If you want to lose weight, you’ve got options, from medications like GLP-1s to apps like Noom. But an ancient — thousands of years old — diet could trump them in one big way. With it, people eat highger-quality food over time, which research suggests keeps weight down for longer. The Mediterranean diet emphasizes whole foods. … Read more
Forget silk rods and curling socks. Kayla Fawcett found a new beauty tool in the last place you’d expect: her CPAP machine. One night before bed, the Wisconsinite wrapped her hair around the soft tubing of her headgear, clipped it in place and hit record. She sent the video to friends, who convinced her to … Read more
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A panel examines the expansion of GLP-1 medications beyond weight loss, exploring new medical uses, potential side effects and what the next wave of these blockbuster drugs could mean for patients on ‘Barron’s Roundtable.’ A new report by Wells Fargo spotlights how GLP-1 weight loss drugs are reshaping the healthcare industry by addressing obesity. Wells … Read more
Are you coughing, hacking or feeling feverish? It may not be just a summer cold; you might want to consider taking a Covid test. Although the autumn respiratory illness season hasn’t kicked off, and flu and RSV activity remain low, there’s a growing summer wave of Covid-19. Case numbers aren’t especially high, and the United … Read more
Pexels/Reddit Being dismissed during a medical emergency leaves a mark that doesn’t just disappear once someone finally pays attention. One woman spent an afternoon telling her parents about chest pain, dizziness, and a heart rate racing to 180 while at rest, only to be told she was fine and left alone while they went to … Read more
Ask almost any parent what screens are doing to their children’s brains and you will get the same answer. Rotting them. Shortening their attention. Making them worse at thinking. A team of Finnish researchers set out to measure exactly that kind of harm. They followed hundreds of children for eight years, from primary school into … Read more
A recently opened lounge in the Central Business District where cat lovers can pay a fee to bask in the presence of adoptable feline friends has closed temporarily after a few resident cats contracted ringworm.NOLA Cat Lounge announced the closure in a statement posted to social media Tuesday, saying lounge staff would evaluate reopening after … Read more
Audrey Zheng (North Allegheny Senior High School, Pittsburgh, PA) A 17-year-old student from Pennsylvania has developed an innovative bioengineering method to detect early-stage pancreatic cancer from blood samples, tackling one of the biggest challenges in cancer diagnosis. Audrey Zheng, a senior at North Allegheny Senior High School in Wexford, developed a technique that uses tiny … Read more
UTAH (KUTV) — A 39-year-old Utah mother of five who has never smoked is preparing for a rare double-lung transplant after Stage 4 lung cancer left her dependent on oxygen and with few treatment options remaining.One year ago, Kelsey Flake was running a half marathon. Now, according to her family, she cannot walk across a … Read more