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Alternative to Anti-VEGF Shows Safety, Efficacy in Diabetic Macular Edema
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/115xxx/115290.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- A single intravitreal injection of UBX1325 (foselutoclax), a novel senolytic small molecule inhibitor, had a tolerable safety profile and "trends suggestive of potential efficacy" in patients with diabetic macular edema (DME...


MedPod Today: DOJ's Med Journal Letters; Supreme Court Hears ACA Case; More HHS Cuts
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/115xxx/115282.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- The following is a transcript of the podcast episode: Rachael Robertson: Hey everybody, welcome to MedPod Today, the podcast series where MedPage Today reporters share deeper insight into the week's biggest healthcare stories...


Funding for Pivotal Women's Health Study Restored After Outcry
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/115xxx/115281.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- In a lightning quick reversal, the Trump administration has reportedly restored funding for the pivotal Women's Health Initiative (WHI). Yesterday evening -- hours after MedPage Today reported on HHS's decision to cut funding...


ACA's Preventive Services Mandate: What's at Stake?
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/115xxx/115280.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- Since its enactment in 2010, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) has afforded millions of people access to comprehensive and affordable health insurance -- improving their health and financial security. Despite this, the ACA has...


Popular Juice Recalled; Make Measles Endemic Again? HHS Denies Autism Registry
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/115xxx/115274.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- Note that some links may require registration or subscription. MedPage Today is collecting stories of HHS staffers across all agencies affected by Trump administration cuts. If you want to share your story, please email MPT_Editorial...


This Common, Safe Drug Relieved Osteoarthritis Pain in Randomized Trial
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/115xxx/115268.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- The diabetes drug metformin provided overweight/obese patients with osteoarthritis (OA) of the knee with significantly greater pain relief than did placebo in a small randomized trial, researchers said. After 6 months of treatment...


$5K Birth Reward in Talks; Zepbound Lawsuits; Varenicline for Vape Cessation
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/115xxx/115255.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- Note that some links may require registration or subscription. MedPage Today is collecting stories of HHS staffers across all agencies affected by Trump administration cuts. If you want to share your story, please email MPT_Editorial...


Young-Onset Dementia Risk Rises With Metabolic Syndrome
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/115xxx/115253.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- The risk of young-onset dementia -- dementia before age 65 -- was higher in people with metabolic syndrome, a nationwide population-based study in Korea showed. Across nearly 2 million people with a mean age of 49, metabolic...


Antiviral Reduced Transmission of Influenza to Close Contacts
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/115xxx/115238.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- A single dose of the antiviral baloxavir marboxil (Xofluza) led to a lower incidence of influenza virus transmission to household contacts compared with placebo, a phase IIIb randomized trial showed. Five days after receiving...


Antibiotic Candidate for Lyme Disease Boosts Hope for Custom Approach
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/115xxx/115249.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- In the realm of Lyme disease research, one antibiotic emerged as being highly effective for treatment of acute infection, and early-stage data lent credence to one theory for the pathobiology of persistent symptoms. First, researchers...


FDA to Phase Out Petroleum-Based Food Dyes
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/115xxx/115235.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- The FDA will phase out petroleum-based food dyes in the coming months, FDA and HHS officials said Tuesday. "For the last 50 years, American children have increasingly been living in a toxic soup of synthetic chemicals," FDA...


Risk-Based Vaccination Strategies Can Build Back Public Trust
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/115xxx/115232.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- Last week, the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) resumed its meeting schedule following a concerning February postponement. The committee discussed, among other items on the 2-day agenda, recommendations...


The Truth About Electrolytes, According to a Nephrologist
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/115xxx/115231.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- Welcome to Culture Clinic, MedPage Today's collaboration with Northwell Health to offer a healthcare professional's take on the latest viral medical topics. In an aisle where sports drinks like Gatorade once reigned supreme...


Fact-Checking RFK Jr.'s Claims About Measles, Autism, and Diet
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/115xxx/115227.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- In just 2 months as the federal health secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has made sweeping changes to HHS -- and its priorities. He's dismissed 10,000 public health workers, met with state governors who want to restrict unhealthy...


Autism Science Leader Reacts to RFK Jr.'s Misinformation
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/115xxx/115223.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- In this MedPage Today video, Alycia Halladay, PhD, chief science officer at the Autism Science Foundation, responds to inaccurate claims made by HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. during his April 16 press conference about the...


Novel Smoking Cessation Drug Clears Last Hurdle Before FDA
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/115xxx/115221.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- The novel plant-based alkaloid cytisinicline safely helped smokers quit, a confirmatory phase III trial affirmed. In the ORCA-3 trial, cytisinicline increased biochemically confirmed abstinence nearly threefold compared with...


SCOTUS Gives Mixed Signals on ACA's Preventive Care Coverage Mandate
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/115xxx/115218.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- The word "independence" was heavily featured in Monday's oral argument before the Supreme Court on a case questioning the legitimacy of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) requirement that insurers cover certain preventive services...


Medicaid Often Restricts Access to Heart-Protective Diabetes Agents
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/115xxx/115216.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- Medicaid plans often put up barriers around newer classes of diabetes medications that offer cardioprotection, according to a national study of formulary policies as of March 2024. Mainly driven by restrictive formulary policies...


More Pharmacies Offer to Speed Prescription Deliveries to Customers
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/115xxx/115215.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- America's two largest retailers want to deliver prescriptions to your doorstep in as little as a few hours. Amazon and Walmart are undergoing national expansions in same-day prescription deliveries. They're joining a trend that...


Common Intervention Lowers Dementia Risk, Trial Shows
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/115xxx/115214.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- Reducing hypertension dropped dementia risk by 15% in the open-label China Rural Hypertension Control phase III (CRHC-3) trial of nearly 34,000 people. At 48 months, all-cause dementia among people with high blood pressure was...


I'm in Medical School to Practice Healthcare Not 'Sick Care'
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/115xxx/115205.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- America does not have a healthcare system. I pulled back the curtain and saw a woman in her early 60s lying in the hospital bed. She looked emaciated -- sunken eyes, a thin, narrow face, and quick, shallow breaths. Her husband...