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Every Blood Culture Came Back Negative Until a DNA Test Found the Bacterium Behind a Child's Heart Infection

A 5-year-old's heart infection went unnamed by blood cultures until DNA sequencing identified Gemella haemolysans, a case report describes.

Medical Daily · Sep 2

Common Vape Flavoring May Disrupt Early Embryo Development, Laboratory Study of Human Stem Cells Suggests

Laboratory experiments found that vanillin, a common vape flavoring, altered the development of human embryonic stem cells.

Medical Daily · Sep 2

An IUD Drifted Through the Uterine Wall into Her Bladder and Came Back Out Encased in Stone

A case report describes an IUD arm that migrated into a woman's bladder, where mineral deposits built a stone around it over years.

Medical Daily · Sep 2

Rob Lowe Says a Clinical Trial Extended His Grandmother's Life and He Wants Patients Asking Sooner

Rob Lowe describes breast cancer across three generations of his family and argues that patients should ask about clinical trials at diagnosis.

Medical Daily · Sep 2

Forever Chemicals Are Inside Catheters and Heart Implants, and Federal Regulators See No Reason to Remove Them

The FDA added a PFAS FAQ for medical devices on Sept. 1, explaining why fluoropolymers in catheters and stents differ from PFAS in drinking water.

Medical Daily · Sep 2

One Positive Mosquito Trap Has Arlington Spraying Two Nights as North Texas Enters Peak West Nile Season

Arlington sprayed for West Nile over two September nights after one trap tested positive. Here is what triggers spraying and what residents should do.

Medical Daily · Sep 2

A Quarterly Injection Cut Acute Pancreatitis Attacks by 78 Percent in Adults with Dangerously High Triglycerides

Two Phase 3 trials of plozasiran cut triglycerides by about 80% and reduced acute pancreatitis events by 78%. An FDA filing is expected by year-end.

Medical Daily · Sep 2

Extending Paxlovid to Twenty Five Days Did Not Ease Long COVID Symptoms in a 959 Person Trial

A 959-person NIH trial found that extended Paxlovid did not improve long COVID symptoms versus placebo, testing the lingering virus theory directly.

Medical Daily · Sep 2

Nine More Drugmakers Join the Medicaid Pricing Deals, and the Effect on Your Pharmacy Bill Is Limited

Nine more drugmakers signed most-favored-nation Medicaid pricing deals, bringing the total to 26. Here is what changes and what does not.

Medical Daily · Sep 2

The FDA Has Put Its Strongest Warning on a Common Iron Infusion Over Dangerously Low Phosphate

FDA added a boxed warning to Injectafer over symptomatic hypophosphatemia. Fewer than 20% of infusions include a blood test that would catch it.

Medical Daily · Sep 2