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COVID is Back and the FDA May be Getting Ready to Greenlight Updated Vaccines
In June, the CDC recommended that everyone 6 months and older get both a Covid-19 shot and a flu shot this year (CNN – Meg Tirrell) — The US Food and Drug Administration is poised to sign off as soon...
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UNC MD/PhD Program Celebrates 25 Years as an NIH-funded Medical Scientist...
The UNC MD/PhD Program received five more years of T32 funding from the NIH/NIGMS as a Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP), securing NIH funding through June 2029 and increasing the number of...
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Congresswoman Valerie Foushee Visits Duke Center for Brain and Spine Metastasis
Congresswoman Valerie Foushee, left, talks with Mary Klotman, MD, executive vice president for health affairs at Duke University and NCMS Foundation Honoree (photo Duke News) (Editor’s Note: Dr. Mary...
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Are You Treating Iron Deficiency Correctly? A New Study Sheds Light on...
Many Cases of Iron Deficiency Go Too Long Without Proper Treatment (HealthDay News) — Iron deficiency isn’t being effectively treated in the United States, with low iron levels persisting for...
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Mpox on the Map: All the Countries Where There are Confirmed Cases of New Strain
While the new clade 1 strain of mpox has appeared in parts of Africa, other types have been recorded around the world (Independent, Albert Toth) — A public health emergency has been declared by...
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CDC: US Fertility Rate Drops to Record Low in 2023
There were 55 births for every 1,000 women of reproductive age in 2023, fewer than any other year on record. (CNN, Deidre McPhillips) — Women in the United States are having babies less often, and the...
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Parvovirus B19 Rising in the US, Particularly Among Children. Poses Risk to...
CDC Issues Alert. There’s no vaccine or specific treatment for parvovirus B19. (Verwellhealth, John Loeppky) — Last week, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) published a health alert due to a...
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Do Your Patients Have Long COVID? Share Your Treatment Experiences.
HHS (through FDA, NIH, and others) is collecting data on medications you are trying for your patients’ Long COVID symptoms. Their seeking to learn whether you feel any of these medications have...
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Pharmaceutical Group Granted Breakthrough Therapy Designation by FDA
Pharmaceutical group GSK has been granted breakthrough therapy designation by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for a key lung cancer treatment. The breakthrough therapy designation is...
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Age Ain’t Nothing But a Number! Or Is It Just a Number?
Scientists have found that human beings age at a molecular level in two accelerated bursts – first at the age of 44, and then again at 60. In a study published in the journal Nature Aging, scientists...
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Tirzepatide Cuts Risk of Diabetes by 94% in Prediabetic Adults
A three-year study of tirzepatide – a medication approved in the US as Mounjaro for diabetes and Zepbound for weight loss – found that when adults who had prediabetes and obesity or overweight used...
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Duke Health Contract Dispute Could Cause Major Coverage Risks to Patients
Duke Health is notifying patients that their coverage could be impacted by a contract dispute with UnitedHealthcare, one of the U.S.’s largest insurers. Why it matters: If a deal isn’t reached by...
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NCMS Member Honored with Dr. John “Jack” Rose Distinguished Professorship
NCMS member Dr. John Catanzaro awarded Dr. John “Jack” Rose Distinguished Professorship, launches new Electrophysiology Fellowship at ECU Health Dr. John Catanzaro, professor and chief of the...
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Share Your Story: Corporate Practice of Medicine
Please share your stories here on how corporate interventions in medicine have impacted you and your practice. This includes private equity acquisitions, noncompete agreements, management service...
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Curious About How Your Salary Compares to Your Peers? Try This Interactive Tool.
Medscape is making available their annual Physician Compensation Survey. Over 100,000 physicians contributed, providing comprehensive salary information from across the United States. This...
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Duke Researchers: Cannabis and Tobacco Use on Rise, Especially Among Older...
Duke researchers analyzed two decades of national data (Duke School of Medicine, Shantell M. Kirkendoll) — The number of Americans using both cannabis and tobacco is increasing, with a particular...
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Blue Cross NC Announces Long-Term Commitment to NC’s Youth Mental Health Crisis
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina (Blue Cross NC) launched the first phase of a statewide, transformational commitment to improving youth mental well-being, resiliency and connectivity....
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FDA Approval of RTP Biotech Could Benefit Your Patients
Humacyte makes “spare parts for people” and will hear from the Food and Drug Administration soon about whether those parts will be approved to treat patients. Humacyte is a biotech company in...
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BREAKING: FDA Signs Off on Updated Covid-19 Vaccines
Updated Covid-19 vaccines, including the shot made by Pfizer and BioNTech, received a greenlight from the US Food and Drug Administration (CNN, Jamie Gumbrecht and Meg Tirrell) — As a summer wave of...
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The Wait is OVER! 2024 NCMS Photo Contest Results Are In!
We continue to be wowed each year by the impressive photo contest submissions. A stunning array of talent was again on display in this year’s contest! Selecting the winners was a challenge, but in the...
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