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More vitamin D not better for reducing cancer or CVD incidence
The findings may be influenced by the fact that most participants had sufficient vitamin D levels at baseline.
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What does a pig-to-human heart transplant mean for medicine?
It was brilliant and courageous, ‘but it’s always in the implementation that we have to hold our breath,’ says a prominent specialist.
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Pig heart successfully transplanted to man
It’s the first successful transplant of a genetically modified animal heart into a human, in this case a 57-year-old man with no other treatment...
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COVID-vaccine myocarditis: Rare, mild, and usually in young men
Should myocarditis be a concern as mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccines are authorized in ever-younger age groups?
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Asthma treatment does not appear to raise risk of neuropsychiatric disease
The FDA has previously warned of the risk for neuropsychiatric drug reactions for leukotriene receptor antagonists – including a boxed warning for...
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Low BMI, weight loss predict mortality risk in ILD
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COVID-19, sure, but what else will we remember 2021 for?
A majority of respondents chose COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy or refusal as the medical news or event that frustrated them in 2021.
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What causes cancer? There’s a lot we don’t know
Obesity status over time may be more relevant to cancer risk than one-off measures.
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Califf plans work on opioids, accelerated approvals on return to FDA
In emphasizing the need for continued efforts to address risks of painkillers, Biden’s FDA nominee cites his relatives’ experience in getting 30-...
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AMA, hospital group sue federal government over surprise billing law
The rule’s approach to surprise billing would “all but ensure that hospitals, physicians, and other providers will routinely be undercompensated...