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FDA Approves Polypill Widaplik for Hypertension

Physician's Weekly

The combination pill is the first and only FDA-approved triple combination medication for use as an initial therapy in patients who will likely need multiple drugs to achieve their ideal blood pressure numbers. The most common adverse event reported in patients treated with Widaplik was symptomatic low blood pressure.

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ADA: Weight Loss, Type 2 Diabetes Remission Up With Replacing Diet Drinks With Water

Physician's Weekly

The patients were randomly assigned to either substitute with water or continue drinking DBs for the 18-month follow-up. ” Press Release More Information Copyright © 2025 HealthDay. A total of 81 adult women with overweight or obesity (body mass index 27 to 35 kg/m 2 ) and T2D (glycated hemoglobin 6.5 versus −4.85 ± 2.07

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Insurers Promise to Speed Up Delays in Health Care Approvals

Physician's Weekly

Starting next year, if a patient switches insurance plans while getting treatment, the new plan must honor the old plan’s prior authorization for at least 90 days. Insurers must provide clearer explanations when care is denied and explain how patients can appeal. More information Harvard Health has more on prior authorization.

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What We Now Know About COVID Prevention and Treatment: A Podcast with Monica Gandhi

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NIH study about long COVID published the day before in Annals of Internal Medicine. But we have very little information, almost no information. So you plan on your geriatrician, older patients, getting it every year. Monica: And the patient said, “I don’t like my doctor wearing masks.”