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Blood Test for This Cancer Shows Promise for Early …

WebGuardant Health has produced a blood test that could be administered at a regular doctor's visit to detect the third most-diagnosed cancer in adults in the US—and …

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It's the 'Most Efficacious Drug Ever Approved for Obesity'

WebThe FDA approved Lilly's drug for people who are considered obese, with a body mass index of 30 or higher, or those who are overweight with a related health …

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The Taller You Are, the Higher the Risk for These Diseases …

WebPrevious research found height might impact over 50 traits, with taller people at a higher risk of atrial fibrillation (heart palpitations) and varicose veins but a lower risk …

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Teen's Story Shows How Childhood Obesity Is Changing

WebOf course, all of the above gets complicated—the question of how young is too young for surgery, the hazards of conflating body size with health, etc.—and Miller …

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This Is the Healthiest City in America

WebThe weather is getting warmer as we barrel toward summer, meaning you'll likely see more people out and about as they try to squeeze in their exercise routines in …

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Hack Gives Patients, Providers a Big Insurance Headache

WebWhat happened: The hackers reportedly broke into the Change Health system, which sends Rx claims from pharmacies to firms that determine what insurance …

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HHS to Hospitals: Stop Pelvic Exams Without Patient …

WebThe New York Times reports that on Monday, the federal agency sent out a letter to the nation's med schools and teaching hospitals blasting the practice of pelvic …

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Their Medical Debt Was Erased. It Didn't Do Much Good

WebIt's a somewhat counterintuitive finding: Wiping out medical debt with a face value of $169 million for 83,401 people didn't improve their mental health or credit …

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Alcohol's 'Health Halo' Is Losing Its Luster

WebThose who drink alcohol might well be "feeling a fair bit of whiplash" these days, writes Tim Requarth at Slate.Starting in the 1990s, the consensus of health …

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Former Surgeon General Stunned by $5K ER Bill

WebAs Business Insider reports, the aforementioned former Surgeon General Jerome Adams, 49, visited a Mayo Clinic ER in Scottsdale, Arizona, where he was …

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coronavirus – News Stories About coronavirus

WebPer CDC, only 7% of adults, 2% of children have received most recent coronavirus vaccine. (Newser) - A month after federal officials recommended new …

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A Dying Transplant Recipient Explains the 'Gratitude Paradox'

WebSilverstein explains that she has been on essentially the same "toxic triad of immunosuppressive medicines—calcineurin inhibitors, antimetabolites, steroids" for …

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Japanese Health Supplement Proved Not That Healthy

WebSee 2 more photos. Five people who took Japanese health supplements have died and more than 100 have been hospitalized as of Friday, a week after a …

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The Texas Surgeon Was Charming—and a 'Monster'

WebTwo more committed suicide, and others said they were paralyzed or left in crippling pain. And yet he managed to practice in Texas from 1982 to 2005, when his …

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Odd Symptoms, COVID, Then a Fall: An Unsolved Medical Mystery …

WebScocca had his first bout with COVID last summer, then fell on a New York City subway platform in September. But those events coincided with a period of …

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Dogs Have a Unique Impact on Kids' Health

WebKids lobbying for a pet dog have a new argument to add to their arsenal. A new study published in the International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical …

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Science News Summaries Science News, Analysis and Opinion

WebMar 30, 2024 12:00 PM CDT. Science – Current Science news summaries, facts and information in a concise, visual format together with links, images and video. | …

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When Her Life Unraveled, She Couldn't Stop Lying

WebShe married a surgeon, had two children, and even wrote a self-published novel. And then, in the 1990s, came a sad unraveling that Jon Kamp details in the Wall …

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Slept With Many People

WebHere are five ways to see if your number of partners is "normal." Use Slate's new interactive calculator. It aims to tell you if the number of people you've slept with is …

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