Semaglutide, the active ingredient in popular drugs Ozempic and Wegovy, is poised to add to its growing list of medical uses. In a large-scale clinical trial published today, semaglutide was found to be effective at treating a severe and relatively common form of liver disease. As Gizmodo reports, researchers in the U.S. and the U.K. […]
To usher in Mental Health Awareness Month, Selena Gomez’s Rare Beauty is hosting its fourth annual Mental Health Summit on May 1 in Los Angeles. This year’s summit will be a one-day event held in downtown L.A. that plans to welcome about 175 guests for interactive conversations around self-acceptance and mental health, including a closing […]
A new study in the New England Journal of Medicine suggests that some people with early stage cancers may be able to skip surgery after being treated with the immunotherapy drug dostarlimab. As ABC News reports, in the study, 82 out of 103 participants responded so well to the drug that they no longer needed […]
Patients can access their own health records — including test results — as soon as they’re available. While it might sound beneficial, in some cases, people are receiving life-changing diagnoses before their doctors have a chance to speak with them. As CBS News reports, this accessibility is due to legislation that went into effect in […]
With one-fifth of states seeing active measles outbreaks, the U.S. is nearing 900 cases, according to figures posted Friday by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). As the Associated Press (AP News) reports, the CDC’s confirmed measles cases count is 884, triple the amount seen in all of 2024. The vast majority […]
Living forever may not be on the table for humanity just yet, but there are several things you can do to increase your chances of living into old age. And they are quite simple, too. In March, researchers from Mass General Brigham, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and the Broad Institute released the […]
New research shows a new, oral GLP-1 pill may be just as beneficial to those with Type 2 diabetes as injectable GLP-1 drugs. As ABC News reports, drugmaker Eli Lilly said that in Phase 3 studies of over 550 adults, their oral GLP-1 pill, orforglipron, could reduce hemoglobin A1C levels on average by 1.3-1.6% and also help people lose […]
Lately it seems like you can’t turn around without another report of a major food recall. So it seems logical that we need the FDA out there doing food safety inspections now, more than ever. But it appears that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) might actually be ending its food safety inspections. According to CBS News, federal […]
Timing is everything. And according to a new study by scientists at Mass General Brigham, that includes when you eat your food for optimal heart health, too. As Science Daily reports, on April 8, researchers published their findings in the journal Nature Communications, assessing whether limiting meals to daytime hours could protect heart and blood vessel health, […]
Hope you weren’t enjoying some creamy butter on toast when you read this headline. As Delish reports, uber-popular dairy brand Cabot Creamery issued a recall on almost 2,000 pounds of its Extra Creamy Premium Sea Salted Butter due to contamination with elevated levels of coliform. What is coliform, you may ask? Well, you may regret that question. Coliform […]