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Radon Exposure Tied to Higher Risk for Childhood Leukemia

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Findings seen even for exposure below the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency guidelines

Biden Administration Uses Wartime Powers to Help Restart IV Fluid Plant in North Carolina

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By Robin Foster HealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, Oct. 16, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- Following hurricane damage that shuttered a North Carolina plant that makes 60% of...

Poll Finds Public Fears Over RSV Have Eased, Although It Remains a Threat

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By Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, Oct. 16, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- Public concerns about contracting RSV (respiratory syncytial virus) have significantly declined during the...

Diabetes, High BMI, Previous Metformin Common in Teens With Rx for GLP-1 RAs

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Prescriptions for GLP-1 RAs less common among White teens versus Black, Hispanic teens

Risk for Most Cardiovascular Events Reduced After COVID-19 Vaccination

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Increased risk for myocarditis, pericarditis seen one to two weeks after COVID-19 mRNA vaccination

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FDA Approves Itovebi for Locally Advanced, Metastatic Breast Cancer

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Approval is for endocrine-resistant, PIK3CA-mutated, HR-positive, HER2-negative disease

Substantial Mortality Benefits Expected From Optimal Medication Use for HFrEF

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1,188,277 deaths could potentially be prevented over 12 months with optimal implementation of quadruple guideline-directed medical therapy

IOTA ADNEX at 10 Percent Has Higher Sensitivity for Ovarian Cancer

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Sensitivity higher, but some loss seen in specificity, when compared with Risk of Malignancy 1 index at threshold of 250

Disparities Observed in Mortality During COVID-19 Pandemic

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18.3 percent fewer deaths would have occurred had the rate of excess mortality seen in Whites been the same in total population

Rate of Layperson-Administered Naloxone Increased From 2020 to 2022

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Overall, though, naloxone administration rates decreased 6.1 percent during the study period

Progression-Free Survival Improved With Nivolumab + AVD in Hodgkin Lymphoma

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Longer progression-free survival seen with nivolumab + doxorubicin, vinblastine, and dacarbazine (AVD) versus brentuximab vedotin + AVD

Risk for Type 2 Diabetes Increased for Children After SARS-CoV-2 Infection

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Risk increased in the six months after infection; elevated risk also seen in subpopulation with overweight, obesity and hospitalized patients

Ultraprocessed Food Intake Accounts for More Than Half of Kids’ Energy Intake

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Higher ultraprocessed food intake tied to higher intakes of free sugar and sodium

Gut Flora Differs in Patients With Epilepsy and Cognitive Dysfunction

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Collinsella, Oscillospirales, and Ruminococcaceae have a greater impact on epilepsy with cognitive dysfunction

IDSA: 1999 to 2019 Saw Decrease in Sepsis-Related Mortality Rate in Children

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Non-Hispanic Black to non-Hispanic White sepsis-related mortality ratio was 2.7, which did not change over time