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"If we want the ACA to be sustainable -- for households, taxpayers, and insurers -- we need to modernize the subsidy architecture, not just extend it."

Read the #OpEd from Anthony LoSasso, PhD, on redesigning the ACA at: https://www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/second-opinions/118673?trw=no
Opinion | I'm a Health Economist. Here's a Plan for Congress to Lower Healthcare Costs.
A practical path to align affordability, transparency, and competition
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November 25, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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In a unified front, organizations including the AMA, IDSA, AAP, the American Academy of Family Physicians, and the American College of Physicians joined forces to sound an alarm about recent changes to the CDC website.

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'Dangerous': Medical Groups Slam CDC Changes on Vaccines and Autism
'Perpetuating misleading claims' will lead to confusion and distrust, the AMA says
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November 25, 2025 at 12:13 AM
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"We need to intervene earlier to help the greatest number of people."

Read the full #OpEd from Molly Candon, PhD, and Stephanie Cheng, MD, on acupuncture for chronic pain management at: https://www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/second-opinions/118637?trw=no
November 24, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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An artificial intelligence (AI) system outperformed radiologists in detecting pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) on routine CT scans, according to a non-inferiority, confirmatory, observational study.

Read more at: https://www.medpagetoday.com/radiology/diagnosticradiology/118656?trw=no
AI Beats Radiologists in Detecting Pancreatic Cancer on Routine CT Scans
Findings are 'important milestone' in a field where AI has yet to prove clinical use, expert says
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November 24, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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What we heard this week ⬇️

"Are you willing to do what a scientist should do and push back at orthodoxy?" -- CMS Administrator Mehmet Oz, MD, speaking to physicians at @ama-assn.org's Interim Meeting of the House of Delegates.
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'Push Back at Orthodoxy,' Dr. Oz Tells AMA's House of Delegates
Be curious, be courageous, says CMS administrator
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November 24, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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"Advisory committees are not perfect, but I've never seen one that lacks a diversity of opinion."

Read the #OpEd from National Center for Health Research president Diana Zuckerman, PhD, at: https://www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/second-opinions/118653?trw=no
Opinion | The FDA Commissioner Is Missing the Point of Advisory Committees
Makary's hand-picked panels lack diversity of opinion, robust evidence reviews, and credibility
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November 24, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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A multicomponent intervention in Malawi and Uganda reduced the risk of maternal infection and sepsis compared to usual care, a cluster-randomized trial found.
https://www.medpagetoday.com/obgyn/pregnancy/118636
Maternal Infection Risk Falls With Intervention in Low-Resource Settings
Researchers hope the intervention is scalable to other low-resource health systems
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November 23, 2025 at 11:35 PM
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Before having a heart attack, many patients were not categorized as high risk and most experienced no symptoms until right before the event, suggesting gaps in predicting who is most vulnerable, researchers said.
https://www.medpagetoday.com/cardiology/myocardialinfarction/118638
November 23, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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Babies born to French women with spondyloarthritis mostly came out just fine, a prospective cohort study indicated, although significantly more were small for gestational age than in other women's pregnancies.
https://www.medpagetoday.com/rheumatology/arthritis/118573
Study Offers Reassurance for Moms-to-Be With Spondyloarthritis
Adverse outcomes no more common than in general population, with one exception
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November 23, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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While cesarean birth rates have decreased as a whole, racial and ethnic disparities have persisted, a retrospective cohort study showed.
https://www.medpagetoday.com/obgyn/pregnancy/118589
November 23, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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More than 40% of people with hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection who met the criteria for treatment weren't receiving it, including those with advanced fibrosis or cirrhosis, according to a cross-sectional study.
https://www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdisease/hepatitis/118642
High-Risk Groups With Hepatitis B Are Going Untreated, Study Says
This 'really raises a lot of alarm bells about the patients we're missing,' researcher says
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November 23, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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Physicians and public health experts in a number of states in the mid-Atlantic region are reporting an uptick in hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD).

Read more at: https://www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdisease/generalinfectiousdisease/118631?trw=no
Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease Surging in Some States
Public health and pediatric infectious disease experts weigh in on the uptick in cases
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November 23, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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The FDA approved plozasiran (Redemplo) for the reduction of triglycerides in people with familial chylomicronemia syndrome (FCS).
https://www.medpagetoday.com/cardiology/generalcardiology/118604
Triglyceride-Lowering Drug Gets FDA Nod for Rare Genetic Disorder
The small interfering RNA therapy is approved for familial chylomicronemia syndrome
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November 23, 2025 at 5:11 AM
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The FDA announced accelerated approval of sevabertinib (Hyrnuo) for HER2-positive non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).
https://www.medpagetoday.com/hematologyoncology/lungcancer/118608
New FDA-Approved Option for HER2-Mutated Lung Cancer
Sevabertinib produced a 71% response rate in patients without prior HER2-targeted therapy
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November 23, 2025 at 12:56 AM
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Olivia Nuzzi, the political reporter who fell hard for HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and lost it all when the alleged affair came to light, reveals new details about Kennedy in her upcoming memoir.

