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6 Dec

Mysterious illness in Congo prompts WHO to deploy consultants to assist

The World Well being Group is deploying a workforce of consultants to assist native well being authorities examine a mysterious, flu-like illness that has contaminated practically 400 individuals within the Democratic Republic of Congo in Africa. The workforce contains epidemiologists, clinicians, laboratory technicians, an infection prevention and management specialists and danger communications consultants, in accordance
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6 Dec

Anthem BCBS is not going to transfer ahead with cap on anesthesia protection

After receiving intense backlash, a medical insurance supplier has rolled again its plan to implement a brand new coverage that will have restricted its protection for anesthesia used throughout procedures. Elevance Well being, which just lately rebranded from Anthem Blue Cross Blue Defend, first shared details about the proposed change for Connecticut, New York and
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6 Dec

Mysterious illness kills 143 in Congo. What we all know.

A mysterious flu-like illness has killed 143 folks within the Democratic Republic of Congo in Africa over the previous month, based on a number of studies. Authorities advised The Related Press they’re “on alert.” The circumstances are centered within the nation’s southwestern province of Kwango, the place at the least 376 folks have been contaminated
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5 Dec

The science behind the transgender minors Supreme Court docket case

Final yr, Tennessee banned docs from medically slowing down an adolescent’s puberty or giving them hormones or surgical procedure to change their gender. Households of transgender teenagers within the state sued to guard their proper to make their very own medical choices, and now the case is earlier than the U.S. Supreme Court docket. Oral
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5 Dec

Eli Lilly’s Zepbound tops Wegovy in head-to-head weight reduction trial

Eli Lilly mentioned on Wednesday sufferers taking its weight problems drug Zepbound misplaced 47% extra weight than those that got Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy within the first giant, head-to-head trial of the extremely in-demand rival medicines. Within the 751-person trial, Zepbound helped sufferers lose a mean of 20% of their weight after 72 weeks in comparison
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4 Dec

How leaded gasoline has created a psychological well being disaster for Gen X

Researchers have lengthy warned in regards to the dangerous results of lead in paint, pipes and different merchandise. However one other once-widespread supply − leaded gasoline − might need harmed the psychological well being of a technology. Gen X bears an additional burden of situations similar to despair, nervousness, ADHD and neurotic habits due to
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3 Dec

Co-pays for weight reduction medicine Wegovy and Zepbound skyrocket

For Debbie Halstead, the burden loss treatment Wegovy has been nothing wanting a miracle. The Cool Ridge, West Virginia, girl shed 60 kilos and lowered her blood strain almost 60 factors. What’s extra, Novo Nordisk’s blockbuster weight reduction drug has relieved the “horrible arthritis in my knees” and made her really feel “a lot, a
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1 Dec

Vacation presents probably to ship children to the ER

It’s that point of yr once more and the checklist of presents to purchase for household and mates might solely appear longer. Earlier than stuffing your purchasing baggage – or on-line cart, extra possible – medical doctors say dad and mom ought to pay attention to unassuming toys and equipment (for others within the household)
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28 Nov

An excessive amount of sugar results in ‘visitors jams’ inside cells, research exhibits

No matter you might consider Robert F. Kennedy Jr., he has introduced a highlight to the persistent well being drawback plaguing many Individuals. Practically each household and pal group has somebody with kind 2 diabetes, auto-immune illness and/or heart problems. Although these circumstances can have a number of causes, a brand new research means that
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27 Nov

Why weight reduction medicine, like Wegovy, are astronomically priced

Hundreds of thousands of Individuals might have expanded Medicare and Medicaid to cowl blockbuster weight reduction medicine underneath a proposed federal rule introduced Tuesday. The drugs − a part of a category of medication referred to as GLP-1, or glucagon-like peptide-1, receptor agonists − had been first used to deal with diabetes however have since
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