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Side view portrait of female scientist looking in microscope in neon light while doing research in laboratory
Health

A University of Oxford researcher is testing a revolutionary vaccine to prevent the onset of lung cancer

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April 24, 2024
Researchers at SUNY Upstate Medical University found that nonmedical cannabis use—regardless of how or how often it was consumed—lowered a person’s odds of subjective cognitive decline by 96%.
Mind

Recreational cannabis use may lower your risk of cognitive decline, study says

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April 19, 2024
Medicare’s push to improve chronic care attracts businesses, but not many doctors
Health

Medicare’s push to improve chronic care attracts businesses, but not many doctors

By Phil Galewitz, Holly K. Hacker and KFF Health News
April 19, 2024
From April 2020 through September 2021, overall hospital visits for alcohol-related conditions spiked beyond what researchers expected, per a study published Friday.
Health

Alcohol-fueled hospital visits are spiking among middle-aged women, study says: ‘We simply just don’t know what’s causing this’

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April 15, 2024
Whereas traditional colonoscopy involves snaking a camera called a colonoscope through your colon and rectum, a CT colonography, or virtual colonoscopy, consists of X-rays and a computer creating 3D images of these organs.
Health

Virtual colonoscopy lets you skip the scope. Here’s what to know about the colorectal cancer screening Mark Cuban says saves time and money

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April 3, 2024
Actress Olivia Munn announced in a March 13, 2024, Instagram post that she had been diagnosed with breast cancer in 2023, and credited Dr. Thaïs Aliabadi with calculating her disease risk and saving her life. “It would be my dream to have every single woman on the planet know their lifetime risk of breast cancer,” Aliabadi tells Fortune.
Health

The doctor who caught actress Olivia Munn’s breast cancer also diagnosed her own: ‘I don’t want another woman to go through what I went through’

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March 28, 2024
1 in 3 Americans who die in hospital had sepsis–and that’s just one of the many areas where AI can improve early diagnosis
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1 in 3 Americans who die in hospital had sepsis–and that’s just one of the many areas where AI can improve early diagnosis

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March 27, 2024
Catherine Duchess of Cambridge presents the winner trophy after the Men's Singles final between Novak Djokovic of Serbia and Roger Federer of Switzerland during Day thirteen of The Championships - Wimbledon 2019 at All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club on July 14, 2019 in London, England.
Health

Kate Middleton diagnosed with cancer after abdominal surgery in ‘huge shock’ to British royal family

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March 22, 2024
After testing new drug compounds that appear to mimic the physical benefits of exercise in rodents, scientists say a pill may someday be able to do the same in humans.
Life

An exercise pill may soon offer the same benefits as a workout, scientists say

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March 18, 2024
A person using Ozempic
Retail

Wegovy and Ozempic have ignited a gold rush in pharma as well as an upsurge in fake ‘skinny jabs’, leading to surge in hospitalizations

By Ashleigh Furlong and Bloomberg
March 13, 2024
Reddit cofounder Alexis Ohanian said in a March 3, 2024, post on X (formerly Twitter) that he’d undergone a calcium score test the previous year, calling it “Probably the highest ROI $100 you can spend on your health.”
Health

Reddit cofounder Alexis Ohanian calls this ‘the highest ROI $100 you can spend on your health.’ Here’s what to know about the calcium score test’s benefits

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March 12, 2024
“Even though health insurance costs are the second-largest line item after payroll, CEOs don’t really understand it or know anything about it,” billionaire entrepreneur and Shark Tank investor Mark Cuban tells Fortune’s Lindsey Leake.
Health

Mark Cuban’s $141K mistake: The Cost Plus Drugs cofounder says CEOs don’t understand health care coverage, and it’s costing them big

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March 8, 2024
The Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company will begin manufacturing its own medications in Dallas this week, cofounder and CEO Dr. Alex Oshmyansky announced Monday, March 4, 2024.
Health

Mark Cuban’s Cost Plus Drugs will begin manufacturing its own medications this week

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March 5, 2024
An international team of researchers from the U.S. and China found that women who exercise regularly have a significantly lower risk of an early death or a fatal cardiovascular event than men who do the same.
Life

Women may get more health benefits from regular exercise than men—even if they work out less

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February 19, 2024
Zoetis’s CEO says people are demanding human-quality health care for their pets—and it’s leading to new treatments
Leadership

Zoetis’s CEO says people are demanding human-quality health care for their pets—and it’s leading to new treatments

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January 10, 2024

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