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FDA approves Wegovy pill for weight loss
The Food and Drug Administration has approved a pill version of the weight-loss drug Wegovy.
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US regulator approves pill form of Wegovy weight-loss drug
It marks a first in this new era of weight-loss medications with Wegovy being the only so far to gain approval for a pill version of their shot.
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FDA approves pill version of Novo Nordiskβs Wegovy, possibly widening access
The FDA has approved the oral version of Novo Nordiskβs injectable weight loss drug Wegovy, making it the first GLP-1 pill to be cleared by regulators for obesity.
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Vaccinating Boys Against HPV Could Eliminate Cervical Cancer
Not just for women's health.
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Ozempic Is Quietly Reshaping Our Shopping Habits
New research finds that people taking GLP-1 tend to spend less money grocery shopping, especially on snacks.
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Barry Manilow to undergo surgery for lung cancer
The 82-year-old singer says the disease is in its early stages and he plans to be back on stage in FebruaryBarry Manilow has revealed that he has been diagnosed with lung cancer and will undergo surgery.The 82-year-old singer, whose parade of high-spirited hits from Copacabana to Mandy has made him β¦
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Barry Manilow Is Diagnosed With Lung Cancer
The βMandyβ and βCopacabanaβ singer said he would undergo surgery to remove a cancerous spot on his left lung, and he postponed several concert dates.
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KLAS: Health data sharing improves, yet interoperability still lacking
KLAS' EHR Interoperability Overview 2025 highlights three areas in which challenges are holding back data sharing in healthcare.
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Physicians' telehealth use varies across specialties, practice type
New AMA data reveals that telehealth utilization among physicians has only dropped slightly since 2022; however, factors such as specialty and practice ownership impact its use.
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Sudanβs Darfur grapples with severe measles outbreak amid ongoing violence
MSF official tells Al Jazeera South Darfur hospital 'overwhelmed' by rapid increase in measles cases.
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Flu season is ramping up, and some experts are "pretty worried"
Doctors and scientists say this year's influenza season could be tougher than usual, with a new version of the flu virus, called H3N2, spreading quickly.
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STAT+: Your health care industry 2025, wrapped
UnitedHealth fallout, Medicaid upheaval, and Medicare Advantage woes.
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Study: High-fat diets make liver cells more likely to become cancerous
New research suggests liver cells exposed to too much fat revert to an immature state that is more susceptible to cancer-causing mutations.
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1 in 4 patients delay care, cite healthcare affordability issues
A new study takes a longitudinal look at healthcare affordability problems, finding the issue is more pervasive than previously thought.
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MIT Reveals How High-Fat Diets Quietly Prime the Liver for Cancer
A fatty diet doesnβt just damage the liver β it rewires its cells in ways that give cancer a dangerous head start. Eating a diet high in fat is one of the strongest known risk factors for liver cancer. New research from MIT explains why, showing that fatty diets can fundamentally change how liver ceβ¦
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CMS announces new ACO model as REACH ends
CMS unveiled the Long-Term Enhanced ACO Design, or LEAD, Model, that will run for ten years following the end of the popular ACO REACH Model.
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The throughline between Ozempic and Prozac
And more health news from Morning Rounds today
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Why one long walk may be better than many short ones
How you walk may matter just as much as how much you walk. A large UK study tracking more than 33,000 low-activity adults found that people who grouped their daily steps into longer, uninterrupted walks had dramatically lower risks of early death and heart disease than those who moved in short, scatβ¦
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A new drug could stop Alzheimerβs before memory loss begins
New research suggests Alzheimerβs may start far earlier than previously thought, driven by a hidden toxic protein in the brain. Scientists found that an experimental drug, NU-9, blocks this early damage in mice and reduces inflammation linked to disease progression. The treatment was given before syβ¦
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Aging Sperm Are Mutating Faster Than Scientists Expected
Harmful genetic mutations in sperm become much more common as men grow older, and new research shows this is not simply due to random DNA damage over time. Instead, some of these mutations appear to be actively favored during sperm production. Mapping Age-Related Genetic Changes in Sperm In a major β¦
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