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Amid new implementation guidelines from the American Society of Addiction Medicine on improving substance use disorder care, some successful hospital addiction medicine programs have leaned on multidisciplinary consult teams.
Read full article →A House Democrat seeking reelection is selling Zyn-inspired campaign merchandise, leaning into an association with the explosively popular nicotine pouches that have devotees among the Trump administration. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D-Wash.) is selling a $50 "GLUE-ZYN-KAMP" storage tin on…
Read full article →New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D) on Tuesday released records related to the city government’s response to worsened air quality after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, saying city leaders “lied” about how safe it was to breathe. Mamdani’s…
Read full article →The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to intervene in a lawsuit brought by a New York mother who wanted to send her child to kindergarten while a challenge over the state’s vaccine requirements continues to play out. The mother, identified…
Read full article →Senate and House Democrats say the Trump administration’s plan to collect patients’ medical data violates privacy and will discourage people from seeking medical care.
Read full article →The FDA warned a supplier of active pharma ingredients about residue on walls, a corroded product line, and open-toed sandals at its facility. It also included photos.
Read full article →Pediatrician Rupa Narra of Doctors Without Borders talks about the challenges of treating children with Ebola, especially because their fatality rate is so high.
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- A gender gap long seen in the suicide rates of 10- to 14-year-olds in the U.S. has tightened, new research indicated. In 2017, the suicide rate of boys was twice that of girls (3.28 vs 1.66 per…
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- Men predisposed to androgenetic alopecia had a higher risk of hair loss when using GLP-1 drugs, a Mendelian randomization study suggested. (Journal of Investigative Dermatology) Truveta data indicated a 19% increase in GLP-1...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- In "Beyond Diagnosis: Multiple Myeloma," Cleveland Clinic hematologist Sandra Mazzoni, DO, and host John Mangels continue their discussions on communicating effectively and empathetically with patients facing a complex, chronic...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- Lower plasma iron and higher plasma selenium levels were each tied to a greater risk of dementia, data from National Alzheimer's Coordinating Center participants showed. (Alzheimer's & Dementia: Diagnosis, Assessment &...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- Menopausal hormone therapy (MHT) may have heart benefits for some women with vasomotor symptoms, though effects vary by timing of initiation and race, a target trial emulation of observational data suggested. Among perimenopausal...
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