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Health news • Apr 06

GLP-1 agonist drugs show digestive side effects but may help fight infections

Originally developed to treat diabetes, a class of drugs known as glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RAs) are now stepping into the spotlight...

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Health news • Apr 06

4 Foods and Drinks With More Calcium Than Yogurt

Yogurt is a calcium-rich food. However, other foods and drinks, such as tofu and kefir, contain even higher amounts of calcium.

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Health news • Apr 06

Grocery Store Rye Bread, Ranked Worst To Best

From Russian and German to New York and Jewish styles, we ranked a lineup of store-bought rye breads on flavor and quality, including brands like Oroweat.

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Health news • Apr 06

The cosmetic industry’s new frontier: cadaver fat

As GLP-1 use surges, demand for longer-lasting fillers is raising ethical questions about donated tissue.

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Health news • Apr 06

Garden therapy: Why getting your hands dirty is the best ‘medicine’

Gardening is a health-promoting practice that can engage your body, settle your mind and improve your relationship with the food you eat, writes Carrie...

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Health news • Apr 06

Scientists Uncover New Metabolic Effects Beyond Weight Loss of Mounjaro

Researchers report that tirzepatide could boost the body's energy expenditure by stimulating brown adipose tissue, revealing a less-understood side of its...

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Health news • Apr 06

Scientists may have found a way to keep your bones strong for life

Scientists have identified a little-known receptor, GPR133, as a powerful regulator of bone strength. By activating it with a newly discovered compound...

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Health news • Apr 06

How stimulating the vagus nerve could protect the brain from Alzheimer’s disease

Alzheimer's disease pathology begins early in a tiny brain region called the locus coeruleus. Emerging research suggests that stimulating the vagus nerve...

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Health news • Apr 06

The Best Walking Plan to Lower Blood Pressure

Exercise is a great way to support your heart health. Learn why this is the best walking plan to lower your blood pressure, plus how to get started.

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Health news • Apr 06

Scientists Create Healing Gel That Could Stop Chronic Wounds From Turning Deadly

An oxygen-delivering gel may transform chronic wound treatment by targeting hypoxia and enabling sustained healing.

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Health news • Apr 06

A one-time treatment tweaked their genes — and lowered their cholesterol

Doctors have never had so many cholesterol-lowering drugs at their disposal, but getting patients to take them every day is difficult.

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Health news • Apr 06

Here’s What Happens When You Eat Strawberries Every Day, According to Registered Dietitians

Eating strawberries daily can support gut health, immunity, and heart health thanks to their fiber, vitamin C, and antioxidant content.

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Health news • Apr 06

RSV is still spreading, prompting states to extend the immunization period

Respiratory syncytial virus is continuing to spread later into the spring than usual, driving most states to extend the window for RSV immunizations for...

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Health news • Apr 06

Burcum: In walking away from a tanning ban for minors, FDA misses a chance to prevent melanoma

How seriously are we supposed to take Robert F. Kennedy Jr. when he's abandoning an opportunity to prevent a common, deadly cancer for generations to come?

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Health news • Apr 06

Wisconsin health lab flags long-term risks from CDC testing rollbacks

A leader of Wisconsin's state disease laboratory says a recent reduction in federal testing won't immediately impact the state's ability to test for...

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Health news • Apr 06

Common medicine taken by millions of Brits 'mirrors benefits of intense exercise' without doing it in 'striking' study

A COMMON drug already given to millions of Brits could mimic the effects of “intense” exercise in people who can't work out, a “striking” study shows.

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Health news • Apr 06

Want to improve your memory? The right type of exercise can give it a boost

A brief bout of physical exercise can create "ripples" of activity in your brain that help you store and retrieve memories.

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Health news • Apr 06

Measles: Why Bangladesh is seeing a deadly spike in cases

In Bangladesh, a nation of 170 million people, routine measles vaccines are given to children as young as nine months old.

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Health news • Apr 06

Marijo Bilusic, M.D., Ph.D. (IMAGE)

Caption. “By working across Sylvester's Tumor Biology, Cancer Epigenetics and Translational & Clinical Oncology programs, we were able to link a...

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Health news • Apr 06

Diabetes Drug Mimics Benefits of Exercise in Prostate Cancer Patients

Scientists have discovered that metformin, a widely prescribed diabetes drug, can have benefits similar to those of regular exercise in prostate cancer...

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