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TrumpRx Adds Diabetes, COPD Meds at Steep Discounts
TrumpRx, the president's discount program for prescription drugs, is adding three more products to its site as it continues efforts to lower drug prices.The newly added medicines include two for Type 2 diabetes, Jentadueto and Jentadueto XR, and one for chronic obstructive...
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Study: Choice of Alcohol Influences Risk of Death
Too much alcohol of any type is bad for a person's health, but some booze is more harmful than others, a new study says. Beer, cider and liquor all appear to increase people's risk of an early death, even at low levels of imbibing, researchers are slated to report Saturday...
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Online Tool Guides Parkinson's Brain Implant Decision
Brain implants are proven to help Parkinson's disease patients control their symptoms, but deciding whether to go through with such an invasive surgery can be overwhelming. Now, researchers have developed an online decision-making tool to help patients understand the...
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Study: Cheap Children's Clothing Tainted With Lead
"Fast fashion" is an affordable way for parents to keep up with their kids' growth spurts, but these cheaper duds might come with real health risks, a new study says. The fabric in some fast-fashion shirts contains high levels of lead, researchers reported Monday at the...
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How to Keep Seniors Safe at Home
Investigators searching for Nancy Guthrie are still pursuing various leads six weeks after the 84-year-old mother of Savannah Guthrie, co-anchor of NBC's "Today" show, was allegedly kidnapped from her home. Her devastating disappearance has shed light on the security - or...
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Everyday Habits Proven to Help You Stress Less
You probably know someone who never loses their cool - even in a situation that would send most folks into a panic. How come they don't freak out under pressure Chalk it up to something called "psychological flexibility." "They're able to change the way they think about the...
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Study: Lyme Vaccine 70% Effective, Misses Key Goal
Pfizer and Valneva said on Monday their Lyme disease vaccine showed more than 70% efficacy in a late-stage study, even as it missed its main goal. U.S.-listed shares of the French drugmaker tumbled more than 35% in premarket trading following the update, while Pfizer was...
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Children's Ibuprofen Recalled Nationwide
If you have children's ibuprofen at home, you may want to check the label. Nearly 90,000 bottles have been recalled over possible contamination, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said. The recall affects 89,592 bottles of Children's Ibuprofen Oral Suspension made by...
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Thymus Gland Key to Fighting Cancer, Heart Disease
For decades, medical students were taught that the thymus - a small, butterfly-shaped gland in the upper chest - was essentially inactive once a person hit puberty. But new research suggests this overlooked organ may actually be a master switch for how well people age and...
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Rural Residents Have Highest Cancer Death Rates
Rural residents face an increasingly larger share of cancer deaths in the U.S., with the gap continuing to widen between them and their urban brethren, a new study says.Rural areas had the highest cancer death rates in 2021 to 2023, while large cities had the lowest rates,...
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Researchers Testing Nasal Swab to Detect Alzheimer's
Detecting the first signs of Alzheimer's disease may one day be as easy as swabbing the inside of your nose. An experimental swab, patented by Duke Health, picked up early changes in nerve and immune cells even before thinking and memory problems had emerged."If we can...
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Dr. Crandall to Newsmax: New Cholesterol Guidelines
New cholesterol guidelines are encouraging doctors to rethink when patients should be screened and treated for heart disease risk , shifting the focus to earlier prevention.
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Survey: More People Struggle to Afford ACA Insurance
Rising health insurance costs are pushing some Americans to drop their coverage, a new survey finds. About 1 in 10 people who had Affordable Care Act (ACA) plans last year are now uninsured, according to a report from the health policy group KFF. The change follows a sharp...
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Fitness Icon Elaine LaLanne Turns 100, Shares Tips
Elaine LaLanne is celebrating a major milestone - her 100th birthday - and showing no signs of slowing down. Affectionately known as "Lala" and often called the "Queen of Fitness," she was recently inducted into the Health and Fitness Hall of Fame by the Health and Fitness...
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Hypertension Deaths Quadruple Among Young Women
High blood pressure-related deaths are skyrocketing among young women, with rates up more than fourfold during the past two decades, a new study says. Nearly 5 of every 100,000 deaths among 25- to 44-year-old women in 2023 owed to heart disease caused by high blood pressure,...
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Early Exercise Provides the Most Health Benefits
"Early bird" exercise provides better health benefits for people, a new study says. People who regularly exercise in the early morning are significantly less likely to develop clogged arteries, high blood pressure, Type 2 diabetes or obesity, researchers are slated to report...
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Stopping GLP-1s Increases Heart Risks
Taking GLP-1 drugs for diabetes has been shown to lower the risk of adverse heart events, but a new analysis found that going off the medication - even for a few months - may increase the odds of heart attack, stroke or death."Stopping GLP-1 drugs can rapidly erode and...
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DOJ Warns Letitia James in NYU Gender Care Dispute
The Department of Justice has warned New York Attorney General Letitia James that it could act to defend NYU Langone Health if she moves against the hospital over its halt of certain gender care procedures for minors, escalating a standoff between federal officials and the ...
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FDA Approves New Higher-Dose Wegovy Shots
Federal regulators on Thursday approved a new higher-dose version of the blockbuster obesity drug Wegovy that may help users lose more weight and keep it off. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved a 7.2-milligram dose of Danish drugmaker Novo Nordisk's semaglutide....
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Dr. Oz to Newsmax: LA Hospice Boom Driven by Fraud
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz sounded the alarm Thursday on Newsmax, warning that a shocking concentration of hospices in Los Angeles points to massive fraud undermining America's healthcare system.
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Generic Ozempic to Soon Reach Billions of People
The Danish drug manufacturer Novo Nordisk is losing the patent for its popular weight loss drug semaglutide, sold as Wegovy for obesity and Ozempic for Type 2 diabetes. The patent expires Saturday in India, China and other heavy populated nations which opens the door for...
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What We Know About the UK's Deadly Meningitis Outbreak
UK health authorities are probing 27 cases linked to a deadly meningitis outbreak believed to have spread at a nightclub in southeast England. Here's everything we know about the disease and the outbreak: WHAT IS MENINGITIS Meningitis is a potentially deadly infection causing...
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US Teen Obesity Hits Record Highs
Late-night study sessions and the constant hum of social media make high school a stressful time, and a new study suggests that stress is contributing to a growing weight and health crisis.Researchers from Florida Atlantic University (FAU) analyzed a decade's worth of data...
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Premature Menopause Increases Heart Disease Risk
Premature menopause can increase a woman's long-term risk of heart disease from clogged arteries by 40%, a new study says. This risk is particularly important among Black women, as they are three times more likely to experience menopause prior to age 40, researchers reported...
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Type 1 and 2 Diabetes Increase Dementia Risk
Both types of diabetes dramatically increase a person's risk of dementia, a new study says. People with Type 1 diabetes are nearly three times more likely than those without diabetes to develop dementia, and folks with Type 2 diabetes are twice as likely to do so,...