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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

More Than 1,000 Food Packaging Chemicals Carry Health Hazards, While Most Remain Poorly Studied, Scientists Warn

Scientists identified 1,222 hazardous food-contact chemicals, but most known substances lack enough data to assess their potential health risks.

Medical Daily · Sep 2

Her Ultrasound Showed a Healthy 12-Week Fetus and Beside It the Calcified Remains of Another

A rare lithopedion, a fetus turned to stone, sat beside a living 12-week pregnancy in a 27-year-old woman with a prior cesarean scar.

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

People Are Drinking Fish-Tank Dye Because RFK Jr Did, And Doctors Want Them To Stop

A fish tank dye has become the wellness world's latest obsession. The doctors are not impressed. The tongues are very blue. Read the full article to see what people claim can happen if you drink methylene blue.

Bored Panda · 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