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The medication sold under the brand names Ozempic and Wegovy — semaglutide — has skyrocketed in popularity over the past couple of years. Ozempic was first approved in 2017 for the management of type 2 diabetes. After some people began using it for weight loss, it was approved in 2021 under the brand name Wegovy, […]
Genetic markers have been shown to predict a person’s likelihood of developing various types of cancer. Now, researchers believe that new artificial intelligence (AI) tools could make it easier and faster for doctors to detect those indicators. A team of neurosurgeons and engineers at the University of Michigan announced last week that their new AI-based […]
It’s well known and long-established that walnuts can help improve heart health. Walnuts contain alpha-Linolenic acid (ALA), an essential omega-3 fatty acid that helps keep the heart pumping normally and may help prevent blood clots, per WebMD. Now, a new study has found that walnuts’ heart health benefits may be linked to better gut health. […]
A Minnesota man is the first reported fatality due to rabies in the United States despite receiving appropriate post-exposure prophylaxis, according to a recent article published in Clinical Infectious Diseases. He was an 84-year-old man who died in 2021 about six months after waking up in the morning while a rabid bat was biting his […]
A second hospital in Idaho announced it will stop providing labor and delivery services for pregnant women in the coming months, citing staffing shortages and other challenges. “It has been increasingly difficult and unsustainably expensive to recruit and retain a full team of high-quality, broad-spectrum nurses to work in a rural setting where nurses need […]
Heart disease is known as the “silent killer” for a reason — an estimated 45% of all heart attacks come without any of the classic symptoms, according to Harvard Medical School. Now, a new study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine has found that nearly half of the participants were found to have signs […]
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is urging travelers to Guinea and Tanzania to be mindful of contracting the deadly Marburg virus. The CDC is also sending personnel to Africa to assist stopping the outbreak of the disease. The Marburg virus is an infectious disease that has high fatality rates and, according […]
The shape of a person’s heart could be a predictor of future cardiac disease, a new study from Stanford University in California found. Specifically, a heart that has a more spherical (round) shape could have a 47% higher likelihood of developing cardiomyopathy, which is a “disease of the heart muscle that makes it harder for […]
Drugs that combat obesity are under consideration for the first time for the World Health Organization’s “essential medicines list,” used to guide government purchasing decisions in low- and middle-income countries, the U.N. agency told Reuters. A panel of advisers to the WHO will review new requests for drugs to be included next month, with an […]
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Welcome to the Fox News Health Newsletter. If this newsletter is not already delivered to your email, please subscribe here. ‘USE IT OR LOSE IT’ – Exercise has been shown to alleviate symptoms of Parkinson’s. Continue reading… VACCINE FATIGUE – COVID burnout may be very real, a study finds. Continue reading… POPPY SEED PERILS – […]
As the world continues to move toward a post-pandemic life — and as the World Health Organization (WHO) recently predicted that COVID-19 will end in 2023 as a public health emergency — Americans may have reached a state of “vaccine fatigue,” data suggests. A recent study published in the journal Nature Medicine, led by researchers […]
