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In a letter to Veterans Administration Secretary Denis McDonough that followed news of proposed staffing cuts at Mann-Grandstaff VA Medical Center, Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., said hiring has been restricted and further staffing reductions would be required to help address a $35 million budget deficit caused by the Oracle Cerner Electronic Health Record Modernization …

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Angina treatment: Stents, drugs, lifestyle changes — What’s best? Options for your angina treatment might include lifestyle changes, medicines, or angioplasty and stenting. Discover the benefits and risks of each treatment. By Mayo Clinic Staff Blocked heart arteries can cause a type of chest pain called angina. Angina pain is a symptom that means the …

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Statin side effects: Weigh the benefits and risks Statins are effective at lowering cholesterol and protecting against a heart attack and stroke, although they may lead to side effects for some people. By Mayo Clinic Staff Health care professionals often prescribe statins for people with high cholesterol. Statins help lower total cholesterol and reduce the …

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Noom, the Chelsea-based digital health platform that offers psychological approaches to weight loss, launched a telemedicine company to add obesity medications such as Ozempic and Wegovy to its suite of services, the company announced Wednesday. The telemedicine platform, Noom Med, offers clinical services that aim to help patients lose weight, including lab tests to assess …

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25 May 2023 | 13:59 PM Europe/Amsterdam Not intended for U.S. and UK Media Summary Bayer continues to focus on advancing prostate cancer care from early to metastatic stage with darolutamide data in non-metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (nmCRPC) and metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer (mHSPC), and radium-223 dichloride data in metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) / …

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NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AUSTRALIA, CANADA, SOUTH AFRICA OR JAPAN Leverkusen, May 23, 2023 – Bayer AG on Tuesday successfully placed new senior bonds with a total volume of 3 billion euros under its Debt Issuance Program. The issuance comprises three tranches and was about four times covered. Bayer intends …

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Not intended for U.S. and UK Media Berlin, May 17, 2023 – Bayer announced today that the Chinese National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) granted marketing authorization for a label extension for Kerendia™ (finerenone) to include results on cardiovascular (CV) outcomes from the Phase III FIGARO-DKD study. The study demonstrated that Kerendia reduced the risk of …

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After bringing the first decade of the MCU to a close, writing and directing duo Joe and Anthony Russo are in the middle of launching a brand new franchise on a massive scale; the globetrotting spy drama Citadel, which stars Richard Madden (Game of Thrones, Eternals) and Priyanka Chopra Jonas (The Matrix Resurrections) as lethal …

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After decades of dominating action cinema in movies like Conan the Barbarian, The Terminator and Predator, Arnold Schwarzenegger makes his scripted TV debut this week in the Netflix original series FUBAR. An eight-episode action comedy from The Sopranos, Law & Order and Prison Break writer Nick Santora, FUBAR follows a similarly high-octane, high-concept premise to …

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