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What Is a Grief Attack?
Sudden surges of anguish can accompany intense mourning. That’s not unusual, experts say, and sometimes even helpful.
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FDA approves Wegovy weight loss pill from Novo Nordisk
The Food and Drug Administration on Monday approved a pill version of Wegovy, Novo Nordisk’s blockbuster weight loss drug. The Wegovy pill, as it’s called, is first oral version of a GLP-1 drug that has been brought to market for weight loss. A second pill, from Eli Lilly, is also expected to be approved in […]
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What to know as flu season ramps up early this year
Doctors across the country say flu season has arrived earlier than usual and is hitting people — mainly kids, so far — especially hard. “I don’t think I ever remember seeing it this severe, this soon,” said Dr. Suchitra Rao, an infectious disease specialist at Children’s Hospital Colorado in Aurora. “Our emergency department is full […]
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James Van Der Beek Opens Up About Stage 3 Colon Cancer
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How bad is flu in your state? What to know as new variant spreads
Flu season has taken off nationwide, with cases rising rapidly in some parts of the country over the past few weeks. “We’ve seen sustained, elevated activity across multiple key indicators in many areas of the country,” said Alicia Budd, head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s domestic influenza surveillance team. The CDC released […]
Read MoreWhat Is ‘Functional Freeze’?
The term has been popularized on social media to describe numbness and low motivation. Experts offer ways to break out of these feelings.
Read MoreOlder Americans Quit Weight-Loss Drugs in Droves
In some studies, half of patients stopped taking GLP-1s within a year despite the benefits, citing the expense and side effects.
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Nine drugmakers cut deal with Trump administration to slash medication costs
Nine pharmaceutical companies have agreed to slash prices on their flagship drugs for Medicaid recipients and people who buy the medications in cash, rather than through insurance, as part of a new deal with the Trump administration. The agreement includes prescription drugs for asthma, certain cancers, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, hepatitis B and C, HIV, […]
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Here’s What to Know as Flu and Whooping Cough Cases Surge
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Read MoreHHS Cancels Grants to Group That Criticized RFK Jr.’s Vaccine Policies
The American Academy of Pediatrics had called the department’s policies “irresponsible and purposefully misleading” and joined a lawsuit against its vaccine policy.
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