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Diabetes Blood Test Predicts Alzheimer's Decline
A common blood test can flag early Alzheimer's disease patients who are four times more likely to experience rapid brain decline, a new study says. The test - the triglyceride-glucose (TyG) index -assesses a person's level of insulin resistance and can estimate their risk of...
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Cases of Dr. Pepper Zero Sugar Recalled
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a recall for Dr. Pepper Zero Sugar cans sold in 12-pack and 24-pack cases as they actually contain full sugar content. More than 19,000 of these cases have been targeted for mislabeling making them unsafe for people with...
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Dr. Crandall: Exercise Snacks Lower Heart Risks
Get up from your couch or desk chair. It is time for an exercise snack. These shorts bursts of activity that don't require any equipment can be incorporated into your busy day, and they come with a host of health benefits. Editor's Note: The Smartest Health Tool You'll Ever...
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Diabetes Drug Effective for Fatty Liver Disease
A repurposed diabetes drug can be an effective tool against fatty liver disease, a new clinical trial has found. Dapagliflozin helped people reduce fat levels in their liver and avoid liver scarring that comes with the condition, which doctors call metabolic...
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Dangerous Eye Disorder Rare Side Effect of Ozempic
The European Medicines Agency's safety committee has concluded that a potentially dangerous eye condition is a very rare side effect of Novo Nordisk's popular treatments Ozempic and Wegovy, it said on Friday. The condition called non-arteritic anterior ischemic optic...
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Combo Diabetes, High Blood Pressure Cases Doubled
Twice as many Americans now face the increased risk of death that comes from having both high blood pressure and Type 2 diabetes, a new study reports. About 12% of the U.S. population had high blood pressure and Type 2 diabetes at the same time in 2018, up from 6% in 1999,...
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HIV Pill Improves Diabetic Eye Disease
An inexpensive pill for treating HIV could become an alternative to injections for diabetic eye disease, a small study suggests. "An oral drug that improves vision in diabetic macular edema (DME) would be a game changer because it would be more convenient for patients than...
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FDA Halts Sale of Off-Brand Ozempic, Other GLP-1s
A federal deadline ending sale of off-brand weight-loss and diabetes medications is now in effect, cutting off access to drugs many patients count on. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) already declared that shortages of popular GLP-1 medications have ended, CNN...
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Blood, Urine Reveal Ultraprocessed Food Intake
Molecules in blood and urine may reveal how much energy a person consumes from ultraprocessed foods, a key step to understanding the impact of the products that make up nearly 60% of the American diet, a new study finds. It's the first time that scientists have identified...
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Dr. Crandall: Calm Living, Stronger Heart
A healthy heart may be as easy as living a calm, predictable life.
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An Adult Type 1 Diabetes Diagnosis Ups Heart Risks
People who develop type 1 diabetes in adulthood have a higher risk of heart disease and death, a new study says. However, these patients can improve their odds through healthy lifestyle habits, researchers reported May 14 in the European Heart Journal. "We show that the...
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Pregnancy Problems Increase Kids' Blood Pressure
Children have an increased risk of high blood pressure if their moms suffered from health problems during pregnancy, a new study says. Children had higher blood pressure if their moms had obesity, gestational diabetes or high blood pressure while pregnant, researchers...
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Zepbound Beats Wegovy for Weight Loss in Trial
People taking Eli Lilly's obesity drug, Zepbound, lost nearly 50% more weight than those using rival Novo Nordisk's Wegovy in the first head-to-head study of the blockbuster medications. Clinical trial participants who took tirzepatide, the drug sold as Zepbound, lost an...
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Electric Pulses to Intestine Improve Diabetes
High-voltage electrical pulses to the upper region of the small intestine in a minimally invasive procedure can significantly improve Type 2 diabetes, researchers reported at the Digestive Disease Week meeting. The magnitude of improvement is comparable to the diabetes...
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Men Fare Worse for 20 Top Health Problems Globally
Men are much more likely than women to die early from the world's 20 leading health problems, a new global study shows. Sickness and death were higher in men than women in 2021 for 13 of the top 20 causes of injury and illness, including COVID-19, traffic injuries, heart...
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High Blood Pressure, Diabetes More Fatal For Men
Men are more likely than women to die from high blood pressure, diabetes and HIV/AIDS, after shrugging off medical care for the conditions, a new study says. These differences crop up even though men and women are as likely to develop either high blood pressure or diabetes,...
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Common Diabetes Drug Reduces Knee Arthritis Pain
A common diabetes drug can be repurposed to help overweight and obese people with knee arthritis, a new study says. Metformin reduced knee arthritis pain during a six-month treatment period, potentially delaying the need for knee replacement surgery, researchers reported...
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Ozempic Effective Against Fatty Liver Disease
The cutting-edge weight-loss drug Ozempic/Wegovy can stop and even reverse fatty liver disease, a new clinical trial has found. Nearly twice as many people taking semaglutide stopped their fatty liver disease without further scarring of the organ - 63%, compared with 34% of...
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Study Discovers Why Our Bellies Expand With Age
Call it the middle-aged spread or a beer belly, but most of us experience increased girth around our mid-section as we age. Now science has found a reason. A newly discovered type of fat cell precursor appears around middle age, causing increased belly fat no matter how...
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Umbilical Cord Could Predict Child's Future Health
Doctors might be able to predict a newborn's long-term health outlook, by analyzing their umbilical cord blood, a new study says. Genetic clues found in cord blood can offer early insight into which infants are at higher risk for health problems like diabetes, stroke and...
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A Strange New Side Effect of Taking Ozempic
Move over 'Ozempic face,' eagle-eyed observers are now noticing a new side effect of the popular weight loss drugs - 'Ozempic feet.' Coined to describe a peculiar side effect of taking Ozempic, the phenomenon includes sagging or aging skin of the feet due to rapid weight...
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Lilly Pill Leads to 8 Percent Weight Loss in Trial
Eli Lilly said on Thursday its experimental pill, orforglipron, led to a weight loss of nearly 8% at the highest dose and lowered blood sugar for overweight patients with Type 2 diabetes in a late-stage trial. Shares of the company jumped nearly 13% in premarket...
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Home-Delivery Medical Meals Prevent Hospitalization
Home-delivered meals tailored to people's chronic illnesses can prevent hospitalizations, help folks remain healthy and save billions of dollars each year, a new study says. In "Food Is Medicine" programs, people with conditions like diabetes, heart disease or cancer receive...
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Don't Mix Coffee With These Medications
Certain medications can have adverse interactions when taken at the same time you drink coffee. For instance, antipsychotic drugs like clozapine can have their effects reduced when consumed with caffeine. Similarly, certain antidepressants, especially MAO inhibitors, can...
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Diet Drinks May Increase Type 2 Diabetes Risk
Food additive mixtures commonly found in diet drinks, soups, dairy desserts and sauces may slightly increase a person's risk of Type 2 diabetes, a new study says. A mixture of additives commonly found in artificially sweetened beverages increased risk of Type 2 diabetes by...