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In today's inaugural episode, Dr. Will Flanary / Dr. Glaucomflecken (@drglaucomflecken) & Dr. Alok Patel (@alokpatelmd) cover a sharp drop in ACA marketplace enrollment after enhanced tax credits expired, from 24.2 million enrollees in 2025 to roughly 19.2 million in 2026 (a loss of 5 million Americans' health coverage). India is rationing two cornerstone chemotherapy drugs, cisplatin and carboplatin, after supply disruptions tied to rising platinum costs and capped essential medicine prices. A new Annals of Internal Medicine study finds older adults who received a shingles vaccine had a 24 percent lower relative risk of dementia diagnosis. Plus: heat linked to rising suicide rates in young people, the return of the 988 LGBTQ+ crisis line, and a phase 3 trial of infigratinib for achondroplasia.
Coverage Timeline:
(00:00) Medlines begins!
(01:44) ACA enrollment drops as credits expire
(03:42) India rations cisplatin & carboplatin
(06:03) Shingles vaccine & dementia risk
(06:38) Climate, youth suicide & 988 hotline
(08:26) Amy Adams' real-life rescue
Have a story, think we missed something, want to say hi, or curious to learn about the Medlines team? Visit www.medlinespod.com or email [email protected].
Sources & Media Attributions for Today's Episode Available At: www.medlinespod.com/sources
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Struggling to stay on top of healthcare news because, well, you're too busy working in it? If only there were a way to catch up on things in less time than it takes to get prior auth approved. (Spoiler: There is.)
Kick off your Fridays with Dr. Will Flanary (aka Dr. Glaucomflecken), Dr. Alok Patel, Adam Rose, and Eva Johnson as they bring you the week’s most important headlines across clinical care, health policy, publications, medical pop culture, and more. Presented with clear, unbiased, fact-first reporting made strictly for healthcare professionals, by healthcare professionals.
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Medicine moves fast... So do we!
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