Millions more senior citizens and lower-income Americans could obtain coverage for costly anti-obesity drugs under a proposal being unveiled Tuesday by the Biden administration. Some 3.4 million Medicare beneficiaries and about 4 million Medicaid recipients…
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Bird flu virus has been found in a batch of raw milk sold in California, and consumers should not drink it, the state Department of Public Health warned Sunday. The agency said that no illnesses…
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Alcohol use increased during the Covid-19 pandemic. A new study shows that it’s still high
by adminA surge of stress-related drinking and alcohol-related deaths brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic in the US has not tapered off the way Dr. Brian Lee, a transplant hepatologist at the University of Southern California’s…
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Vaping immediately affects vascular health and oxygen levels, study shows, even without nicotine
by adminVaping has an immediate effect on how well the user’s blood vessels work, even if the e-cigarette doesn’t contain nicotine, according to new research. The research – which has not been published in a peer-reviewed…
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In the US, young and middle-aged women are being diagnosed with lung cancer at higher rates than men
by adminSusan Wojcicki, the late CEO of YouTube, had a message for the world just weeks before she passed. “Although lung cancer overall is decreasing because of declines in tobacco use, lung cancer among people who…
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They’re up to 70% of the American diet. But the US has no policy on ultraprocessed foods
by adminTwenty-year-old Sam Srisatta is giving a month of his life to science — research that could help shape the future of US nutritional and regulatory guidance about the ultraprocessed foods that make up nearly 70%…
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Solving a 40-year mystery, scientists ID chemical found in millions of Americans’ tap water
by adminFor more than four decades, scientists have noticed a mysterious chemical in the treated drinking water of millions of people in the United States, but no one’s been able to pinpoint exactly what it is…
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Bird flu virus isolated from hospitalized Canadian teen shows signs of human adaptation
by adminThe avian flu virus isolated from a hospitalized teenager in Vancouver has mutations in key areas that could help the virus spread more easily in humans, scientists say. There is no indication that the mutated…
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Less-potent fentanyl pills may be playing a role in decrease of US overdose deaths, DEA says
by adminThe US Drug Enforcement Administration says that less fentanyl is present in the nation’s illicit pill supply and that is helping drive down overdose deaths in the United States. But experts say that there are…
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President-elect Donald Trump has picked Dr. Mehmet Oz to serve as the administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, a key federal agency that oversees health insurance coverage for more than 150 million…