Injecting (subcutaneously) a semaglutide pen for weight loss.
A commercial airing Super Bowl Sunday features “America’s deadliest epidemic,” obesity, and what can be done about it with the use of “affordable” compounded weight loss…
Category: 5. Health
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Expect The Eagles To Go On Fourth Down During The Super Bowl
In this week’s edition of The Prototype, we explore the relative risk tolerance of Andy Reid and Nick Sirianni, a startup building a constellation of data-gathering balloons, the scientific secret to the perfect boiled egg and more. You can…
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Seed oils are toxic, says Robert F. Kennedy Jr. – but it’s not so simple
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who is expected to clear the final hurdles in his confirmation as President Donald Trump’s health secretary, and a host of health influencers have proclaimed that widely used cooking oils such as canola oil and…
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CDC MMWR Back After 2 Week Halt But Without H5N1 Bird Flu Studies
For the first time since 1952, publication of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention … [+]
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A Real Test Of Pandemic Readiness
A nurse wears protective medical clothing and prepares a syringe by drawing a dose from a vaccine … [+]
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Applying The Surgeon General’s Parting Prescription To Colleges
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On January 7, 2025, and as he concluded his second tenure as U.S. Surgeon General, Dr. Vivek Murthy released a report entitled My Parting Prescription for America. Dr. Murthy discussed the power of community as a potent…
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Walgreens Sells Another Stake In Distributor Cencora For $300 Million
Walgreens Boots Alliance has sold more shares of drug distributor Cencora for proceeds of about $300 … [+]
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A second version of bird flu is infecting cows. What does that mean?
While the risk to humans of exposure from cows or milk remains low, this new flu spillover from birds into cows raises the need for continued surveillance.
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Anti-LGBTQ+ policies harm the health of not only LGBTQ+ people, but all Americans
In 2024, state legislatures introduced an all-time record of 533 bills targeting LGBTQ+ populations. These policies create a patchwork of legal landscapes that vary widely between and within states, affecting aspects of everyday life ranging…
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Sleeping pills may have unexpected effects on the brain
So many of us struggle to fall asleep and stay there through the night. About a third of U.S. adults aren’t sleeping enough. Teenagers’ sleep is even worse; 8 in 10 teens are sleep deprived.
Our collective exhaustion isn’t good…
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