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CMS Pushes Back on Criticism of Nursing Home Staffing Rule

Rule is needed because many nursing home patients don't get needed care, CMS administrator says

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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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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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USDA Updates Rules for School Meals That Limit Added Sugars for the First Time

Aim is to improve nutrition and align with U.S. dietary guidelines

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Dietary Interventions Beat Medication in IBS Treatment

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Infectious Disease
COVID Vaccine Study Finds Small Signal of Seizure Risk in Young Kids

Data largely reassuring, but seizure finding requires further evaluation, experts say

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Rule won't extend to health workers at "true nonprofits," and legal challenges have already begun

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New Targeted Drug Approved for Low-Grade Glioma in Kids

First systemic therapy for pediatric patients with BRAF rearrangements

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Long COVID Taste Loss May Not Involve Taste Buds

Study attempts to untangle taste and olfactory dysfunction 1 year after infection

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Brachytherapy for Prostate Cancer Linked to Higher Risk of Second Pelvic Malignancy

Risk for any second malignancy, death from any second malignancy not higher versus prostatectomy

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California Nurses Rally Against AI Tools in Healthcare

They demand hospitals take pause before rushing implementation of "untested" technologies

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A Closer Look at EMTALA, the Law at the Center of Supreme Court Abortion Arguments

Law requires doctors to stabilize or treat any patient who shows up at an emergency department

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Recent developments of interest in cardiovascular medicine

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Urology
FDA OKs First IL-15 Receptor Agonist for Early Bladder Cancer

Novel immunotherapy induced complete responses in 62% of patients with BCG-unresponsive NMIBC

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Pediatrics
Trial Opens for Former Hospital Director Accused of Sexual Abuse of Teen Patients

Attorney for Virginia physician "adamantly" denied that any inappropriate conduct occurred

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Infectious Disease
COVID Shot Boosts Mucosal Immunity in Previously Infected People

Only "traces" of spike-specific salivary antibodies found in vaccinated SARS-CoV-2-naive people

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