Month: November 2024

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Dr. Sanjay Gupta: Blockbuster weight loss drugs are revealing what we still don’t understand about obesity

Over the past year, the question has been coming in from everywhere – from my patients and family members, from colleagues and passengers I chatted with on airplanes: Is Ozempic right for me? Or any of the blockbuster weight loss and diabetes drugs that recently caught the world’s attention? While filming my new documentary about […]

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  • November 17, 2024
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There are millions of sexually transmitted infections in the US every year, but new data shows the epidemic may be slowing

Although sexually transmitted infections are still at an epidemic level in the US, scientists at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are expressing cautious optimism about some decreases emerging in the newest data. Overall, CDC scientists say, there’s evidence that the nation’s STI epidemic may be slowing down, particularly when it comes to […]

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  • November 15, 2024
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What are your questions about weight loss drugs?

Weight loss and diabetes drugs Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro and Zepbound are seen as game-changers for obesity and weight management but for many people, there are still questions around side effects, accessibility and results. What do you want to know about the drugs, how they can impact health and how they might be used in the […]

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  • November 13, 2024
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What the abortion measures from Election Day mean for access in the US

Despite a strong showing of support for abortion rights on Election Day, the abortion access landscape in the United States won’t change immediately. And under President Donald Trump’s second term, it will remain heavily fragmented — and vulnerable to future restriction. Voters in seven states – Arizona, Colorado, Maryland, Missouri, Montana, Nevada and New York […]

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  • November 11, 2024
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FDA moves to pull popular decongestant from shelves amid effectiveness concerns

The US Food and Drug Administration announced a proposal to remove oral phenylephrine – a common ingredient in many popular over-the-counter decongestants – from the market, citing evidence that it doesn’t work. Phenylephrine, found in products like Sudafed PE, Vicks DayQuil and Mucinex Sinus-Max, has been widely used as a nasal decongestant for decades. The […]

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  • November 8, 2024
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Triplets are becoming less common in the United States. Here’s why

Giving birth to triplets, quadruplets or even more has become increasingly less common in the United States. The rate of triplet and higher-order births in the US declined 62% between 1998 and 2023, according to a report published Thursday by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. And the largest declines in rates were […]

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  • November 6, 2024
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