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DoJ refuses to challenge Texas ACA ruling
By not taking action, the Justice department allows a ruling to stand that effectively renders the Affordable Care Act unconstitutional.
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Swedish strategies improve survival for premature infants
The 1-year survival with no major morbidity improved significantly between the two time periods, from 32% to 38%.
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FDA panel leans toward more robust breast implant surveillance
SILVER SPRING, MD. – Amid concern over two breast implant complications – anaplastic large cell lymphoma and autoimmune symptoms – an FDA panel...
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Hormones taken by transgender female teens affect fat levels, muscle mass
NEW ORLEANS – Insulin resistance was similar to that of a control female population in this pilot study.
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Gender wage gap varies by specialty
Average earnings for women and men in 2018 were closest for hematology.
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Algorithm ruled out PE, averts radiation exposure in pregnant women
Only one deep-vein thrombosis and no pulmonary embolism occurred in 3 months of follow-up in nearly 500 women.
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Brachytherapy access may mediate poor cervical cancer survival in blacks
“This is the first study, to our knowledge, to show such an interaction between race and survival being mediated by one particular treatment...
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Study explores third-line trabectedin plus PLD for BRCA1/2 ovarian cancer
Adding trabectedin to PLD significantly prolonged OS and PFS in BRCA1/2 patients with advanced epithelial OC, according to a prespecified phase 3...
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No birth rate gains from levothyroxine in pregnancy
Levothyroxine treatment for women with thyroid peroxidase antibiotics before conception does not appear to increase the live birth rate.
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FDA chief calls for stricter scrutiny of electronic health records
The government spent more than $36 billion over 10 years to switch to digital records. In that time, thousands of reports of deaths, injuries, and...
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FDA committee advises status quo for blood supply Zika testing