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• Fibroids, Endometriosis Linked to Shorter Life Spans

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  Black Stroke Patients More Likely to Arrive Late at Hospital, Without Prior ER Notification

  Black stroke victims are arriving at emergency rooms much later than white patients, greatly increasing their risk of death or lifelong disability, a new study finds. Every second counts when it comes to treating a stroke, experts...

  • Posted September 12, 2024
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  Ozempic Can Prevent Heart Trouble in Folks With Kidney Issues

  Ozempic and Wegovy can prevent heart problems in overweight and obese people, particularly if they also suffer from kidney disease, a new clinical trial shows. The drugs’ active ingredient, semaglutide, reduced heart health risk by 20% in...

  • Posted September 12, 2024
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  Sleep Changes Common for Stroke Survivors

  Less than half of people who’ve survived a stroke will go on to have a healthy, normal sleep pattern, new research shows. Normal sleep is defined as six to eight hours of shuteye nightly. However, a majority...

  • Posted September 12, 2024
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  More Women Underwent Surgical Sterilization After Fall of Roe v. Wade

  As fears of the consequences of an unintended pregnancy rose after Roe v. Wade was overturned in 2022, rates of surgical sterilization rose in those states most affected by the decision, new research shows. Rates of tubal...

  • Posted September 11, 2024
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  FDA to Investigate Safety of Toxic Metals in Tampons

  The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced Tuesday that it will launch an independent review into any possible effects of toxic metals found in tampons. The announcement follows the release of a study in July that found...

  • Posted September 11, 2024
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  Weight-Loss Pill Saxenda Helps Kids as Young as 6

  The weight-loss drug liraglutide helped obese children lower their BMI and reach a healthier weight, researchers report. The findings, published Tuesday in the New England Journal of Medicine and presented simultaneously at the European Association for the...

  • Posted September 11, 2024
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  Daily Pill Helps People Lose Weight, Combines GLP-1 With Other Drug

  An experimental weight-loss pill appears to help people quickly shed pounds, a new study says. People who took the drug amycretin lost up to 13% of their body weight over three months, according to early clinical trial...

  • Posted September 11, 2024
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  Good Maternity Care Increasingly Tough to Find in U.S.

  In the two years since the March of Dimes’ last report on the state of U.S. maternity care, more than 100 hospitals nationwide have shuttered their obstetric units, leaving more new moms with literally “Nowhere to Go”...

  • Posted September 11, 2024
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  Weekly Insulin Injections As Effective for Diabetes as Daily Shots, Studies Show

  Weekly insulin shots can help control both type 1 and type 2 diabetes as well as daily injections do, a pair of clinical trials have found. A new class of insulin called efsitora alfa has been designed...

  • Posted September 11, 2024
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  CAR-T Therapy Won’t Raise Odds for a Second Cancer, Study Finds

  Contrary to a warning placed on labels for CART-T cancer therapies, use of these treatments does not appear to boost the odds for a secondary cancer later, a new study shows. Researchers at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer...

  • Posted September 11, 2024
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