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'Expertise Is the Last Thing He Wants on That Committee': What We Heard This Week
(MedPage Today) -- "Expertise is the last thing he wants on that committee." -- Paul Offit, MD, of Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, on Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s plans for the CDC's influential vaccine panel.
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The Hidden Curriculum of Punishment
(MedPage Today) -- Two recent tragedies in medical education could not be more different on their surface.
In one case, a fourth-year medical student at a school in Minnesota posted crude, demeaning comments about female patients on social media... -
Blood Markers to Direct Lung Cancer Screening; Name Change for PCOS
(MedPage Today) -- TTHealthWatch is a weekly podcast from Texas Tech. In it, Elizabeth Tracey, director of electronic media for Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore, and Rick Lange, MD, president of Texas Tech Health El Paso, look at the top medical... -
I’ve Seen One Too Many E-Scooter Injuries in the Trauma Bay
(MedPage Today) -- With their sleek black bodies and shock absorbers, powered scooters are an attractive toy. For many, they seem like a convenient solution to urban traffic, but based on what I've seen in the trauma department, they may be causing... -
A Look at Major Ebola Outbreaks and When the Disease Was First Identified
(MedPage Today) -- With around 600 suspected cases and at least 130 deaths, the new Ebola outbreak in the Central African country of Congo has been declared a public health emergency of international concern by the World Health Organization (WHO... -
Migraine With Aura Tied to Higher Stroke Risk
(MedPage Today) -- Middle-aged and older adults who had migraine with aura had a greater risk of subsequent stroke, a study of 11,000 people showed.
Over 6 years, migraine with aura was associated with a 73% higher risk of ischemic stroke compared... -
Coal Mining and Cancer; Cancer Viruses in Wastewater; Sunscreens Miss the Mark Again
(MedPage Today) -- A systematic review of studies of exposure to pollutants at coal mining operations showed a consistent association with higher cancer mortality. (American Cancer Society)
Vanessa Trump, 48, the former wife of Donald Trump Jr... -
Microvascular Dysfunction an Important Independent Contributor to Heart Disease
(MedPage Today) -- Coronary microvascular dysfunction (CMD) was an important independent component of ischemic heart disease, though it often accompanied epicardial coronary artery disease, a prospective study showed.
In a large, unselected population...