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Women who have struggled with infertility, are on birth control, or thought they were past their childbearing years are getting pregnant while taking popular weight loss medications like Ozempic, Wegovy and Mounjaro, PEOPLE reported on Friday. The phenomenon, dubbed “Ozempic babies,” has prompted women to share their experiences on social
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Many countries are bouncing back from the COVID-19 pandemic, but the poorest are not and a significant number are seeing their conditions deteriorate, the UN Development Program said Wednesday. Achim Steiner, head of the agency, said that after two decades during which rich and poor countries were coming closer in
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The holy month of Ramadan is set to begin next week marking a period when Muslims fast from sunrise to sunset, abstaining from food and drink. It can be challenging to prevent overeating after breaking your fast. While eating a lot may provide temporary satisfaction, it can lead to discomfort,
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President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that Russian scientists were close to creating vaccines for cancer that could soon be available to patients. Putin said in televised comments that “we have come very close to the creation of so-called cancer vaccines and immunomodulatory drugs of a new generation.” “I hope
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Officials in the US state of Oregon have said they are dealing with a rare human case of bubonic plague that was likely transmitted by a pet cat. The disease, which killed at least a third of Europe’s population in the Middle Ages during a pandemic known as the
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Gene therapy has transformed the lives of people with a genetic disorder that causes painful and unpredictable swelling attacks. Angiodema, thought to affect 50,000 people worldwide, can be seriously debilitating, affect airways, and occasionally prove fatal. Patients treated with a single dose of gene therapy Crispr-Cas9 showed little sign
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A new form of oral insulin, which may soon be tested in humans, can be taken as an alternative to syringes or insulin pumps. Scientists have developed a way to provide insulin orally, via a capsule or sugar-free chocolate, and successfully tested it on animals. This new insulin will be
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Regular yoga practice increases blood circulation, ensuring that oxygen and nutrients are efficiently transported to all parts of the body, including the respiratory system. Improved circulation can enhance lung function and respiratory health. Read on as we explain which yoga asanas can help your respiratory health in winter and how
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Our efforts to protect ourselves form potentially deadly bacteria may be in vain, scientists have warned. Listeria is the third leading cause of death from foodborne diseases in the U.S., the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Reports. Roughly 1,600 people contract serious Listeria infections every year, resulting
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Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Health has issued a statement to allay fears about “Disease X,” a hypothetical pathogen that the World Health Organization has discussed in relation to potential threats to humankind. The ministry clarified that the comments by WHO officials at the World Economic Forum in Davos last
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Some children with cancer are receiving a new type of drug treatment far less toxic than chemotherapy. Arthur, 11, is one of the first to try it, at London's Great Ormond Street Hospital, for his blood cancer. His family call the therapy "a little bit of sunshine&
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WASHINGTON — Ancient DNA helps explain why northern Europeans have a higher risk of multiple sclerosis than other ancestries: It’s a genetic legacy of horseback-riding cattle herders who swept into the region about 5,000 years ago. The findings come from a huge project to compare modern DNA with that
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LOS ANGELES ― A New Year means new resolutions. While some look to get more exercise or drink less alcohol, others might want to consider making good use of their hearing aids ― and not just for better sound perception. A new study reports that regularly using these devices could reduce the
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Potential risks to health remain unclear, but researchers say nanoplastics contain more than 100 cancer-causing chemicals - and those involved in the study say they are reducing their consumption of bottled water after their shocking discoveries from typical 1-litre samples.
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By Julianne McShane - The pharmaceutical company behind the birth control pill Tydemy is recalling two batches of the drug because they may have reduced effectiveness. Lupin, the New Jersey-based drugmaker, announced Saturday that it was recalling the batches after tests showed the pills had decreased levels of ascorbic acid,
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U.S. officials are seizing more shipments of unauthorized electronic cigarettes.