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Israeli drone strike kills Hamas ‘weapons supplier’ 25 miles inside Lebanon
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 1 day agoLebanese media showed an image of the blackened wreckage of the vehicle, still in flames. The IDF...
CMS Star Ratings Unreliable for Surgical Quality?
MedPage Today· 6 days agoIn an analysis of 3,240 CMS star-rated hospitals, 30-day mortality rates fell from 6.80% for 1-star hospitals to 4.93% for 5-star hospitals (adjusted OR...
Meal replacement plus financial incentives found to be beneficial for teens with obesity
Medical Xpress· 5 days agoFor adolescents with severe obesity, meal replacement therapy (MRT) plus financial incentives (FIs)...
FDA’s Sarepta decision could represent ‘new way of thinking’ for agency - Boston Business Journal
The Business Journals· 3 hours agoThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s recent decision to expand approval for a Cambridge company’s controversial gene therapy could signal a changing approach to how the federal agency deals ...
CMS hospital star ratings offer limited measure of surgical quality
Medical Xpress· 4 days agoAlthough the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) star ratings are associated with adverse...
Intermittent fasting over two days can help people with Type 2 diabetes
Washington Post via Yahoo News· 2 days agoIntermittent fasting can help people with Type 2 diabetes lose weight, lower blood pressure and...
New study suggests ditching BMI for 'roundness'-based system
Fox News via Yahoo News· 22 hours agoA recent study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association suggests that a body...
Alzheimer's Risk Higher If Mom Had Memory Problems
MedPage Today· 7 days agoMaternal history of memory impairment was associated with increased PET amyloid in asymptomatic older adults whether the mother's onset was early or...
As they enter their 60s, Gen Xers projected to see higher cancer rates than Boomers
NPR· 3 days agoIf current cancer trends continue, the paper published this month in JAMA Network Open concludes, “cancer incidence in the U.S. could remain unacceptably high for decades ...
Pot use seems to contribute to more severe cases of COVID-19, study finds
UPI· 2 days agoLouis found. NEW YORK, June 21 (UPI) -- Among patients diagnosed with COVID-19, those who used...