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A close up of a pile of small bottles of hand sanitizer

Benzene Found in Multiple Hand Sanitizer Brands

Known human carcinogen can be absorbed through the skin

What to Make of That Danish Reinfection Study?

Vinay Prasad, MD, MPH, discusses the findings and their takeaway

Vials of Leukine (sargramostim) sit atop their packaging

Marrow Cell Stimulator to Treat Alzheimer's Disease?

Unusual approach pans out in mid-stage trial

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Pseudoscience Royal Rumble: Doc vs The Rock

Celebs who tout "harmless" quack therapies may still be doing harm

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Sale Aimed at Saving Chicago Safety Net Hospital OK'd

But activists and community leaders remain wary of rushed process

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Op-Ed: Blood Cancer Patients Need More COVID Vax Answers

Patients are left wondering, "will I be protected?"

INVESTIGATIVE ROUNDUP over an image of two people looking at computer screens.

Nurse Unhooked Patient's Oxygen; Sneaky Code Hides Prices; HIV Surges in W.Va.

This past week in healthcare investigations

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Op-Ed: Be the One to Uplift Your Patients

It's not how much you know, but how much you care

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Transgender Youth at Risk for Poorer Heart Health

Association could be attributed to gender-affirming hormone therapy, researcher says

Very high magnification micrograph of granulomatosis with polyangiitis and ANCA-associated granulomatous vasculitis.

Serious Infections Still Common in Vasculitis

Cyclophosphamide induction was riskier than rituximab

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Hyperglycemia Better Predictor of Severe COVID-19 Than Diabetes

Study looked at hospitalized patient outcomes during early months of the pandemic

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Just How Common Is Readmission for Diabetic Ketoacidosis?

Very -- in fact, "quite alarming," researcher says

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Op-Ed: Corn Money is Expanding America's Waistline

Dear AMA, please lobby for investment in healthy produce

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Op-Ed: Yes, Women Can Have Heart Disease Too

Better research can help us understand gender differences and save lives

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'They Stopped Treating and the Effect Persisted': What We Heard This Week

Quotable quotes from 番茄社区app's sources

A disgruntled mans face on a ping pong ball on an orange paddle held by a doctor

Op-Ed: Primary Care and Specialty Ping Pong

Let's put an end to bureaucratic medicine and treat the patient in front of us

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A New (More Hopeful) Normal in Medicine?

Renew your faith in the abundance of living

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Stroke Thrombectomy: 6-Hour Threshold Not So Relevant?

Pooled trial analysis supports move to imaging-based criteria

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Ethics Consult: Liver Transplant for Alcoholic Baseball Legend?

You make the call

The packaging and vial of a Ketamine 50 mg/ml injection

Op-Ed: Mind the Ketamine Education Gap

Better training can prevent adverse outcomes in psychiatric patients

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Stroke Care: Some Progress on Racial Disparities

But substantial gaps remain

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Adjustable Stent Retriever Passes Muster

Novel device offers better grip on clots in LVO strokes

A wheelchair bound woman wearing a protective mask looks out the window

COVID Outcomes Worse for MS Patients With Mobility Problems

North American study also finds higher risk with certain treatments

A Lovenox (enoxaparin) injection pen in its packaging next to a pile of blue rubber gloves

Intermediate-Dose Clot Prevention Flops for Severe COVID

Prophylactic anticoagulation reigns in the ICU

Surgeons in the operating room successfully completing a lung transplant.

'COVID-to-COVID' Double Lung Transplant Performed

Northwestern calls February procedure a success, opens door to more

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Novel Vasoregulator Explored for Acute Ischemic Strokes

Early results may signal benefit for those not treated with thrombectomy

A fluoroscopy of endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography

No Help From Extra Hydration to Prevent Post-ERCP Pancreatitis

Trial may settle whether aggressive, laborious procedure is justified

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Don't Ditch the tPA in Stroke Thrombectomy Yet

Direct endovascular therapy dealt a blow in MR CLEAN-NO IV

A healthcare worker wearing white gloves palpates a woman鈥檚 swollen thyroid

Hyperthyroid Patients Fare Just as Well After Total Thyroidectomy

Rate of certain complications were similar to euthyroid patients

A woman laying on her stomach receives electroacupuncture in her back with electrodes attached to the needles

Acupuncture Tops Usual Care for Pain in Cancer Survivors

Two types of acupuncture proved superior, with one better than the other

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Time to Stop Routine Anesthesia for Stroke Thrombectomy?

Neurologists debate pandemic-related guidelines

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COVID-19 Treatments: What's In, What's Out

A look at which treatments are effective -- and which aren't

Health Systems See Opportunity in Mission Health Exodus

As physicians leave North Carolina non-profit, competing systems are broadening their footprints

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Op-Ed: Did We Hurt Healthcare Workers With Bad Mask Advice?

ZDoggMD discusses new evidence that suggests we did

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Can We Forget the 'Doctor Car' Myth Now?

I admit I was tempted to get something fancy, but reality said otherwise

A vial of ocrelizumab (Ocrevus) next to an MRI image of progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML)

PML Reported in Ocrelizumab-Treated MS Patient

Case raises questions about treatments for older people with multiple sclerosis

A cutaway of a normal brain next to a cutaway of a brain with CTE

Criteria Proposed to Diagnose Clinical Syndrome Tied to CTE

Traumatic encephalopathy syndrome definition applies to research, not clinical care

A spilled prescription bottle of oxycodone with other out of focus bottles in the background

Op-Ed: Oxycodone Is the Most Addicting Prescription Opioid

A thorough review of the data and history makes this clear

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Op-Ed: Fraud Is Rampant in Medicare Advantage

Enforcing the False Claims Act can help

An example of an intracoronary near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) scan and corresponding artery occlusions

Intracoronary Imaging Backed in Hunt for Vulnerable Plaques

But is labor-intensive IVUS-NIRS practical in the real world?

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