Lucas Franki is an associate editor for MDedge News, and has been with the company since 2014. He has a BA in English from Penn State University and is an Eagle Scout.
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The Poké-sulcus, interchangeable hipsters, and worm PTSD
And please keep your donor organs inside the aircraft at all times.
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FDA approves Qternmet XR as adjunct therapy for glycemic improvement in type 2 diabetes
FDA approval is based on results from a pair of phase 3 trials that tested different combinations of dapagliflozin and saxagliptin.
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FDA approves Vyndaqel, Vyndamax for amyloidosis-based heart disease
After a mean of 30 months, patients who received tafamidis meglumine had a higher survival rate and a lower number of cardiovascular-related...
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FDA approves first vaccine for prevention of dengue disease
Dengue is endemic in four U.S. territories.
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FDA approves ivosidenib frontline for certain AML patients
The expanded approval means that ivosidenib can be used first-line for acute myeloid leukemia patients with an IDH1 mutation who are not eligible...
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Only 1.5% of individuals at high risk of opioid overdose receive naloxone
“Clinicians can address this gap by regularly prescribing naloxone to eligible patients.”
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Empty words, Captain Bacteria, and the perils of vampire facials
Plus, never trust a man’s beard that a dog doesn’t like.
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Patient education material often fails to meet readability standards
Measures such as the addition of glossaries to define words and visuals to illustrate complex procedures would be helpful for reading...
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8-week yoga wellness program feasible, beneficial in ob.gyn trainees
A yoga-based wellness program was associated with reductions in blood pressure and measures of depersonalization in a pilot study of ob.gyn....
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FDA approves new etanercept biosimilar, Eticovo
Eticovo (etanercept-ykro) is the second FDA-approved etanercept biosimilar after Erelzi (etanercept-szzs).
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ICYMI: NIH renames, streamlines gene therapy committee
The Recombinant DNA Advisory Committee will now be known as the Novel and Exceptional Technology and Research Advisory Committee.
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Gaps exist in rotavirus vaccination coverage in young U.S. children
Twenty-nine percent of U.S. children under age 36 months likely are not fully vaccinated against rotavirus vaccine.
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Texans’ rattler diet, recycled humans, and, ahem, Puber
Plus, can Stan Lee’s cinematic oeuvre cure arachnophobia?
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Soft bedding most common source of accidental suffocation in infants
In deaths attributed to soft bedding, almost half occurred while the infant was in an adult bed, and almost all occurred while the infant was in a...
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Ixekizumab posts positive results in phase 3 nr-axSpA trial
The safety profile of ixekizumab was broadly similar to what has been seen in previous phase 3 trials, Eli Lilly reports.