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Eur Heart J

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Newer anticoagulants may offer cognitive advantage in Alzheimer’s

Potential cognitive benefit adds to reasons to favor newer anticoagulants over warfarin in atrial fibrillation. . .
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J Am Coll Cardiol

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Waist size flags CV risk that BMI finds normal

A tape measure adds risk information the scale cannot, and it cuts in both directions. . .
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HHS

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FDA proposes mandatory notice for self-certified food additives

The same package advances an official definition of ultra-processed foods, a phrase clinicians use daily without agreed meaning. . .

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JAMA Surg

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GLP-1 use before bariatric surgery doesn’t boost postsurgical weight loss

Similar one-year outcomes raise questions about how best to sequence obesity medications and surgery. . .

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CMS

8h

Medicaid, CHIP cut funds for youth gender-affirming care

The final rule strips federal matching dollars from medical transition care in minors. . .
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Survey

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Patients want early brain health habits, but don't know how

A national survey suggests the prevention conversation is starting decades before most clinicians expect to have it. . .
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PLOS Glob Public Health

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Why pregnant women are taking Tdap questions to Reddit

Reddit posts from pregnant women highlighted unresolved questions about Tdap recommendations, vaccine safety, prior doses, and whether close contacts needed vaccination.
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Sleep

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Sleep arousal type in late midlife tied to Alzheimer's risk

Brief awakenings sorted into two kinds, and only one of them kept company with higher genetic risk and steeper memory change. . .
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Diabetes Care

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Bone loss doesn’t explain higher fracture risk in T2D

Eight-year Framingham data suggest other factors contribute to skeletal fragility despite relatively preserved bone density. . .

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