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5 things to know as Dr. Oz gets one step closer to leading Medicare and Medicaid

NPR Health

The former TV doctor made it through a tight vote in the Senate Finance committee with only Republican support.

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Spring into Family Wellness: The Direct Primary Care Difference

New South Family Medicine and MedSpa

Discover the Direct Primary Care Difference at New South Family Medicine. Spring into Family Wellness with personalized, stress-free healthcare.

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Lavender, citrus and candy: weed's signature aroma changes with the times

NPR Health

A tour of a grow facility in Maryland reveals the wide variety of scents from different cannabis strains.

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Medical Device Notification Warns of Continued Data Integrity Concerns

FDA Law Blog

By Adrienne R. Lenz, Principal Medical Device Regulation Expert Last year, FDA issued a letter to the medical device industry warning medical device firms of concerns related to fraudulent and unreliable laboratory testing data in premarket submissions, which we blogged about here. This was followed last September with warning letters issued to two Chinese firms performing biocompatibility testing, citing violations of 21 C.F.R.

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Skin bleaching is terribly popular -- and takes a terrible toll

NPR Health

The government in Nigeria is warning about the health risks of skin lightening, where potent chemicals can thin and damage skin. It's a booming business in that country and others.

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A Brief History of Insulin and Type 1 Diabetes

Clinical Correlations

By Matthew Ross Peer Reviewed In 1910, Ezra Hayman was on top of the world. The 26-year-old Nebraska native was a young ear, nose, and throat doctor studying abroad in Vienna, then one of the most prominent scientific and intellectual hubs in Europe. One.

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Feeling scatterbrained? 5 ways to focus your attention

NPR Health

What would you do if you had more hours in a day? Here's how to carve out time for your interests and passions even when you have a lot of responsibilities.

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Pete Marocco tried to upend USAID in 2020 -- and failed. In 2025, he dismantled it

NPR Health

This Trump administration official was a key figure in the dismantling of the United States Agency for International Development and will help set the agenda for the future of foreign aid.

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Trump's back-to-office order will hurt veterans, VA docs and therapists say

NPR Health

The Department of Veterans Affairs embraced telehealth, especially for mental health care, in recent years. Now, staffers hired to give therapy and other health care remotely are ordered to do it from offices lacking privacy, VA clinicians told NPR.

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What happens when a Chicago hospital bows to federal pressure on trans care for teens

NPR Health

Patients and parents speak out after Lurie Children's in Chicago joined other hospitals in stopping gender-affirming surgeries. President Trump's executive order threatened their federal funding.

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In new assessment, Trump team ranks fentanyl as a top threat to U.S.

NPR Health

Drug deaths are declining but the Trump administration's intelligence team has issued a new report describing street fentanyl as a top threat to the U.S.

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