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A website sold patients obesity drugs at affordable rates. Now they're paying the price
Sat, 08 Feb 2025 09:35:26 -0500
Patients who bought stockpiles of alternative GLP-1 drugs online aren't sure what to do with them after learning that the compounding pharmacy that made them didn't have the right license.
Experimental spinal stimulation treatment may help with paralyzing genetic disorder
Thu, 06 Feb 2025 04:24:07 -0500
An experimental treatment that stimulates the spinal cord may help people with a paralyzing genetic disorder called spinal muscular atrophy.
What would RFK Jr. mean to HHS?
Wed, 29 Jan 2025 18:40:27 -0500
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. faced senators today in a contentious confirmation hearing to serve as Health and Human Services Secretary under President Trump. He's a former Democrat — turned independent presidential candidate — turned Trump loyalist.

He's also someone who has pushed vaccine misinformation, something he was repeatedly questioned about during his confirmation hearing on Wednesday.

HHS is a massive system that oversees everything from the Food and Drug Administration to vaccine funding to the Affordable Care Act. What do we know about how Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. would run it?

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Patients are getting prescriptions to socialize to fight an epidemic of loneliness
Tue, 28 Jan 2025 04:23:13 -0500
Loneliness is at epidemic levels across the U.S. and is correlated with higher risks of many chronic diseases. Some doctors and therapists are writing their patients prescriptions for socializing.
Pop-up health events in LA assist wildfire evacuees with medical needs
Tue, 28 Jan 2025 04:19:47 -0500
People displaced by the LA wildfires found themselves needing help with basic health care — like getting medications lost in the fires. In El Monte, a pop-up health event provided some assistance.
'Prehabilitation' before surgery can cut complications risk, according to new study
Mon, 27 Jan 2025 04:18:58 -0500
If you're going to have surgery, "prehabilitation" focused on nutrition, exercise and social support in the month before can significantly cut the risk of complications, according to a new study.
Striking therapists worry about mental health impact of the wildfires in LA
Thu, 23 Jan 2025 18:37:33 -0500
A group of more than 1,000 Kaiser Permanente mental health workers are coming up on three months of strike, asking for better working conditions.
Trump tries to erase Biden's health legacy with early executive orders
Thu, 23 Jan 2025 13:58:12 -0500
Trump issued a flurry of executive orders and other actions on health care this week. Other than signaling he intends to reverse many of Biden's moves, the orders will have little immediate impact.
Prescription costs are going way down for millions as part of Inflation Reduction Act
Mon, 20 Jan 2025 17:38:10 -0500
In 2025, more than 3 million seniors are going to save thousands of dollars because of a new spending limit on prescription drugs. It's unclear whether the Trump Administration will keep the law.
Want to know if your body fat is in the healthy range? Experts say BMI is not the way
Mon, 20 Jan 2025 04:11:04 -0500
People with higher body mass indexes say they're relieved by experts' new guidance to downplay the use of BMI in diagnosing people with weight problems or obesity.

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