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Wegovy Helps Heart Failure Patients Lose Weight, Improve Symptoms
Weight-loss drugs like Wegovy can improve symptoms in heart failure patients, a new clinical trial shows. Both men and women showed improved heart function after a year on semaglutide, the active ingredient in Ozempic and Wegovy, researchers...
- Posted June 25, 2024
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Despite Falling Out of Favor With Doctors, Daily Aspirin Still Popular
For decades, millions of Americans popped a low-dose aspirin each day to lower their heart risks. Then, accumulated data prompted the nation’s two leading cardiology groups — the American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association...
- Posted June 25, 2024
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Loneliness Can Raise Older People’s Odds for Stroke
A lonely middle and old age could bring higher odds for a stroke, new data suggests. A 12-year study of people over 50 found that those who experienced chronic loneliness were 56% more likely to have a...
- Posted June 25, 2024
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Healthy Weight Loss Could Lower Your Odds for Cancer
Losing weight can protect you against cancers related to obesity, a new study finds. Obesity has been linked to higher risk of at least 13 types of cancer, researchers said. This is largely due to excess levels...
- Posted June 25, 2024
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Simple Paper-Strip Test Might Spot Flu, and Which Type You Have
A simple and inexpensive paper strip test could help diagnose a case of the flu, and even identify the influenza strain that caused it, a new study finds. The test can distinguish between influenza A and B...
- Posted June 25, 2024
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Cholesterol Med Might Slow Vision Loss in People With Diabetes
A well-established cholesterol-lowering drug appears to significantly slow the progression of a diabetes-related eye disease, a new trial shows. Fenofibrate (Tricor) has been approved since 2004 as a means of lowering cholesterol. Now, this new study shows...
- Posted June 25, 2024
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U.S. Pedestrian Deaths Decline for First Time Since Pandemic
For the first time since the pandemic, it got a little safer to cross America’s streets in 2023, new statistics show. According to data released Monday from the Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA), 7,318 American pedestrians were...
- Posted June 25, 2024
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Stem Cell Therapy Could Be Breakthrough Against Type 1 Diabetes
An experimental stem cell therapy can essentially cure type 1 diabetes by restoring insulin production in some patients, early clinical trial results show. Seven out of 12 patients no longer needed daily insulin shots after receiving a...
- Posted June 25, 2024
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U.S. Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Case on Medical Care for Transgender Youth
The U.S. Supreme Court announced Monday that it would hear a case on a Tennessee law that bans transgender minors from receiving certain medical treatments in that state. The banned treatments include puberty-blocking drugs or hormonal therapies....
- Posted June 24, 2024
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Rates of Distress, Depression Have Doubled Among Transgender Americans Since 2014
The rate of self-reported mental distress and depression among American adults who identify as transgender or gender-diverse (TGD) has more than doubled between 2014 and 2022, an analysis of federal health data reveals. During that time, “a...
- Posted June 24, 2024