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RFK Jr. Was 'Nauseous' About Endorsing Trump, Alleged Ex-Lover Says
He also told Olivia Nuzzi that he probably didn't have a brain worm, according to her new memoir
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November 22, 2025 at 9:37 PM
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Increasing lung cancer screening uptake to 100% among eligible individuals could more than quadruple the number of lung cancer deaths prevented and life-years gained over a 5-year period, researchers found.
https://www.medpagetoday.com/hematologyoncology/lungcancer/118599
More Lung Cancer Screening Could Prevent Over 60,000 U.S. Deaths by 2030
Only one in five eligible adults currently undergo screening
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November 22, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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Patients with osteoarthritis (OA) primarily affecting only one knee joint compartment did just as well with partial knee replacement (PKR) as with total arthroplasty after 10 years in a randomized trial -- and maybe a little bit better.
https://www.medpagetoday.com/orthopedics/orthopedics/118633
Partial vs Total Knee Replacement: Is One Superior?
Photo finish after 10 years in randomized trial, but a winner is identified
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November 22, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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Surprise! Surprisal, an information theory-based metric that gauges how unexpected a trigger is, was tied to headache occurrences, a study of migraine patients showed.
https://www.medpagetoday.com/neurology/migraines/118641
Migraine Triggers May Have an Unexpected Twist
Surprising experiences and migraine attacks are linked
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November 22, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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Among nearly 1,000 patients with lung cancer in a cohort study, only 35.1% met U.S. Preventive Services Task Force screening criteria.
https://www.medpagetoday.com/hematologyoncology/lungcancer/118632
November 22, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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For asymptomatic carotid stenosis, stenting helped prevent strokes compared with modern medical treatment whereas endarterectomy did not in the CREST-2 randomized trials.
https://www.medpagetoday.com/cardiology/atherosclerosis/118646
Asymptomatic Blocked Carotids Don't Need Surgery, Large Trial Shows
Stenting high-grade carotid stenosis did help prevent stroke or death, but experts question worth
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November 22, 2025 at 1:38 AM
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Oral food challenges for sesame allergy may result in more accurate results if crushed seeds or the sesame paste tahini are used instead of whole seeds, a retrospective review suggested.
https://www.medpagetoday.com/allergyimmunology/allergy/118591
Sesame Allergy Study Compares Oral Food Challenge Methods
Retrospective analysis finds crushed seeds or tahini may better reflect sensitivity
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November 22, 2025 at 12:47 AM
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Non-cancer-related factors were the main drivers of late cardiovascular disease (CVD) events in older, long-term cancer survivors, findings from a large cohort study suggested.
https://www.medpagetoday.com/hematologyoncology/othercancers/118569
Here's What's Driving Late Heart Events in Older Cancer Survivors
Rather than cancer treatments, risk mostly linked to age, comorbidities, and prior CVD events
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November 21, 2025 at 11:54 PM
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BREAKING via AP: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. personally directed the CDC to update its website to contradict its longtime guidance that vaccines don't cause autism, he told the New York Times in an interview published Friday.
https://www.medpagetoday.com/publichealthpolicy/washington-watch/118658
RFK Jr. Says He Personally Directed CDC's New Guidance on Vaccines and Autism
Many were surprised to see the new published guidance
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November 21, 2025 at 9:43 PM
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Treatment of moderate-to-severe Crohn's disease should prioritize early use of higher-efficacy advanced therapies rather than step-up approaches, according to a new living clinical practice guideline from the @amergastroassn.bsky.social.
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Crohn's Disease Guideline Recommends Early Use of High-Efficacy Drugs
Recommendations call for earlier objective assessment, tighter disease control
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November 21, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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Our new PopHIVE platform is on a mission to democratize data. Yale School of Public Health's Anne Zink, Daniel Weinberger, and Megan Ranney MD MPH talked to MedPage Today about just how we're doing that ⬇️
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Yale Team Wants to Democratize Data With PopHIVE
Dashboard pairs public data with EPIC, Google to fill in gaps, boost information access
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November 20, 2025 at 10:05 PM