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  Study Supports Annual Mammograms for Women Over 40

  A new study supports the notion that women age 40 and older get a mammogram each year rather than every two years, to help catch breast cancers early. The rate at which mammograms revealed a tumor in...

  • Posted August 28, 2024
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  New Lyme Disease Test Could Deliver Results in 20 Minutes

  An improved test for Lyme disease could provide accurate results within 20 minutes, researchers report. The test — which resembles an AI-guided form of the at-home COVID-19 test — would be a vast improvement over the current...

  • Posted August 28, 2024
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  Weight-Loss Drug Zepbound Now in Single-Dose Vials at Half the Price

  Eli Lilly, maker of one of the blockbuster GLP-1 weight-loss drug Zepbound, says it will now offer the medication in single-dose vials at half the price currently available to consumers. The new 2.5 milligram (mg) and 5...

  • Posted August 27, 2024
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  FDA Clears First Automated Device to Deliver Insulin to People With Type 2 Diabetes

  The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Monday approved the expanded use of an automated insulin pump system to include those with type 2 diabetes. It’s the first such system for use by people with the more...

  • Posted August 27, 2024
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  WHO Unveils Plan to End African Mpox Outbreak

  As an mpox outbreak continues to rage in Africa, the World Health Organization on Monday launched a six-month plan to quell its spread. “The mpox outbreaks in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and neighbouring countries can...

  • Posted August 27, 2024
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  Grit, Love for Learning: It’s Not Just Smarts That Boost Child Academics

  A child’s intelligence is not the sole key to academic success, a new British study concludes. Instead, intelligence plus “non-cognitive” factors, such as a determination to excel despite obstacles and an innate love of learning, can push...

  • Posted August 27, 2024
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  Overweight? Good Sleep Is Even More Crucial to Your Health

  Good sleep is important for the health of overweight men and women, a new study shows. Heavy-set people who stay awake too late tend to have a higher risk of metabolic syndrome — a cluster of conditions...

  • Posted August 27, 2024
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  Noisy Neighborhoods Might Raise Heart Attack Risk

  Your heart health before and after a heart attack might be influenced by how loud your neighborhood is, new research suggests. One study found that people under 50 were more prone to heart attack if they lived...

  • Posted August 27, 2024
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  Could Having MS Help Shield Against Alzheimer’s Disease?

  People with multiple sclerosis appear to have a lower risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease, a new study suggests. MS patients are far less likely to have elevated blood levels of toxic proteins that form amyloid plaques in...

  • Posted August 27, 2024
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  3.6 Million Americans Could Be Covered for Wegovy Under New Medicare Rules

  New Medicare rules could make 3.6 million Americans — or even more — eligible for treatment with the pricey weight-loss drug Wegovy, a new study finds. Under the new rules, the government will pay for Wegovy treatment...

  • Posted August 27, 2024
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