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Hearing aids available in October without a prescription
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- Damian McNamara, MA
The devices will be sold over the counter in pharmacies, other retail locations, and online.
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Many saw ‘meaningful’ weight loss from 12-week online program
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- Damian McNamara, MA
The program is not yet available for widespread use by others, but that’s the goal.
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More evidence that COVID-19 started in Wuhan marketplace
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- Damian McNamara, MA
“Now I realize it sounds like I just said that a once-in-a-generation event happened twice in short succession, and pandemics are indeed rare.”
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Neuroscientist alleges irregularities in Alzheimer’s research
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- Damian McNamara, MA
“This hypothesis has been the central dominant thinking of the field.”
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At-home colorectal cancer testing and follow-up vary by ethnicity
- Author:
- Damian McNamara, MA
Researchers examined disparities by patient ethnicity in colorectal cancer test ordering by physicians and follow-up colonoscopy rates.
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Roe v. Wade: Medical groups react to Supreme Court decision
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- Damian McNamara, MA
“The grievous inequities that exist in this country will grow and expand unchecked without safe access to legal abortion.”
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FDA authorizes COVID vaccines in kids as young as 6 months
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- Damian McNamara, MA
The data show that the “known and potential benefits” of the vaccines outweigh any potential risks, the agency said.
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Biden boosts LGBTQIA+ protections, bans conversion therapy
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- Damian McNamara, MA
The executive order also addresses efforts to strengthen federal data collection in this population to counter homelessness, housing insecurity,...
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Blood test aims to measure COVID immunity
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- Damian McNamara, MA
This test, researchers say, is faster, can scale up to test many more people, and can be adapted to detect viral mutations as they emerge in the...
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At-home colorectal cancer testing and follow-up vary by ethnicity
- Author:
- Damian McNamara, MA
Researchers examined disparities by patient ethnicity in colorectal cancer test ordering by physicians and follow-up colonoscopy rates.
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Dogs can be protective, even against Crohn’s disease
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- Damian McNamara, MA
“It’s novel in terms of getting at what really drives environmental risk factors.”
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Fidaxomicin favored over vancomycin in real-world C. diff study
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- Damian McNamara, MA
Researchers compared the agents for treating both initial and recurrent Clostridioides difficile infections in a Medicare population.
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Fidaxomicin favored over vancomycin in real-world C. diff study
- Author:
- Damian McNamara, MA
Researchers compared the agents for treating both initial and recurrent Clostridioides difficile infections in a Medicare population.
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More evidence dementia not linked to PPI use in older people
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- Damian McNamara, MA
Investigators assessed almost 19,000 older adults for use of PPI or H2RA medications and risk for incident dementia or cognitive decline over time...
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IBD after age 60: More evidence antibiotics play a role
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- Damian McNamara, MA
IBD “should be considered, especially if you have a patient who’s reporting multiple courses of antibiotics in the last few years.”