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Oral Semaglutide Lowers Heart Failure Risk in People with Type 2 Diabetes

Emerging evidence suggests that oral semaglutide may reduce the risk of heart failure–related events in people with type 2 diabetes. JasonDoiy/Getty Images Oral semaglutide may reduce hear...

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Catherine O'Hara, 'Home Alone' and 'Schitt's Creek' Actor, Had 'Brief Illness' Before Death

Emmy Award-winning actor Catherine O’Hara is survived by her husband, Bo Welch, and their two children, Luke and Matthew. Image credit: MICHAEL TRAN/AFP via Getty Images Catherine O’Hara, ...

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Tirzepatide, Hormone Therapy May Aid Weight Loss After Menopause

A combination of hormone therapy and the GLP-1 drug tirzepatide may promote weight loss in postmenopausal females. Image Credit: Mauro Grigollo/Stocksy A new study found that postmenopausa...

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It’s 2026 and You’re Uninsured. Now What?

Health policy changes in Washington will ripple through the country, resulting in millions of Americans losing their Medicaid or Affordable Care Act coverage. But there are still ways to fi...

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Your Next Primary Care Doctor Could Be Online Only, Accessed Through an AI Tool

When her doctor died suddenly in August, Tammy MacDonald found herself among the roughly 17% of adults in America without a primary care physician. MacDonald wanted to find a new doctor ri...

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Testosterone Therapy Helped Jelly Roll Lose Weight. Could It Help You Too?

Country music star Jelly Roll revealed that Testosterone Replacement Therapy played a key role in his weight-loss journey. Image credit: Matt Jelonek/Getty Images Jelly Roll says Testoster...

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Common Gout Medication May Help Lower Heart Attack, Stroke Risk

A common gout medication may help lower the risk of heart attack and stroke in people with gout. Image Credit: smartstock/Getty Images Researchers say that allopurinol and other drugs used...

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Chinese Adults Taking Strange AI Devices to Bed With Them

China is a country defined by major contradictions. The nation is governed by a communist party that has carefully embraced market forces as part of a long transition away from capitalism. Against ...

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Healthgrades Names America’s Best Hospitals for 2026

Healthgrades has announced the Best Hospitals in the U.S. for 2026. Image Credit: Vero/Stocksy Healthgrades has recently released its annual list of the top 250 hospitals in the United Sta...

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OpenAI is retiring GPT-4o, and the AI relationships community is not OK

In a replay of a dramatic moment from 2025, OpenAI is retiring GPT-4o in just two weeks. Fans of the AI model are not taking it well."My heart grieves and I do not have the words to express the ach...

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Trump’s Covid Views Don’t Track With Reality That Recent Studies Suggest

More than two years since the official end of the covid pandemic, a growing body of research continues to reveal information about the virus and its ability to cause harm long after initial infecti...

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Younger Males May Face Higher Heart Attack Risk, 7 Years Before Females

New research indicates that men in their 30s may have a higher risk of heart attack compared to females. Image Credit: Thomas Barwick/Getty Images A recent study found that younger males d...

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‘I Can’t Tell You’: Attorneys, Relatives Struggle To Find Hospitalized ICE Detainees

Lydia Romero strained to hear her husband’s feeble voice through the phone. A week earlier, immigration agents had grabbed Julio César Peña from his front yard in Glendale...

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Blurry Line Between Medical and Vision Insurance Leaves Patient With Unexpected Bill

Barbara Tuszynski was concerned about her vision but confident in her insurance coverage when she went to an eye clinic last May. The retiree, 70, was diagnosed wi...

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Will T-Maxxing Ever End?

Some of the country’s most powerful men are panicking about testosterone levels. Tucker Carlson’s 2022 documentary The End of Men blamed declining testosterone for the supposedly rampant emasculati...

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Low Dose Aspirin Not Tied to Cancer, but May Raise Cancer-Related Death Risk

A new study shows daily aspirin use doesn’t impact cancer incidence but may raise the risk of cancer-related mortality. coldsnowstorm/Getty Images Researchers say that a daily routine of l...

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What the Health? From KFF Health News: The Hazards of ICE for Public Health

The Host Julie Rovner KFF Health News @jrovner @julierovner.bsky.social Read Julie's stories. ...

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Are You a Night Owl? Your Cardiovascular Disease Risk May Be Higher

New research suggests that night owls may have a higher risk of cardiovascular disease. Image Credit: Ani Dimi/Stocksy Night owls, people who tend to go to bed later, may be at greater ris...

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Polio Was That Bad

In the United States, polio is a memory, and a fading one at that. The last major outbreak here happened in 1952; the virus was declared eliminated in 1979. With all of that behind us, you can see ...

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Her Son’s Injury Never Got Its Day in Vaccine Court. Their Lawyer Is Now Advising RFK on Its Overhaul.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — In 2019, after a routine vaccination, 11-year-old Keithron Thomas felt a sharp pain in his shoulder and down his arm. His mother, Melanie Bostic, thought it would go away after...

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Medicare Advantage Insurers Face New Curbs on Overcharges in Trump Plan That Reins in Payments

Medicare Advantage health plans are blasting a government proposal this week that would keep their reimbursement rates flat next year while making other payment changes. ...

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