Med Student Eats 720 Eggs; More Deli Meat Deaths; Hospital CEO in Criminal Contempt
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Health news and commentary gathered by MedPage Today staff
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MedPage Today Staff
September 26, 2024
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A Harvard medical student who ate 720 eggs in a month — an estimated 133,200 milligrams of cholesterol — said his LDL cholesterol surprisingly dropped. (New York Post)
A tenth person died in connection to the Boar’s Head deli meat plant listeria outbreak, the CDC said.
A judge dismissed a federal lawsuit challenging a ban on wearing masks in public except for health and religious reasons in Nassau County, New York. (AP)
Did pediatricians accidentally create the peanut allergy epidemic? (Wall Street Journal)
Two members of Congress asked for an investigation into whether an FDA device chief acted ethically regarding work that overlapped with his wife, a lawyer for device companies. (New York Times)
The U.S. Senate voted unanimously to hold Steward Health Care CEO Ralph de la Torre, MD, in criminal contempt for failing to comply with a congressional subpoena. (The Guardian)
Nearly all accidental pediatric opioid exposures occurred in the home and involved opioids belonging to parents, grandparents, pets, friends, and other family. (Journal of Pediatrics)
Trump’s former CDC director said Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is the “right man for the job” to lead a commission on chronic childhood disease. (The Hill)
Former NFL player Brett Favre said his Parkinson’s disease started with trouble using his right arm and hand. (TMZ Sports)
Democrats introduced legislation to make permanent tax credits that lower the cost of plans sold through the Affordable Care Act. (Washington Post)
Officials from 20 states accused the American Academy of Pediatrics of possible “violations of state consumer protection statutes” regarding its gender dysphoria care for children recommendations. (Idaho Capital Sun)
Adults with opioid use disorder on higher buprenorphine doses had lower rates of acute care use compared with those receiving FDA-recommended doses. (JAMA Network Open)
Primary care providers in South Carolina are helping fill the gaps in birth control access while the state faces a lack of ob/gyns. (NBC News)
About 25% of infants born at 22 weeks survived compared with 82% of those born at 25 weeks, a study of nearly 23,000 infants in neonatal intensive care units found. (Pediatrics)
California banned medical debt from appearing on credit reports. (KFF Health News)
A self-regulatory body slammed Moderna for allegedly violating U.K. regulations by offering kids $2,000 to participate in a COVID vaccine trial. (FiercePharma)
Thousands of women on TikTok said Mucinex helped them get pregnant. (ABC7)
Vibrations to the head — a migraine solution? (Wired)
Merck said its investigational combination of favezelimab and pembrolizumab (Keytruda) failed in a phase III trial for previously treated patients with a certain type of colorectal cancer.
Pfizer made little progress in fulfilling its pledge to provide 45 low-income countries affordable access to its drugs and vaccines. (Reuters)
Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt (R) said he returned to work after undergoing heart surgery to clear a significant blockage to an artery. (AP)
