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US Heatwave Death Toll Reaches 23 as Extreme Heat Overwhelms Hospitals and Emergency Services Health

US Heatwave Death Toll Reaches 23 as Extreme Heat Overwhelms Hospitals and Emergency Services

At least 23 people have died as record-breaking temperatures overwhelm emergency rooms and knock out power for over 1.3 million households across the eastern United States.

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Kidney Transplant Crisis: Landmark Study Reveals Half of Referred Patients Never Begin Evaluation Health

Kidney Transplant Crisis: Landmark Study Reveals Half of Referred Patients Never Begin Evaluation

A national study of over 720,000 patients finds that 48 percent of those referred for kidney transplants never begin evaluation, with only 19 percent reaching the waiting list.

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NHS Approves Groundbreaking Teplizumab Treatment That Delays Type 1 Diabetes Onset by Three Years Health

NHS Approves Groundbreaking Teplizumab Treatment That Delays Type 1 Diabetes Onset by Three Years

England becomes the first country in Europe to approve teplizumab, a disease-modifying therapy that can delay the onset of type 1 diabetes by nearly three years in eligible patients.

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Placebo Pills Improve Memory and Physical Performance in Older Adults in Just Three Weeks Health

Placebo Pills Improve Memory and Physical Performance in Older Adults in Just Three Weeks

Italian researchers find that placebo pills, even when participants know they are fake, significantly boost memory, physical performance, and well-being in older adults within three weeks.

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Galleri Multi-Cancer Blood Test Nears Historic FDA Approval as New Data Shows Seven-Fold Detection Boost Health

Galleri Multi-Cancer Blood Test Nears Historic FDA Approval as New Data Shows Seven-Fold Detection Boost

GRAIL Inc. has completed its FDA application for the Galleri blood test, which can screen for over 50 cancer types and has shown a seven-fold increase in cancer detection rates.

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Major Scientific Review Concludes Vaping Likely Causes Lung and Oral Cancer Health

Major Scientific Review Concludes Vaping Likely Causes Lung and Oral Cancer

A comprehensive UNSW Sydney review of over 100 studies published in Carcinogenesis concludes that e-cigarette aerosols contain carcinogens triggering biological changes strongly linked to lung and oral cancer development.

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GLP-1 Drugs Like Ozempic Linked to 30 Percent Lower Breast Cancer Risk Health

GLP-1 Drugs Like Ozempic Linked to 30 Percent Lower Breast Cancer Risk

A large study finds GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy are linked to 30 to 47 percent lower breast cancer risk, even after accounting for weight loss.

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Common Food Preservatives Linked to Heart Disease Risk in Major Study Health

Common Food Preservatives Linked to Heart Disease Risk in Major Study

A study of over 112,000 people finds that common food preservatives in processed foods are linked to significantly higher risks of high blood pressure and heart disease.

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GLP-1 Drugs Like Ozempic May Reduce Violent Behavior, Rutgers Study Finds Health

GLP-1 Drugs Like Ozempic May Reduce Violent Behavior, Rutgers Study Finds

A Rutgers University study reveals that GLP-1 receptor agonist drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy may weaken the link between impulsive tendencies and violent behavior, adding to the growing list of unexpected benefits from these widely prescribed medications.

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Massive Review Finds Calcium and Vitamin D Supplements Provide No Bone Benefit Health

Massive Review Finds Calcium and Vitamin D Supplements Provide No Bone Benefit

A comprehensive systematic review finds that calcium and vitamin D supplements, long recommended for older adults, show no significant benefit in preventing bone fractures or falls.

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Copper Drug Clears 42% of Alzheimer's Proteins and Restores Memory in Landmark Study Health

Copper Drug Clears 42% of Alzheimer's Proteins and Restores Memory in Landmark Study

A copper-delivering compound developed at Monash University reduced toxic amyloid-beta levels by roughly 42 percent and improved spatial learning by 44 percent, offering a revolutionary new approach to treating Alzheimer's disease.

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Ozempic and GLP-1 Users Becoming Significantly Less Active, Major Study Reveals Health

Ozempic and GLP-1 Users Becoming Significantly Less Active, Major Study Reveals

A study presented at ENDO 2026 found that people taking popular weight-loss drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy saw their daily step counts and exercise time drop substantially.

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