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  As ‘Teletherapy’ Takes Hold, Nearly 12% of Young Adults Now Undergo Psychotherapy

  Access to psychotherapy has increased substantially among Americans, particularly young adults, a new study has found. About 12% of young adults received psychotherapy in 2021, followed by 8% of the middle-aged and 5% of seniors, researchers found....

  • Posted December 4, 2024
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  Zepbound Bests Wegovy for Weight Loss in New Trial

  Zepbound, the new GLP-1 weight-loss drug from Eli Lilly & Co., has outperformed its main competitor, Wegovy, in a clinical trial funded by Lilly. “Given the increased interest around obesity medications, we conducted this study to help...

  • Posted December 4, 2024
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  E. Coli Outbreak Linked to McDonald’s Quarter Pounders Declared Over

  WEDNESDAY, Dec. 4, 2024 (Healtday News) — An investigation into an E. coli outbreak linked to McDonald’s Quarter Pounders has officially been closed, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced Tuesday. In total, 104 people from 14...

  • Posted December 4, 2024
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  Almost a Third of U.S. Retail Pharmacies Have Closed Since 2010

  About a third of America’s pharmacies have closed since 2010, amounting to an “unprecedented decline” in neighborhood drug stores, a new study finds. The drop began in 2018, primarily driven by store closures among chain pharmacies during...

  • Posted December 4, 2024
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  20th Century Lead Exposures Took Grim Toll on Americans’ Health

  Decades of lead exposure from car exhaust altered the mental health of millions of Americans, making them more prone to depression, anxiety and ADHD, a new study claims. Lead was first added to gasoline in 1923 to...

  • Posted December 4, 2024
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  American Seniors Struggle to Pay Medical Bills More Than Peers in Other Wealthy Countries

  American seniors still pay more for health care than their counterparts in most other wealthy countries do, despite coverage by Medicare, a new study finds. They are also more likely to postpone or skip needed care because...

  • Posted December 4, 2024
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  Even Minutes-Long Exercise ‘Bursts’ Can Help Women’s Hearts

  Take the stairs. Tote heavy shopping bags. Walk up that hill. Play tag with a kid or a pet. Weaving these tiny bursts of vigorous physical activity into everyday life can halve a woman’s risk of a...

  • Posted December 4, 2024
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  Smoking/Vaping Combo Lowers Odds for Quitting Nicotine

  People who smoke and vape are less able to break free of their nicotine addiction than folks who only have one of those habits, a new review concludes. Instead, these “dual users” are more likely to eventually...

  • Posted December 4, 2024
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  High-Dose Vitamin D Supplements Won’t Prevent Diabetes in Healthy Seniors

  Taking even high doses of supplementary vitamin D won’t lower an older person’s odds for type 2 diabetes, new research confirms. Vitamin D supplements may have other benefits, but in otherwise healthy folks with sufficient levels of...

  • Posted December 4, 2024
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  Genes Highlight Who’ll Benefit From Multiple Myeloma Therapy

  Genetic tests can show which patients with the blood cancer multiple myeloma should respond to targeted therapy, a new study finds. A special six-gene pattern can help predict who are more likely to respond well to Venclexta...

  • Posted December 4, 2024
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