Hospitals that accept Medicare and Medicaid are obligated to meet their patients’ nutritional needs and limit their serving of ultraprocessed foods and sugary beverages to chronically ill patients, CMS said Monday in a special alert. “It makes no sense that 90% of pediatric wards in America, which are treating children with prediabetes and obesity, have…
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The former chairman of the Arkansas State Medical Board was indicted on charges that he drugged and abducted patients at a psychiatric facility in order to get more money from healthcare reimbursements, according to an indictment released on Monday. An Arkansas grand jury indicted Brian Hyatt, MD, in early March on charges that he gave…
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The FDA on Tuesday warned that postmarketing data has turned up dozens of serious cases of drug-induced liver injury (DILI) associated with avacopan (Tavneos), a vasculitis drug that the agency wants removed from the market. Eight of the cases were fatal, including three patients who developed vanishing bile duct syndrome (VBDS), a condition that can…
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Our immune cells usually fight off covid-19, but in some cases, things go rogue SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY Evidence is mounting that long covid can be caused by the immune system attacking the body. The results of four studies add to the idea that autoimmunity, in which the immune system damages healthy tissue, is a factor…
I was never good at doing breast self-exams. But one day in 2018, it occurred to me to check my breasts while I was in the shower—and I felt something. I’d just turned 40, and my daughters, Autumn and Lily, were one and five. When I felt the lump, I figured maybe it was related…
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