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Telehealth Companies Keep Exposing Customers' Medical Data. What Should They Do?
(MedPage Today) -- The appeal of telehealth is easy to explain: Instead of calling a doctor, booking an appointment, and hoping to eventually get a prescription, you can log onto an app or website and get approved for a new medication within minutes... -
Eyeball Tattoo Goes Sideways
(MedPage Today) -- Eyeball tattoos can carry risk of adverse events that usually occur within weeks, but one patient didn't have problems until 8 years later.
The patient had their conjunctiva tattooed so the white part of the eye would look black... -
Gabapentin Use Rose as Restrictions Fell, Study Shows
(MedPage Today) -- Gabapentin use jumped quickly in Michigan after the drug was removed from the state's controlled substance schedule in 2024, a cross-sectional study showed.
From 2023 through 2025, gabapentin dispensing in the Michigan Medicaid... -
Kim Kardashian's Diagnosis; Needless Mastectomies; 1 in 3 Docs Retiring
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Kim Kardashian revealed she has esophagitis, an inflammatory condition that may increase the risk of the esophageal cancer that killed her father. (New York Post... -
'No Veteran Should Need a Passport to Find Hope': What We Heard This Week
(MedPage Today) -- "No veteran should need a passport to find hope." -- Marine Corps veteran Eric Jansen, of the Balanced Veterans Network, urging the FDA to consider psychedelic drugs for severe mental health conditions.
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Doctors, Leave Your Politics at the Clinic Door
(MedPage Today) -- Physician-initiated activism has surged in recent years. The pandemic only exacerbated the trend. Have we crossed a boundary? Has medical education forgotten history and started repeating its mistakes? Can we rebuild trust with... -
Remote-Controlled Urinary Sphincter Could Transform Incontinence Treatment for Men
(MedPage Today) -- A remote-controlled artificial urinary sphincter (AUS) has shown early promise for relieving urinary incontinence after prostate cancer surgery, while addressing one of the most awkward aspects of existing devices.
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America's Long History of Falling for Hucksters and Their Outlandish Promises
(MedPage Today) -- America: land of possibility. And also: land of suckers.
Our enduring belief that anything is possible -- whether based in reality or not -- has helped the nation become the world's largest economy. It has also led us to...