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Congo Is Running Short of Health Workers as Ebola Remains Out of Control, WHO Says
(MedPage Today) -- Congo is running short of health workers to staff treatment centers for history's fastest-growing Ebola outbreak, particularly in the eastern province of North Kivu where cases have surged 73% over 3 weeks, the World Health Organization... -
Medical Aid in Dying Keeps Expanding to More States
(MedPage Today) -- The practice of allowing a doctor to help terminally ill patients end their lives with medication has been legalized in recent years in several countries across the world.
In the U.S., New York and Illinois recently became the... -
New Autism Committee Chair Founded a Leucovorin Telehealth Company
(MedPage Today) -- John Gaitanis, MD, who was recently appointed the new chair of the federal Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee (IACC), co-founded a company that provides leucovorin to families of children with autism.
Meadow Biosciences... -
Gauging Benefits of Risk-Reducing Surgery for BRCA-Related Ovarian Cancer
(MedPage Today) -- Older age should not discourage healthy women with a genetic risk for ovarian cancer from considering risk-reducing bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy (BSO), investigators in a study of BRCA carriers concluded.
A 30-year-old BRCA1... -
FDA Warns Pharmacy About Illegal GLP-1 Compounding
(MedPage Today) -- The FDA issued a warning letter this month to Empower Pharmacy over its mass production of compounded GLP-1 weight-loss and diabetes drugs, citing illegal copycat manufacturing and insanitary conditions.
Following a facility... -
Nearly 1 in 3 People With Lyme Disease Bacteria Carry Other Tick-Borne Pathogens
(MedPage Today) -- Nearly one-third of people who tested positive for the bacteria that cause Lyme disease also tested positive for other tick-borne pathogens, according to a retrospective cohort study.
Among 193,260 people tested for tick-borne... -
A Dementia Vaccine? Most Americans Say Yes
(MedPage Today) -- Most Americans 50 and older said they would be interested in receiving a vaccine that could reduce their risk of dementia if they were at high risk, survey data showed.
Nearly three in four survey respondents (72.1%) said they... -
Safety Concerns Halt Depression Trials; Gen Z and Alcohol; Prescribing Benzos
(MedPage Today) -- Xenon Pharmaceuticals said it paused enrollment in its major depressive disorder and bipolar depression trials after unexpected neuropsychiatric adverse events emerged.
Many mental health and suicide risk indicators among youth...