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05 May
Newer Migraine Drugs Reduce Headache Days With Fewer Side Effects, Study Finds
A review in Annals of Internal Medicine finds most CGRP-targeted therapies cut migraine days by about two per month. Evidence for older medications was weaker, according to researchers.
04 May
Social Media Videos, Easy Access Raise Risk of Teen Inhalant Use
Two new studies find widespread social media exposure to inhalants is impacting young teens, especially girls.
01 May
High-Intensity Exercise After Breast Cancer Surgery Speeds Recovery, Study Finds
In a new study, breast cancer survivors who completed a three-month high-intensity resistance training program improved strength, mobility, balance, and muscle mass—supporting a faster return to everyday activities.
Supreme Court Issues Stay, Keeping Abortion Pill Mifepristone Available by Mail For Now
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito Jr. issued an order Monday that allows patients to continue accessing abortion pill, mifepristone, by mail, for now.
The one-sentence order pauses a Friday ruling from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in New Orleans that required an in-person pickup for mifepristone, according to T...
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Newer Migraine Drugs Reduce Headache Days With Fewer Side Effects
Chronic migraine can be difficult to treat — but new research is helping identify the most effective options.
In a large new review, published today in the Annals of Internal Medicine, researchers analyzed 43 clinical trials involving adults with chronic migraine, defined as headaches on 15 or more days a month.
The st...
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New Warning Labels Might Help People Cut Back On Drinking
Alcoholic beverages in the United States carry a warning label, but you’d be forgiven if they leave little impression.
In place since 1988, the label states the risks of drinking during pregnancy or while driving, along with a general notice that alcohol “may cause health problems.”
These small labels often go unnot...
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New Drug Combo Effective Against Treatment-Resistant IBD, Trials Show
A new combination drug therapy could help people with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) for whom other medicines have stopped working, according to a pair of new studies.
The treatment combines two drugs already approved to treat inflammatory diseases, guselkubam (Tremfya) and golimumab (Simponi), researchers are reporting today at a joint ...
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Ozempic Can Curb Cravings in Alcohol Use Disorder, Landmark Trial Finds
Ozempic can help people who are battling alcoholism, a major new clinical trial has concluded.
People with alcohol use disorder taking semaglutide (Ozempic/Wegovy) had significantly fewer heavy drinking days compared to patients assigned a placebo, researchers reported May 2 in The Lancet.
People on semaglutide also dr...
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US on the Brink of Losing Measles-free Status, Study Warns
The United States is moving quickly toward losing its status as a measles-free nation, a new study says.
The nation has missed four of seven markers set by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) after experts declared measles eradicated in 2000, researchers report in The Lancet.
These include a surge in me...
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