About 1 in 5 American adults have taken a GLP-1 medication, and most of them, including those with health insurance, say the drugs are difficult to afford. Federal law has long barred Medicare from covering drugs prescribed ...
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A British cardiologist and former president of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) has been judged by the ESC to have committed severe misconduct after a Danish TV documentary reported that he had been involved in drawing ...
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Lentils, beans and chickpeas have been feeding people for thousands of years. Lentils are among the world's earliest cultivated crops, with archaeological evidence tracing them back to the beginnings of agriculture. Yet scientists ...
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Mamadou Tahirou is 18 but looks more like a 12-year-old. His frame is frail from the ravages of sickle cell disease, which one Senegalese laboratory hopes to attenuate with affordable drug production.
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Obesity and eating disorders have traditionally been treated as separate areas of health care—but the rapid rise of GLP-1 medicines is increasingly bringing the two together. Adelaide University researchers say the growing ...
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If you want to improve yourself, your health or your lifestyle, you need to do it to the "maxx"—according to social media, at least.
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Cluster headache is a rare neurological disorder characterized by sudden, severe headache attacks. Due to the extreme pain, it is sometimes referred to as "suicide headache," and the underlying causes remain largely unknown. ...
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Pertussis, or whooping cough, continues to cause periodic outbreaks worldwide and can be especially dangerous for infants who have not completed vaccination. Yet conventional surveillance depends on people seeking medical ...
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Nicotine vaping during adolescence may leave a lasting imprint on the brain's reward system, driving nicotine-seeking behavior well into adulthood even after long stretches without any exposure, according to new research ...
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It can take years for someone to be diagnosed with endometriosis. This can mean ongoing pain, repeated appointments, uncertainty and delayed treatment.
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