FDA approves Ozempic to reduce risks from chronic kidney disease in diabetes patients
Ozempic, the blockbuster GLP-1 drug that was originally approved to treat type 2 diabetes, has now also been approved by the ...
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Moving away from BMI, experts propose a new definition for obesity
A group of global experts is proposing a new way to define and diagnose obesity, reducing the emphasis on the controversial body mass index and hoping to better identify people who need treatment for ...
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New Guidelines Recommend Shorter, All-Oral Regimens for Drug-Susceptible and Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis
Treatment of isoniazid- and rifampin-susceptible TB in adults: A 4-month regimen of isoniazid, rifapentine, moxifloxacin, and ...
Health Resources Vanish Following D.E.I. and Gender Orders
At federal health agencies, veterans hospitals, and local and state health departments, compliance took a variety of forms. At the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, employees hurried to ...
N.I.H. Trials and Essential Hiring May Continue, Acting Director Says
The interim leader of the National Institutes of Health gave some clarification tied to Trump administrations restrictions on ...
Alternative medicine fans see RFK Jr. as a hero. The field’s skeptics worry.
Kennedy’s potential ascent as HHS secretary brings promise for backers of alternative-health approaches, while skeptics say ...
Obesity Won't Be Solely Defined by BMI Under New Plan for Diagnosis by Global Experts
New recommendations on how to define obesity would reduce the emphasis on body mass index and also take into account health problems from extra weight and other measurements ...
As Trump and RFK Jr. move to upend drug making, Seattle biotech bets on science
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. may soon be America's top pharmaceutical regulator. That is cause for concern in Seattle’s biotech ...
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CVD will be ‘even bigger threat to global health and the world economy’ if unchecked
The American Heart Association has issued the 2025 update to its annual heart disease and stroke statistics report, detailing ...
When it comes to heart and brain health, these are numbers you should know
Heart disease is once again the leading cause of death in the U.S., according to a new statistical report from the American ...
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Highly Contagious Norovirus Cases Spike This Season
according to the latest data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Current data from the CDC’s NoroSTAT monitoring system show 495 reported outbreaks during the period from ...