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A Johns Hopkins pancreatic cancer vaccine triggered immune responses in 90 of high-risk participants, with some cysts shrinking after vaccination.
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A Johns Hopkins pancreatic cancer vaccine triggered immune responses in 90 of high-risk participants, with some cysts shrinking after vaccination.

You’re probably not giving your feet enough attention. And that has whole-body effects.

Chef Geoffrey Zakarian reveals how he overhauled Tampa General Hospital's menu on a budget while eliminating seed oils and sugar and improving patient health.
Former Socceroos captain Paul Wade says he has been diagnosed with probable chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) and has renewed his calls for all players under the age of 12 to be banned from heading the ball
A panel of advisers to the Food and Drug Administration will meet this week to make recommendations on whether specialized pharmacies should be allowed to make some popular wellness peptides.
Funding cuts and program changes required by President Trump's big budget law are forcing states to rethink bipartisan efforts to bring Medicaid into jails and prisons.

Federal officials charged two virologists they stopped en route from an African disease outbreak with violating import rules. But scientists tell KFF Health News the inactivated samples they carried posed no threat to the public, and they characterize the arrests as part of a government harassment campaign.

The Office of Personnel Management said it will “pseudonymize” medical records it collects on more than 8 million people —federal workers and retirees, and their family members. Democrats and employee unions say the agency’s move is an overreach.
Public health officials acknowledge they need to shed paternalistic messaging if they want to reach more people. The nominee to run the CDC says she will strike a new tone.
By JOE FEGHALI Healthcare has become very good at producing disclosures. It is much less good at producing understanding. A hospital posts a price file. A health plan publishes negotiated rates. AContinue reading...