic medicine and treat the patient in front of us

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PARP Inhibitor Tops Chemo for Recurrent BRCA Ovarian Cancer

Modest improvement in PFS with rucaparib but worse outcome for reversion mutation

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A New (More Hopeful) Normal in Medicine?

Renew your faith in the abundance of living

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Stroke Thrombectomy: 6-Hour Threshold Not So Relevant?

Pooled trial analysis supports move to imaging-based criteria

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Ethics Consult: Liver Transplant for Alcoholic Baseball Legend?

You make the call

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What to Tell Patients With Rheumatic/Musculoskeletal Diseases About COVID Vaccines

New guidance from the American College of Rheumatology

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Op-Ed: Mind the Ketamine Education Gap

Better training can prevent adverse outcomes in psychiatric patients

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Stroke Care: Some Progress on Racial Disparities

But substantial gaps remain

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Adjustable Stent Retriever Passes Muster

Novel device offers better grip on clots in LVO strokes

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COVID Outcomes Worse for MS Patients With Mobility Problems

North American study also finds higher risk with certain treatments

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Intermediate-Dose Clot Prevention Flops for Severe COVID

Prophylactic anticoagulation reigns in the ICU

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'COVID-to-COVID' Double Lung Transplant Performed

Northwestern calls February procedure a success, opens door to more

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Novel Vasoregulator Explored for Acute Ischemic Strokes

Early results may signal benefit for those not treated with thrombectomy

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No Help From Extra Hydration to Prevent Post-ERCP Pancreatitis

Trial may settle whether aggressive, laborious procedure is justified

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Don't Ditch the tPA in Stroke Thrombectomy Yet

Direct endovascular therapy dealt a blow in MR CLEAN-NO IV

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Hyperthyroid Patients Fare Just as Well After Total Thyroidectomy

Rate of certain complications were similar to euthyroid patients

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Acupuncture Tops Usual Care for Pain in Cancer Survivors

Two types of acupuncture proved superior, with one better than the other

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Time to Stop Routine Anesthesia for Stroke Thrombectomy?

Neurologists debate pandemic-related guidelines

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COVID-19 Treatments: What's In, What's Out

A look at which treatments are effective -- and which aren't

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C3 Inhibitor Prevails in Trial of Rare Hemoglobinuria

Improvement in hemoglobin, transfusion independence with pegcetacoplan for PNH

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Vasculitis Rates Rise With Earth's Latitude

Highest rates for giant cell arteritis seen in Scandinavia, lowest in Hong Kong

Health Systems See Opportunity in Mission Health Exodus

As physicians leave North Carolina non-profit, competing systems are broadening their footprints

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AstraZeneca Vax Flops Against South African Variant in Early Trial

But jury still out as to whether it prevents severe disease from the variant

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