May 28, 2025

Kennedy Proposes NIH Publishing Ban

"We're probably going to stop publishing in The Lancet, New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA, and those other journals because they're all corrupt."

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May 28, 2025

Study Finds Low RSV Vaccine Uptake Among Older Adults

A new multicenter analysis of over 6,700 hospitalized older adults found that RSV vaccine uptake was low in its first season, with significant gaps in awareness and access, especially among socioeconomically vulnerable populations.

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May 28, 2025

Sleep, Time, Exercise Shift Heart Biomarkers, Study Finds 

Short sleep, late blood draws, and intense workouts significantly change common cardiovascular biomarkers, suggesting key variables often go unaccounted for in heart risk assessments.

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May 27, 2025

Minimally Invasive Option for Severe Mitral Annular Calcification

The FDA has approved Abbott’s Tendyne system, the first transcatheter mitral valve replacement for patients with severe mitral annular calcification who are ineligible for open-heart surgery.

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May 23, 2025

Can Herbs Be Used for the Treatment of Obesity-Linked Thyroiditis?

A new study found that five traditional herbs may influence obesity-linked Hashimoto’s thyroiditis through a process called efferocytosis, with quercetin emerging as a key compound involved in regulating immune activity.

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May 20, 2025

ICU Sedation Economics: A $1 Difference

Study finds dexmedetomidine, clonidine, and propofol have comparable cost-effectiveness for critically ill patients on mechanical ventilation.

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May 19, 2025

Could New COPD Criteria Double Diagnosis Rates?

Multidimensional schema incorporating CT imaging and symptoms identifies high-risk patients without traditional airflow obstruction.

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May 15, 2025

Assistant Professor Salary Gaps Persist Nationwide

Persistent salary disparities by gender, race, and ethnicity were identified among more than 45,000 U.S. assistant professors, with underrepresented in medicine women learning the least across all specialties.

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May 14, 2025

Sevoflurane Sedation Linked to Lower ARDS Survival

A large French clinical trial found that patients with moderate to severe ARDS who received sevoflurane had fewer ventilator-free days and lower 90-day survival than those sedated with propofol.

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