• Tea and Coffee May Help Protect You From Some Cancers
• Too Much Acetaminophen Could Harm Seniors’ Health
• Last Year’s Platinum-Based Drugs Shortage Didn’t Raise Cancer Deaths, Study Found
• Autism Tops List of Worldwide Youth Health Issues
• Dancing Helps People With Parkinson’s In More Ways Than One
• Flu Cases Start to Surge as Americans Prepare for Holiday Gatherings
• GLP-1 Zepbound Is Approved As First Drug For Sleep Apnea
• Feeling Appreciated by Partner is Critical for Caregiver’s Mental Health
• Chatbot “Brains” May Slow with Age
• More of America’s Pets Are Overdosing on Stray Coke, Meth

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  FDA Says Compounding Pharmacies Can Keep Making Weight-Loss Med Tirzepatide, for Now

  Pharmacists may continue making compounded versions of the weight-loss medication tirzepatide while the U.S. Food and Drug Administration revisits its Oct. 2 decision to remove the medicine from a national drug shortage list. What prompted the FDA...

  • Posted October 15, 2024
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  Your Sense of Smell May Be Quicker Than You Think

  People sense millisecond shifts in odor as quickly as they might spot a change in color, new research shows. The study discounts the notion that smell is a “slower” sense than sight or hearing, scientists say. “A...

  • Posted October 15, 2024
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  Parents or Ambulance: How a Child Reaches an ER Could Matter

  It’s natural for a parent to bundle an injured child into a car and rush their kid to the emergency room. But that decision could actually delay their child’s emergency care, a new study shows. Severely injured...

  • Posted October 15, 2024
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  Certain Women May Need Mammograms Before Age 40 — An Expert Explains Why

  Women typically are urged to start receiving regular mammograms at age 40, but some might need to start even sooner, experts say. Specific risk factors that increase risk of early breast cancer might prompt young women to...

  • Posted October 15, 2024
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  Gene Therapy Might Tweak Fats, Help Prevent Arthritis in Overweight Kids

  Gene therapy could help obese kids avoid health problems associated with excess weight, including arthritis, a new, preliminary study in mice suggests. The gene therapy prompts cells to convert inflammation-causing omega-6 fatty acids into beneficial omega-3 fatty...

  • Posted October 15, 2024
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  Half of Patients With Sepsis Die Within 2 Years, Hospital Study Finds

  Half of people who develop blood poisoning, otherwise known as sepsis, are dead within a couple of years, a new study finds. A little more than 50% of patients admitted to an ER with sepsis died within...

  • Posted October 15, 2024
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  Could Dad’s Sperm Raise Odds for Common Complications of Pregnancy?

  Some men might have damaged sperm that will increase the risk of pregnancy complications and health problems in newborns, a new study finds. DNA defects in sperm can double the risk of preeclampsia, a dangerous pregnancy complication...

  • Posted October 15, 2024
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  Homeless Americans’ Death Rate Rises on Hot Days

  As temperatures soar in some of America’s hottest spots, death rates among local homeless people rise as well, new research shows. Data from 2015 through 2022 finds a big bump in deaths among unhoused people in Clark...

  • Posted October 15, 2024
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  Change in Alzheimer’s Drug Vial Size Could Be Big Money-Saver for Medicare

  A simple tweak in available vial sizes of the breakthrough Alzheimer’s drug Leqembi could save Medicare hundreds of millions of dollars each year, a new analysis claims. About 6% of Leqembi (lecanemab) is discarded because patients are...

  • Posted October 14, 2024
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  GLP-1 Weight-Loss Meds Won’t Raise Teens’ Suicide Risk, May Even Lower It

  As with any new drug, parents and doctors may worry that the use of GLP-1 weight-loss meds by children and teens might raise psychiatric risks, including the risk for suicide and suicidal thoughts. But a new study...

  • Posted October 14, 2024
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