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ACOG

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New pregnancy vaccine guidance backs COVID shot, despite CDC shift

ACOG’s new maternal immunization schedule backs routine COVID-19 vaccination in pregnancy, diverging from CDC’s current individual decision-making approach. . .

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NIH

7h

Zebra of the Week: Immunoglobulin G4–related sclerosing disease

A rare, often misdiagnosed multisystem immune-mediated disease marked by tumor-like organ involvement and progressive fibrosis. . .

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Nat Cancer

7h

AI classifies brain tumors in 12 minutes, outperforms pathologists

Using only the routine tissue stains available in pathology labs, a new AI model classified brain and spinal cord tumors into molecular subtypes in minutes. . .
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Radiology

8h

No safe level: Long-term air pollution linked to heart disease

In one of the largest cardiac CT studies to date, adults with higher long-term exposure to common urban air pollutants showed more coronary calcium, greater plaque burden, and higher rates of obstructive artery disease. . .

Government Health Agency Alert

FDA

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FDA adds kidney injury warning to label for OTC weight loss drug Alli

Updated label highlights rare risks of kidney stones, oxalate nephropathy, and acute kidney injury. . .
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N Engl J Med

9h

Common ICU mucus therapies may do more harm than good

In ventilated patients with acute respiratory failure, carbocisteine and hypertonic saline failed to shorten ventilation and increased adverse events. . .
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JAMA Netw Open

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Sugar-sweetened drinks may boost liver cancer risk

Each additional daily sugar-sweetened beverage was tied to higher risk of both major liver cancer subtypes, while artificially sweetened drinks showed no independent link. . .

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Eur Heart J

10h

Statin use linked to lower risk of frailty in older adults

Older adults who initiated statins were 24% less likely to develop frailty over time. . .
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Nat Med

10h

Genetic variants may identify patients most likely to benefit from dapagliflozin

Patients with cardiomyopathy-associated variants derived substantially greater heart failure protection than noncarriers. . .

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