• Wildfire Smoke Could Cause More Than 9,000 U.S. Deaths Each Year

    Clouds of smoke continue to drift over the Eastern United States and Europe from wildfires in Canada, and experts are predicting a longer and more destructive wildfire season due to rising temperatures and drier conditions. Now, new...

    • Posted June 27, 2023
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  • Singer Lewis Capaldi Sidelined From Touring by Tourette Syndrome

    After appearing to lose his voice at a Saturday appearance, singer Lewis Capaldi is canceling his tour. Capaldi, who has Tourette syndrome, cited the need to adjust to the impact of the condition, the Associated Press reported....

    • Posted June 27, 2023
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  • The Age When People Seek Help for Gender Dysphoria Is Falling

    Growing numbers of young people are expressing a sense of a “mismatch” between the gender on their birth certificate and the one that they “feel” inside, particularly those assigned female at birth. And the age when these...

    • Posted June 27, 2023
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  • New Competitor to Wegovy Shows Promise in Clinical Trials

    An experimental drug appears to outperform the trendy medications Wegovy and Ozempic for both weight loss and diabetes control, a pair of early clinical trials shows. Retatrutide helped people with obesity drop about one-quarter of their starting...

    • Posted June 27, 2023
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  • AHA News: Teen With Gene Mutation Gets Rare Heart Operation

    TUESDAY, June 27, 2023 (American Heart Association News) — At school dismissal one sunny October day in Pineville, Louisiana, then-9-year-old Anniston Fairbanks was headed toward her ride home when she realized she’d left her hoodie in her...

    • Posted June 27, 2023
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  • Fasting Diets vs. Cutting Calories: Which Works Best?

    A trendy form of intermittent fasting does seem to help people lose some weight — though it may be no better than old-fashioned calorie counting, a new clinical trial suggests. Researchers found that the tactic — called...

    • Posted June 27, 2023
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  • Malaria Cases in Florida, Texas Are First U.S. Spread in 20 Years

    (HealthDay News) – Public health officials are warning doctors, especially those in southern states, to be on the lookout for local spread of malaria after five cases have been reported in the United States in the past...

    • Posted June 27, 2023
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  • Dr. Anthony Fauci to Become Professor at Georgetown University

    (HealthDay News) – Dr. Anthony Fauci, best known for his public health leadership during the pandemic, will become a professor at Georgetown University starting next week. Fauci will work in both the Division of Infectious Diseases in...

    • Posted June 27, 2023
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  • Weight-Loss Surgery Can Keep Diabetes at Bay for Years: Study

    Gastric bypass surgery is a potential long-term cure for type 2 diabetes, especially if the procedure is performed before the disease progresses, a new study argues. Among a large group of obese people with type 2 diabetes,...

    • Posted June 27, 2023
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  • Certain Microbiome Germs Might Trigger Lupus Flare-Ups

    Flare-ups of the autoimmune condition lupus may be caused by growth of a particular gut bacteria, researchers say. This knowledge could potentially lead to new and more successful treatments to prevent these flares, they added. These recurrent...

    • Posted June 27, 2023
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