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JAMA Netw Open

Gabapentin dispensing rose after controls lifted

Medicaid data in Michigan suggest controlled-substance status may meaningfully influence gabapentin prescribing. . .

PLoS Med

Health worker losses surface the year after an epidemic

The drain reached even the wealthiest health systems, which actually showed the steepest per-event declines. . .

Gallup

Dismissed, misdiagnosed: women report a broken path to care

Nearly half of women waited three months or longer for their most recent diagnosis. . .

Drug pipeline

CagriSema beats low-dose tirzepatide for weight loss

Topline phase 3 findings support potential roles in weight management and type 2 diabetes. . .

Dept of Defense

Pentagon advances testosterone testing for male troops

New screening program will target service members aged 30 years and older, despite questions from some medical experts. . .

Headache

Large breast size tied to migraine, neck pain, sleep apnea

Women with macromastia had higher rates of chronic migraine, cervical radiculopathy, and obstructive sleep apnea in a neurology-clinic study. . .

Cancer

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Can oral vitamin C improve outcomes in precancer blood disorders?

Phase 2 trial found fewer serious adverse events and lower mortality with daily vitamin C, despite missing its primary endpoint. . .

Drug pipeline

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Lumateperone rapidly reduces bipolar mania in phase 3 trial

Nearly 46% of treated patients responded by week 3, more than twice the placebo rate. . .

FDA

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FDA approves Inluriyo combo for ESR1-mutated breast cancer

Combined with abemaciclib, the oral SERD doubled progression-free survival after endocrine therapy progression in patients with ESR1-mutated disease. . .

Cochrane Database Syst Rev

Mifepristone more effective than levonorgestrel for emergency contraception

Cochrane review finds fewer pregnancies and adverse effects, but delayed menses more common. . .