Greater reduction seen in LDL-C; reductions also seen in all-cause mortality, major adverse CV events, stroke incidence
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Many Women Undergo Annual Mammography, Despite Biennial Screening Recommendations
75.2 percent of those reporting mammography screening in past two years reported screening in the past year
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By I. Edwards HealthDay ReporterFRIDAY, March 28, 2025 (HealthDay News) — As a measles outbreak spreads across the United States, doctors are now seeing a new and unexpected danger: Children getting sick from taking too much vitamin A.At Covenant Children’s Hospital in Lubbock, Texas, several unvaccinated children showed signs of …
Read More »Trump Administration to Cut 10,000 Health and Human Services Jobs
By I. Edwards HealthDay ReporterFRIDAY, March 28, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The Trump administration will lay off 10,000 workers at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of a major reorganization, officials announced Thursday.The changes reflect efforts to cut the size of the federal government and …
Read More »Organ Transplant Patient Dies After Contracting Rabies
By I. Edwards HealthDay ReporterFRIDAY, March 28, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A Michigan resident has died after receiving an organ transplant infected with rabies, state health officials said Wednesday.The patient got the transplant at an Ohio hospital in December and passed away the following month.The exact type of organ and …
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90 percent of patients satisfied with remote patient monitoring
Read More »Longer PSA Monitoring in Patients With Persistent PSA May Reduce Overtreatment
Authors say PSA level should be assessed for at least three months after radical prostatectomy for prostate cancer to accurately document persistent PSA
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Most patients who died after withdrawal of life-sustaining therapy were considered to have recovery potential of at least 1 percent
Read More »Pelabresib Plus Ruxolitinib Improves Underlying Myelofibrosis
In a recent study, significantly more patients receiving the combination therapy met primary end point of reduction in spleen volume of ≥35 percent from baseline
Read More »Use of Parallel Transmit 7T MRI Changes Management for Epilepsy Surgery
Lesions were better visualized on pTx than circularly polarized MRI in 57 percent of cases and were never better visualized on circularly polarized MRI
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