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Health news • Apr 30

Novo Obesity Shot Wegovy Helped Alcoholics Drink Less in Study

Novo Nordisk A/S's obesity shot Wegovy helped people with alcoholism reduce their drinking, in the first controlled study of patients who sought help with...

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Health news • Apr 30

People with alcohol problems could benefit from taking weight loss jabs, researchers find

Alcoholics given semaglutide reduced alcohol consumption, had fewer heavy drinking days and saw a reduction in alcohol cravings.

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Health news • Apr 30

Forget weight loss – fat jabs curb binge drinking by 40% by ‘reducing cravings’

MILLIONS of Brits who struggle with binge drinking could benefit from taking weight loss jabs, researchers have found. Alcoholics with obesity given Wegovy...

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Health news • Apr 30

Scientists restore memory by blocking a single Alzheimer’s protein

Researchers have identified a new potential weapon against Alzheimer's: blocking a protein called PTP1B. In mice, this approach boosted memory and helped...

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Health news • Apr 30

Itʼs been proven : people who cross their legs while sitting at a desk are compressing an artery that raises blood pressure over time according to a new study

The habit feels comfortable, almost automatic. Yet a growing body of evidence suggests that crossing your legs at a desk does more than shift your posture.

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Health news • Apr 30

RFK Jr.’s Unsupported Claims About Tylenol-Autism Study He Called ‘Garbage’

During an April 17 congressional hearing, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. called for retraction of a new Danish study that didn't...

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Health news • Apr 30

Tick season is here — here’s how to avoid getting bitten

With spring in the air and summer around the corner, more people are taking to the great outdoors. Of course, that means more people are exposing themselves...

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Health news • Apr 30

Love the skin you’re in? Check it for signs of cancer

Melanoma Monday, which this year falls on May 4, is an annual day aimed at spreading awareness about skin cancer.

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Health news • Apr 30

VA shuttering underperforming clinics, addressing leadership shortcomings at others

The VA is closing underperforming clinics and addressing issues at troubled facilities, VA Secretary Doug Collins says.

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Health news • Apr 30

A single swab paves the way for simplified tuberculosis diagnosis

Led by researchers from Heidelberg Faculty of Medicine at Heidelberg University and the University of California, San Francisco (U.S.), an international...

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Health news • Apr 30

Childhood trauma linked to biological aging and gaze avoidance

Childhood maltreatment is associated with accelerated biological aging and a tendency to avoid looking at people's eyes. New research published in PLOS One...

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Health news • Apr 30

Portable MiniDock MTB delivers tuberculosis results in thirty minutes

Drugs to treat tuberculosis have been around for more than 75 years, yet it remains the world's top infectious disease killer.

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Health news • Apr 30

Non-invasive endometriosis scan trial boosts hope for faster diagnosis

A new study from Oxford University is raising hopes for a potential non-invasive endometriosis scan that could help give women an earlier explanation for...

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Health news • Apr 30

Preventative screening and the future of endometriosis care

In a column, SimonMed chief medical officer and chief innovation officer Sean Raj, MD, MBA, shares how radiology is poised to lead the transformation of...

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Health news • Apr 30

Tick bites surge in Dane County as season gets off to rough start

MADISON (WKOW) — Tick season is off to a bad start in Dane County, with urgent care centers reporting at least 35 tick-related visits in the past week...

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Health news • Apr 30

Early tick surge has CDC and pest pros on high alert

FARGO, N.D. (Valley News Live) - An unusual tick season may be developing in the Fargo-Moorhead area and across the Midwest, and federal health officials...

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Health news • Apr 30

Bowel and Ovarian Cancers Are Dramatically Rising in Young Adults and Scientists Aren’t Sure Why

Cancer incidence is increasing, especially among younger adults, and current risk factors don't fully account for the trend.

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Health news • Apr 30

The Men Who Want to Supersize Their Testicles

MARCUS HAS HUMONGUS balls. His ball sac, he claims, is bigger than an apple, bigger than a mango. The 57-year-old has been obsessed with enlarging his balls...

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Health news • Apr 30

The right exercise improves sleep most for older adults with cognitive impairment

Researchers measured the effects of different intensities of exercise on sleep disturbance in older adults with mild cognitive impairment.

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Health news • Apr 30

Oxford-Led Trial Highlights New Early Detection Tool For Endometriosis

The Nuffield Department of Women's & Reproductive Health at the University of Oxford, in collaboration with Serac Healthcare, has published Phase 2 results...

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