Health
A 30-year study found that eating highly processed foods is linked to a higher risk of early death. The study, released Wednesday in the BMJ journal, analyzed the eating habits of 115,000 people and found that a higher intake of highly processed foods was associated with a slightly higher mortality risk. The results varied based on which…
The t:connect mobile app can crash and drain the insulin pump’s battery.
Three progressive senators are asking why the Chamber of Commerce started a coalition earlier this year to oppose a White House rule that would allow it to use march-in rights to reduce drug costs. Democratic Sens. Elizabeth Warren (Mass.), Jeff Merkley (Oreg.) and Sen. Bernie Sanders want to know the reason.
The U.S. birth rate fell to a record low after seeing a bump during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to new data released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Thursday. The provisional number of births in 2023 was 3,591,328, a 2 percent drop from the previous year, which saw 3,667,758 births. “Last…
A private hospital in Samut Prakan has been fined 100,000 baht by the Emergency Medicine Committee (EMC) for refusing to treat a critically injured patient, who later died after being…
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), who leads the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, initiated a probe into the very high prices of Novo Nordisk’s diabetes and weight loss drugs, Ozempic and Wegovy. On Wednesday, Sanders wrote a letter to Novo Nordisk’s CEO, Lars Fruergaard Jørgensen, informing him about…
Anthony Fauci, former chief medical adviser to President Biden, will testify before the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic on June 3, making it the first time he will appear before a congressional panel since leaving government work at the end of 2022. Subcommittee Chair Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio) announced the hearing Wednesday. Fauci had…
Hillary Clinton cautioned on Wednesday that access to abortion care could be further at risk after oral arguments in a Supreme Court case over an Idaho law limiting abortion. The court seemed uncertain if a federal law ensuring access to lifesaving care included access to abortion care when necessary, though the justices…
Maria Shriver emphasized that her efforts for gender equality in medical research are a human concern, not a political one. She pointed out that women from both parties contribute to this cause, highlighting that she does not view it as political.
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