Analysis based on participants of several large prospective cohort studies, quantifies the contribution of changes in diet and lifestyle choices to gradual age-related weight gain. Heartwire
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The Institute of Medicine calls for new policies to promote exercise and healthier eating. WebMD Health News
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New research identifies specific factors of alcohol dependence that may help improve diagnostic reliability. Medscape Medical News
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(MedPage Today) — New rules that go into effect on July 1 to limit first-year resident physicians from working more than 16 hours straight without sleep “stop considerably short” of what’s necessary to prevent medical errors and improve patient safety, a group of experts said.
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WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) — An FDA advisory committee has voted 12-1 to recommend approval for icatibant (Firazyr) to treat hereditary angioedema (HAE) attacks.
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(MedPage Today) — “Conversations with …” is a series of exclusive video interviews with leaders in medical research and policy. In this segment, Editor-at-Large George Lundberg, MD, talks with Peter Carmel, MD, newly elected president of the AMA, about the challenges facing the organization and U.S. healthcare.
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(MedPage Today) — To treat anemia in chronic kidney disease patients who are not on dialysis, physicians should consider starting erythropoiesis-stimulating agents (ESAs) only when hemoglobin levels drop below 10 g/dL, the FDA said on Friday.
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WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) — In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court has decided that generic drugmakers have more protection from lawsuits than brand-name manufacturers when it comes to failing to warn patients about harmful side effects of their drugs.
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WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) — Medical device firms recall about 700 unsafe or faulty medical devices per year, but the FDA is not doing a good job of analyzing the reasons for so many recalls, according to a new report from the Government Accountability Office.
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WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) — The latest attempt at an abuse-resistant formulation of oxycodone (Remoxy) failed to win approval from the FDA, according to a statement from Pfizer.
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