April 26, 2024 – Before there was Ozempic Wegovy, or Zepbound, there were cost-friendly, safe, and effective weight loss drugs. FDA-approved obesity medication like orlistat (brand name: Xenical ), phentermine/topiramate ( Qsymia ), and naltrexone/bupropion extended release ( Contrave ) have been on the market for decades. “Some older obesity medications go all the way […]
Maybe you know a smoker who never exercises and is living happily into old age. Or perhaps you read about a veggie-loving marathon runner who had a heart attack in middle age. These kinds of stories can’t help but make you think: If your health is simply written into your genes, what’s the point of […]
By Cara Murez HealthDay ReporterTHURSDAY, May 25, 2023 (HealthDay News) — One potential solution to reducing chronic pain: Get moving.A new Norwegian study finds that physically active folks have greater pain tolerance compared to sedentary types. Those with higher levels of activity also had higher pain tolerance, according to the report published online May 24 in… […]
May 26, 2023 — Elizabeth O’Donnell found out she was pregnant in June 2020. It was a surprise, but she was very happy. She was never sick and says she was the healthiest she had ever been.But around Thanksgiving, her daughter, who she was already planning to name Aaliyah, was moving a little more than… […]
May 24, 2023 – Dental pain is the worst. It can come seemingly out of nowhere and interfere with eating, drinking, and everyday activities. But what happens when the pain is not necessarily in your teeth but, rather, around your face, jaw, and neck? Shane G., a 40-year-old finance manager based in Austin, TX, is painfully… […]
By Dennis Thompson HealthDay ReporterWEDNESDAY, May 24, 2023 (HealthDay News) — A Dutch man with paralyzed legs can now stand and walk, thanks to a wireless brain-spine interface that responds to his thoughts by moving his legs.Gert-Jan Oskam, 40, suffered a spinal cord injury 11 years ago from a bike accident in China that left him… […]
“No one asked me when I was in my 20s what I wanted to be or what kind of life I wanted to have when I was in my 60s, because I wasn’t expected to live,” says HIV advocate Vince Crisostomo.Crisostomo, who is now in his 60s, found out that he had HIV in 1989,… […]
About 20% of people with breast cancer have a type called triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC). It usually has a worse outlook than other breast cancers. It also tends to affect non-Hispanic Black women and women under 40 more often. But it can be harder to treat because some common cancer treatments, like anti-hormone and anti-HER2, don’t work… […]
May 23, 2023 – It sounds like a simple solution to a complicated problem: Find out what kind of obesity you have based on a one-time genetic saliva test. Then you and your doctor can get a better idea if anti-obesity drugs or other treatments are more likely to work for you. The goal of… […]
May 25, 2023 – The growth of artificial intelligence has drawn praise as well as anxiety and skepticism. But researchers from the University of Illinois Chicago and their colleagues have found that their AI app appears to be useful in treating anxiety and depression. And they hope it can soon help whittle down the lengthy… […]
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