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Mounjaro, Zepbound May Lower Risk of Eye Disease in People With Diabetes

Tirzepatide may help lower the risk of diabetic retinopathy, a diabetes complication that can lead to vision loss. Douglas Sacha/Getty Images Weight loss medications Mounjaro and Zepbound,...

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When It Comes to Health Insurance, Federal Dollars Support More Than ACA Plans

Subsidies. Love ’em or hate them, they dominated the news during the Affordable Care Act’s sign-up season, and their reduction is now hitting many enrollees in the pocketbook. ...

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Should Drug Companies Be Advertising to Consumers?

Tamar Abrams had a lousy couple of years in 2022 and ’23. Both her parents died; a relationship ended; she retired from communications consulting. She moved from Arlington, Virginia, to Warren, Rho...

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Physical Inactivity Linked to Diabetes Complications Like Stroke, Eye Disease

Research shows that increased physical activity may help prevent many diabetes complications. Image Credit: Alessandro Biascioli/Getty Images A recent study has found that many of the comp...

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Let’s Talk About RFK Jr.’s Workout Pants

A post on X claimed to be a simple message from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services: Stay active; eat well. But the 90-second video it shared, called “Secretary Kennedy and Kid Rock’s ...

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What the Health? From KFF Health News: Turnarounds and Shake-Ups

The Host Mary Agnes Carey KFF Health News @maryagnescarey Read Mary Agnes' stories. ...

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Why have Americans turned against this lifesaving medication?

Cholesterol-lowering statins are crediting with savings thousands of lives every year. So, why are Americans so worried about side effects? | Daria Dudnik/Getty Images Statins are one...

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4 out of 5 Rural Texans Face a “Life-Threatening” Chronic Disease Crisis, PCCI Data Shows

Source: What You Should Know The Finding: An analysis using the Parkland Center for Clinical Innovation’s (PCCI) Community Vulnerability Compass (CVC) reveals that four out of five r...

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19 Times Men Were So Hilariously Out Of Touch, They Earned The Title Of “Male Karen”

Don’t sweat the small stuff. It’s never worth it to waste energy being angry about things that don’t matter, and nobody wants to spend time around someone who’s constantly upset. While most of us d...

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The Longevity Scam

The quest to live forever has fascinated humans for millennia. The Epic of Gilgamesh, composed about 4,000 years ago, follows a king who searches the world for a plant that can restore youth, only ...

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Zuckerberg's Day in Court

“We call Mark Zuckerberg to the stand.” Thus began Wednesday’s nearly six hours of testimony from the Meta Platforms CEO in a trial of a lawsuit brought by a young woman against several tech compan...

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