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(MedPage Today) -- Women exposed to doxycycline in early pregnancy had an increased risk of pregnancy loss compared to other antibiotics, a cohort study showed. Doxycycline use for respiratory tract infection was linked with increased pregnancy...

(MedPage Today) -- The enthusiasm for smartwatch detection of left ventricular systolic dysfunction (LVSD) was tempered by a Korean study indicating difficulties with the technology in its current state. Using an artificial intelligence (AI)-ECG...

(MedPage Today) -- Police in California are investigating after at least two dozen participants in the Santa Barbara Half Marathon ended up at the hospital on Sunday. The Santa Barbara Police Department said in a statement it opened an investigation...

(MedPage Today) -- In patients treated with resmetirom (Rezdiffra), early responses in blood and imaging biomarkers were associated with resolution of metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH) and fibrosis improvement, according to...

(MedPage Today) -- A public spat between former Trump administration officials over alleged corruption in public health policymaking is the latest front in Republicans' postelection recriminations, a battle that has exposed fault lines within the...

(MedPage Today) -- About one in four U.S. adults endorsed childhood vaccinations or acetaminophen (Tylenol) use during pregnancy as an autism risk factor, a cross-sectional study showed. In a nationwide survey of 30,000 adults, 26.6% endorsed...

(MedPage Today) -- ML-007C-MA, an investigational muscarinic M1/M4 receptor agonist that combines betovumeline and fesoterodine fumarate, significantly improved schizophrenia symptoms in adults who had an acute exacerbation of psychosis, data from...

(MedPage Today) -- Left bundle branch pacing (LBBP) drastically reduced clinical events among patients with atrioventricular (AV) block, with results good enough to stop the OptimPacing trial early. In that international randomized trial of patients...

(MedPage Today) -- ORLANDO -- Interim results from a prospective trial designed to evaluate safety of avacopan (Tavneos), the embattled drug for antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis (AAV), indicated that the product could...

(MedPage Today) -- Starting valbenazine (Ingrezza) to treat tardive dyskinesia might reduce antipsychotic discontinuation in patients newly diagnosed with the side effect, a retrospective cohort study of Medicare claims indicated. Among patients...

(MedPage Today) -- Two large trials conducted in Brazil in different patient populations came to somewhat divergent conclusions on the cardiovascular benefits of intensive blood pressure (BP) lowering. Over roughly 4 years of median follow-up...

(MedPage Today) -- ORLANDO -- Patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) that is uncontrolled despite standard therapy did well with a daily oral dose of sirolimus in a trial from China, although safety concerns weren't entirely relieved...

(MedPage Today) -- In patients with chronic hepatitis delta (CHD) with cirrhosis, treatment with bulevirtide (Hepcludex) was associated with lower risk of liver decompensation, according to results from a European retrospective study. Among more...

(MedPage Today) -- Every year, we wait on the arrival of this season's annual flu vaccine, patiently biding our time and explaining to our patients that it's coming, any day now, while the manufacturers finish their processes of selecting the candidate...

(MedPage Today) -- A CT scan turned up an incidental nodule in the lung of a patient being evaluated for kidney stones, and clinicians' best guess is that it had something to do with superglue. The patient, a man in his 40s, presented to an emergency...

(MedPage Today) -- The FDA is requiring manufacturers of all GLP-1 drugs to update their prescribing information to include a warning about the potential risk of non-arteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (NAION), a rare but potentially blinding...

(MedPage Today) -- Note that some links may require registration or subscription. The FBI is aiding in an investigation over the death of Heather Kovich, MD, a prominent family medicine physician in New Mexico who died last month on the Navajo...

(MedPage Today) -- Yoga-based cardiac rehabilitation did not change cardiac outcomes for people with heart failure and reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF), though there were big boosts in exercise capacity and quality of life in an Indian randomized...

(MedPage Today) -- Brain fog among individuals with sleep disorders was primarily characterized by memory impairment, difficulty concentrating, and forgetfulness, according to a lexicon analysis of social media posts. Among 554,312 posts and comments...

(MedPage Today) -- "They have the best of intentions and want to help, but they don't know the questions to ask." -- Anthea Gray, PsyD, of the Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center in Columbus, discussing the first guidelines for...