Some States Say They Can’t Afford Ozempic and Other Weight Loss Drugs
by Public employees in West Virginia who took the drugs lost weight and were healthier, and some are despondent that the state is canceling a program …
Month: June 2024
Caretaker, 58, wins payout after botched dental extraction left part of a TOOTH wedged in his sinus for two years
Mark Shire, 58, from Wiltshire, suffered with chronic sinusitis which left him struggling to sleep and breathe after part of his tooth was wedged in his …
Surgeon general declares firearm violence in America a public health crisis
U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy declared firearm-related violence a public health crisis on Tuesday, reporting that the casualties are compounded by mental anguish and psychological …
Turning 26 and Struggling to Find Health Insurance? Tell Us About It.
The New York Times and KFF Health News are looking into a dreaded “adulting” milestone: finding your own medical insurance at 26.The New York Times …
Drug deaths DOUBLE in ten years to record high, disturbing data reveals – and our interactive map shows the areas worst hit by the crisis
NHS figures for drug fatalities include both illicit substances, like heroin and cocaine, as well legitimate, but still potentially dangerous, medications like prescription painkillers.NHS figures for …
Food giant Nestle targets ‘Ozempic face’ by selling skin-boosting collagen supplements alongside protein powders to combat muscle wasting and hair loss caused by weight loss drugs
The Swiss food giant Nestle launched a website GLP-1Nutrition this week designed for consumers taking the slimming injections, selling them vitamins, collagen.The Swiss food giant Nestle …
How the menopause is putting women’s HEARTS at risk: It increases their risk of a heart attack five-fold – yet many are unaware of the dangers. Here’s how to protect yours
When Vikie collapsed she assumed her chest pain was indigestion. It never crossed her mind that it might relate to her heart or that she …
‘I’m not going to beat breast cancer, so I want to make the best of the life I have left’: Mother-of-two, 42, with bleak diagnosis is ticking off ‘living list’, including adopting a baby, an Alps trek and seeing Oasis in concert
Roisin Pelan, from Preston in Lancashire, was clueless about her disease until she discovered a lump in her left breast in 2014. She was diagnosed with …
For diabetes patients, inhaled insulin is shown just as effective as injections and pumps
Most of the 38 million people living with diabetes in the U.S. use daily injections or insulin pumps to keep glucose at safe levels — …
Surgeon General Declares Gun Violence a Public Health Crisis
Dr. Vivek Murthy is calling for a multipronged effort to reduce gun deaths, modeled on campaigns against smoking and traffic fatalities.Dr. Vivek Murthy is calling …