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By Robin Foster HealthDay ReporterTHURSDAY, Nov. 7, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Four cases of the more infectious variant of mpox have been reported in the U.K., making it the first cluster of infections that have surfaced outside of Africa.British authorities announced the first case in that country last week, saying the …

By Ernie Mundell HealthDay ReporterTHURSDAY, Nov. 7, 2024 (HealthDay News) — More than a year after its advisory panel unanimously declared the drug phenylephrine to be useless against nasal congestion, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is proposing that it be removed from common over-the-counter decongestants.Products that include phenylephrine as …

Moderate reduction seen with 80 minutes of moderate-intensity exercise per week

By Robin Foster HealthDay ReporterTHURSDAY, Nov. 7, 2024 (HealthDay News) — The head of the company that makes the diabetes and obesity drugs Ozempic and Wegovy has warned that compounded versions of the active ingredient in those medications have now been linked to at least 100 hospitalizations and 10 deaths.“Honestly, …

Six high-risk clusters were identified with respect to county-level melanoma rate

Significant improvements seen in primary end points with T-TEER for patients with symptomatic, severe tricuspid regurgitation

Medication abortion before confirmed intrauterine pregnancy is noninferior to standard, delayed treatment for complete abortion

Various standard clinical variables measured by clinicians analyzed to determine scope of machine learning techniques in predicting IDH

Sleep-related daytime dysfunction significantly associated with MCR in fully adjusted models

Authors say this classification has the potential to minimize overtreatment and undertreatment