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Sexual Orientation Among Female Nurses Tied to Premature Death

Mortality risk highest in bisexual participants of the Nurses' Health Study II

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Warning Letters Safely Lowered Antipsychotic Prescribing in Dementia

Agitation, reactive behaviors remained steady while quetiapine prescribing was reduced

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Time to next treatment reduced in mutant tumors with CDK4/6 inhibitor plus aromatase inhibitor

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Uveitis History Linked to Recurrence After COVID Vaccination

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More Cases of Asthma, COPD, Hypertension After Military Burn Pit Exposure

Ask veterans with symptoms if they were deployed to bases with open burn pits, says expert

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Pediatrics
Most Expectant Moms Say They're Likely to Get Maternal RSV Vaccine

But one in five soon-to-be parents said they had never even heard of RSV, survey finds

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Emergency Medicine
Supreme Court Justices Appear Divided on EMTALA Case

Issue centers around an Idaho abortion ban with no exception for the pregnant person's health

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Oncology/Hematology
High Deep-Remission Rate With Triple Regimen for Relapsed/Refractory CLL

Undetectable disease rate over 90%, ctDNA also promising for earlier detection of recurrence

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CAR-T Plus Stem-Cell Transplant Promising for CD7+ Blood Cancers

"All-in-one" approach appears safe, effective, in patients with relapsed/refractory disease

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Pediatrics
No Best Nutrition Strategy for Most Preemies Waiting to Breastfeed

Trial in moderate to late preterm infants comparing a variety of common methods finds no winner

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Nixing the X Waiver Hasn't Yet Vastly Expanded Buprenorphine Access

The change boosted the number of prescribers, but only modestly increased new prescriptions

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Transplantation
Too Ill for Typical Transplants, Woman Gets a Pig Kidney and Heart Pump Instead

Surgery marks sixth human xenotransplant performed at NYU Langone Health

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CBT Beats Mindfulness for Prolonged Grief Disorder

Both interventions reduced symptoms in newly defined syndrome

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Urology
FDA Approves New Option for Uncomplicated UTIs in Women

Antibiotic widely used in other countries now available in the U.S.

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The Most Intimidating Test I've Ever Taken: The Anesthesia Oral Boards

Max Feinstein, MD, on his experience and tips for those about to take the boards

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Surgery
Think Twice Before Excising Bursa in Shoulder Surgery

Might doing so actually worsen outcomes?

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Pediatrics
High-Dose Vit A Fails Again for Serious Lung Disease in Premature Infants

Another trial of enteral supplementation is unable to reduce bronchopulmonary dysplasia rates

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Cardiology
Does Ejection Fraction Make or Break Afib Ablation in Heart Failure Patients?

Survival benefit does not extend to HFpEF group, meta-analysis suggests

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Men Too: Sexual Harassment in the Operating Room

The fear and anxiety that come with harassment cross all boundaries

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We are going to be as ready as any government or organization could possibly be, says NIH leader

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Our culture rejects self-criticism, censors frank discussion, and too often hides misconduct

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When a Revolutionary Cancer Treatment Causes Cancer

The potential benefits of CAR T-cell therapies still far outweigh the risks