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Stroke Prevention Guideline Adds Recs for GLP-1 Drugs, Gender-Affirming Care

Recommendation updates also address social determinants of health

Oct 21, 2024
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Case Against Perioperative Beta-Blockers Grows Stronger

Excess postoperative strokes, and accompanying racial disparities, tied to any beta-blocker use

Oct 20, 2024
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Patients Are Relying on Lyft, Uber to Travel Far Distances to Medical Care

Some are calling for states to subsidize the expensive trips for rural residents

Oct 20, 2024
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Opinion
Women and Children First -- Or Not

A look at the presidential candidates' records on maternal and child health

Oct 19, 2024
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New Estimates Show Over 4 Million People in the U.S. Have Glaucoma

Black adults roughly twice as likely as white adults to be affected

Oct 17, 2024
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Lawmakers Pan DEA's Leaked Plans for Telehealth

Meanwhile, a third extension of current rules is in the works

Oct 16, 2024
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People With HIV Can Safely Receive Kidneys From Donors With HIV

U.S. study findings should help squash "remaining doubts" about safety, researcher says

Oct 16, 2024
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Opinion
Female Genital Mutilation Happens in America, Too

Physicians must partner with their patients to provide appropriate care

Oct 14, 2024
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Experts Highlight Alarming Jump in HIV Infections Among Latinos

In a perspective piece, they argue that more equitable resource allocation is needed

Oct 11, 2024
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Excess Deaths Highest Among Younger Minorities During COVID Pandemic

Racial, ethnic disparities in all-cause excess deaths worst among those ages 25 to 64

Oct 11, 2024
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FDA's Promised Guidance on Pulse Oximeters Unlikely to End Decades of Racial Bias

Devices three times as likely to miss dangerously low blood oxygen in Black patients

Oct 10, 2024
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Opinion
Marburg Virus' Latest Eruption

A veteran fighter against hemorrhagic fevers shares candid thoughts

Oct 10, 2024
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Opinion
To Improve Indigenous Health, Expand Community Health Aide Programs

Ensuring care access for remote communities is essential

Oct 09, 2024
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CMS Unveils Sample $2 Generic Drug List for Medicare Part D Enrollees

But experts are skeptical the list would have much impact

Oct 09, 2024
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