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Ozempic may cut your asthma attack risk by nearly 40%
New research links semaglutide, the drug in Ozempic and Wegovy, to sharply fewer asthma attacks.
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These teenagers most likely to develop an eating disorder
A large review of 51 studies found the opposite of what most clinicians expect.
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Secondhand smoke killed 1.66 million people last year: Here’s what it does to the heart
A new study estimates that 2.7 billion people breathed someone else's smoke in 2023.
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23 dead as West Nile spreads through 40 US states: the 7 symptoms to watch for
The CDC has logged 407 human cases and 23 deaths so far this season. Here is who is most at risk and when to seek care.
Diseases
A drug made for the heart may also slow how cancer spreads to distant organs
A small early trial from Vanderbilt hints that an investigational cardiovascular drug could cut cancer's spread.
Diseases
Ozempic may cut your asthma attack risk by nearly 40%
New research links semaglutide, the drug in Ozempic and Wegovy, to sharply fewer asthma attacks.
Diseases
These teenagers most likely to develop an eating disorder
A large review of 51 studies found the opposite of what most clinicians expect.
Diseases
Secondhand smoke killed 1.66 million people last year: Here’s what it does to the heart
A new study estimates that 2.7 billion people breathed someone else's smoke in 2023.
Diseases
23 dead as West Nile spreads through 40 US states: the 7 symptoms to watch for
The CDC has logged 407 human cases and 23 deaths so far this season. Here is who is most at risk and when to seek care.
8 warning signs your thyroid may be off, and when to see a doctor
An estimated 20 million Americans have thyroid disease, and most do not know it.
The everyday habits that could raise your dementia risk
New research suggests many dementia cases may be linked to risks people can actually change.
The cholesterol marker most doctors don’t routinely test may be raising your heart risk
One inherited particle keeps hiding on ordinary blood work.
A new blood pressure drug works on a different cause – and it’s now FDA-approved
For the first time, US regulators have cleared a pill that blocks the hormone aldosterone to lower blood pressure.
MMR is being split into 3 shots by executive order. Here is what the science shows
The order collides with four decades of clinical evidence and with a vaccine supply that does not yet exist.
England is close to wiping out hepatitis C, and the cure is already in US pharmacies
England has treated 100,000 people in a decade using pills that are also FDA-approved here.