A multi-institutional study found that 1 in 6 youths fill an opioid prescription prior to surgery, and 3% of patients were still filling opioid prescriptions three to six months after surgery, indicating persistent opioid ...
Jul 11, 2024
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To make someone put their phone down while driving, show them the money—with a catch, according to research published in JAMA Network Open. When a group of auto insurance customers were tempted with a cash incentive—and ...
Jul 10, 2024
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Although the simple biological fact (nature) of being born male increases boys' and men's overall health risks, the behavioral choices (nurture) they make are at least as important. This means that trans men and others who ...
Jul 5, 2024
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US President Joe Biden on Tuesday called on pharmaceutical giants Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly to lower prices for diabetes and weight loss drugs such as Ozempic, saying firms must stop "ripping off the American people."
Jul 2, 2024
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Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) researchers are touting data from a multicenter, international Phase II clinical trial showing a new, curative treatment for sickle cell disease (SCD).
Jun 26, 2024
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Just two injections a year of a new HIV drug protected young women in Africa from infection with the sexually transmitted disease, new trial results show.
Jun 24, 2024
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In coordinated raids last September, multiple California agencies stormed a network of illegal cannabis-growing warehouses across Oakland while state cannabis regulators singled out a salmon-colored warehouse complex surrounded ...
Jun 24, 2024
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration's decision to authorize the first menthol-flavored e-cigarettes has drawn the the ire of health advocates who say the decision undermines efforts to end the youth vaping epidemic in America.
Jun 24, 2024
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Every 40 seconds, someone in the United States suffers a stroke, in which blood flow to the brain is blocked. For the survivors, the ensuing brain damage can lead to lifelong disabilities, making mundane tasks—such as using ...
Jun 19, 2024
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Surging cases of bird flu among mammals, including US cattle, offer a stark warning that the world is not ready to fend off future pandemics, a report said on Tuesday, urging leaders to act quickly.
Jun 18, 2024
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