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No Increased Risk of Suicidal Ideation With GLP-1 Drugs

Semaglutide shows lower risk of suicidal ideation than other obesity, diabetes drugs

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Co-Pays Hurt PrEP Use, Study Suggests

Even small increases in costs are projected to reduce PrEP fills, increase HIV infections

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Getting Back the Time We Lost

If you want the paperwork done, at least give us the resources to do it

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Early Bird? Night Owl? It May Matter for Eating Disorder Risk

Anorexia linked to chronotype in both directions

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Paxlovid May Not Be Associated With Lower Long COVID Risk, Survey Suggests

One in five of treated with the agent reported rebound COVID symptoms, researchers found

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Maternal Type 1 Diabetes an Outsized Red Flag for Child Heart Defect Risk

But don't ignore maternal overweight, obesity, and gestational diabetes, study says

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Study Assuages Fears of Pancreatic Cancer Risk With GLP-1 Receptor Agonists

Researchers looked at 7-year patient data

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Dementia Drugs Seen Lowering Risk for Macular Degeneration

But not by very much or very quickly, VA analysis finds

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In Acute Kidney Disease, SGLT2 inhibitors Were All-Around Protective

Risk of all-cause mortality, MAKE, and MACE were significantly reduced

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Opening Blood-Brain Barrier to Deliver Alzheimer's Drug Shows Promise

Focused ultrasound helped aducanumab reduce amyloid-beta levels

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Fauci Faces Questions; Benefits of 'Dry January'; Resort Linked With Legionnaires

Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by 番茄社区 staff

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Here Are the Top Diets for 2024

A familar food plan topped the annual U.S. News rankings

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Novel Alzheimer's Trials Evaluate Senolytics, Semaglutide, CRISPR, and More

Looking ahead to 2024 and beyond: "There is so much more to be done"

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Trio of Eye Diseases Linked to Falls, Fractures in Older Adults

Patients with cataracts, AMD, or glaucoma had 25% to 38% higher adjusted risks vs controls

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'They See a Cash Cow': Corporations Could Consume $50 Billion of Opioid Settlements

Pitches land daily in the inboxes of state and local officials

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Prenatal Folic Acid Supplements Tied to Lower Risk of Kawasaki Disease in Babies

Japanese observational study suggests a modifiable risk factor

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Psychedelics for Psych Conditions Made Their Mark in 2023

Benefits demonstrated in major depression, bipolar depression, PTSD, and anorexia

Dulaglutide, Weight Gain, and Smoking Cessation; New Year's Eye Injuries

Also in TTHealthWatch: Doxycycline for STI prevention and the risks of AI in medicine

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Here's How Common Long COVID Is in Children

0.67% of kids presenting to the ED for acute infection had post-COVID conditions 1 year later

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For the Sake of Your Kidneys, Think Twice About Reaching for the Salt Shaker

Higher CKD risk observed among people who added salt to their food

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Bernie Sanders Has COVID; Global Fake Ozempic Problem; Nitazenes, the New Fentanyl?

Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by 番茄社区 staff

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Brain Impairment Persists at Least 18 Months After COVID Hospitalization

Cognitive dysfunction similar to that seen in other illnesses of comparable severity

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Dupilumab in Line to Be the First Approved COPD Biologic

In two phase III trials, the treatment reduced exacerbations and improved lung function

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Nirsevimab Reduced Hospitalizations for Infants With RSV

Monoclonal antibody is highly effective, but in short supply

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Testosterone for Hypogonadism Cleared So Far of Prostate Cancer Risk

No excess high-grade or overall prostate cancer risk in TRAVERSE with 33 months of follow-up

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Mind of the 'Maestro': Inside the Head of Leonard Bernstein

Psychiatrist and concert pianist Richard Kogan, MD, on the great composer's complex inner life

Medicare Cuts Beg the Question: Do Doctors Know How to Make 'Good Trouble'?

The health of American healthcare may depend on physicians taking it to the streets

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Pediatric RSV Led to Higher Hospitalization Rates Than Omicron or Flu

Study underscores urgent need to use preventive measures

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Young-Onset Dementia Tied to New Risk Factors

Vitamin D deficiency, high CRP levels linked with dementia in midlife

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Food as Diabetes Medicine? Maybe Not, Trial Suggests

But intensive program did help boost engagement with healthcare

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Shorter Antibiotic Course Noninferior for UTI Recurrence in Kids

5-day course should minimize adverse effects, reduce healthcare costs, and improve adherence

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Deep Flaws in FDA's Device Oversight, and Patient Harm, Exposed in Lawsuits, Records

"What is the threshold for the FDA to step in and do something?"

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Kindness Doesn't Have a Billable Code

But it's a key part of patient care

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Gonorrhea, Then and Now

And when -- if ever -- will resistant super-bugs increase the use of condoms?

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Beware of Fake Ozempic, FDA Warns

Agency seized thousands of counterfeit units already

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This Program Helped Overweight RA Patients Shape Up

Metabolic markers, disease activity improved with remotely supervised lifestyle regimen

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You Think the TREE Is Crooked: Penile Fractures Up at Christmas

Painful sex-related injuries jump as stockings are stuffed, German study finds

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Fatal Christmas Tree; A Whole Lot of Fraud; Chatbots Relieve Seniors' Loneliness

Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by 番茄社区 staff

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Iodine Linked With Men's Testosterone Levels

Results suggest "excess iodine is not harmless," said researcher

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FDA Warns of Unapproved Fat-Dissolving Injections

Users have experienced permanent scars, infections

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