After drugmaker Novo Nordisk tweaked its diabetes drug Ozempic into Wegovy—a formulation expressly designed to help users shed pounds—sales of both drugs skyrocketed. Other pharmaceutical giants took notice, and over…
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Being born in a city no longer increases their chances of survival
by Peter Macharia, Andrea Barnabas Pembe, Claudia Hanson and Lenka Benova, The Conversation Each dot on this map represents a group of households surveyed during the 2016 Tanzania Demographic and…
Global study shows loneliness can shorten life spans
There is an epidemic of loneliness and isolation today, and the consequences can be deadly, researchers say. Folks who reported that they were socially isolated or felt lonely were more…
Guidelines to help clinicians on safer opioid deprescribing
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Australian and international experts have released 11 recommendations on when, how, and in what situation it may be appropriate for clinicians to reduce opioid use, by…
Certain gut microbes may warn of Alzheimer’s disease long before the first symptoms begin
Credit: sfam_photo/Shutterstock What if the microbes in your gut could act as an early warning system, alerting you that you could be developing Alzheimer’s disease? This might sound improbable, but…
Expanded Child Tax Credit led to improved health and nutrition among adults
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain The Child Tax Credit expansion, which expired at the end of 2021, has not been renewed due to concerns among legislators over the credit being overly…
Depressed patients less likely to take their heart medications, finds research
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Patients who feel low when having a cardiac device implanted are more likely to stop taking their heart medications than those without depression, according to research…
Study explores the use of deep learning algorithm to detect occlusal caries
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A diagnostic study on the detection of occlusal caries from a clinical photograph using a deep learning algorithm will be presented at the 101st General Session…
No evidence COVID created in Chinese lab: US intelligence
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The head of US intelligence said Friday that there was no evidence that the COVID-19 virus was created in the Chinese government’s Wuhan research lab. In…
Researchers identify subtype of depression using surveys, cognitive tests, and brain imaging
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Scientists at Stanford Medicine conducted a study describing a new category of depression—labeled the cognitive biotype—which accounts for 27% of depressed patients and is not effectively…
