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Weight-loss wonder jabs such as Mounjaro and Wegovy are helping to transform the lives and health of millions. But one in five users stop taking these drugs within a year, due to intolerable side-effects ranging from nausea and vomiting to gallstones and pancreatitis – a serious infection of the pancreas. The majority then pile weight back on, as studies show …

A few weeks ago, Explain It to Me — Vox’s weekly call-in podcast — went on a field trip to our local Whole Foods supplement aisle, where there were powders and pills and tinctures galore. These supplements promised to do everything from reducing wrinkles, to maintaining focus, to keeping your gut biome intact. But how much of that is true? …

Defying RFK Jr., pediatric group urges covid shots for young kids  The Washington Post Leading pediatrician group recommends COVID vaccine for infants, toddlers in contrast with RFK Jr.  ABC News Pediatrics group’s COVID-19 vaccine recommendations differ from CDC advice  CBS News U.S. pediatricians’ new COVID-19 shot recommendations differ from CDC advice  NBC News School reopenings bring more vaccine confusion  Axios Source link

Are Marathons and Other Extreme Running Linked to Colon Cancer?  The New York Times Source link

Your Late-Night Cheese Fix Might Be Linked to Your Nightmares  The Wall Street Journal Source link

Somalia faces diphtheria surge amid vaccine shortages and aid cuts  ReutersView Full Coverage on Google News Source link

The Legionnaires’ disease outbreak in Central Harlem has been linked to a fifth death, the city health department said Monday, equaling the toll from an outbreak at a nursing home in 2022. William Fowler, a spokesperson for Mayor Eric Adams, said the latest casualty was not a new death. Rather, it stemmed from investigators’ conclusively linking an earlier death to …

Officials say the invasive Asian longhorned tick has been found in Maine for the first time. The tick was found in Cumberland County. The tick was submitted through University of Maine Cooperative Extension’s passive tick surveillance program and identified by staff at the UMaine Extension Tick Lab. UMaine says this marks the first known occurrence of the species in the …

For the first time in 30 years, the American Academy of Pediatrics is substantially diverging from U.S. government vaccine recommendations. The group’s new Covid-19 recommendations — released Tuesday — come amid a tumultuous year for public health, as vaccine skeptics have come into power in the new Trump administration and government guidance has become increasingly confusing. This isn’t going to …

Scientists have revealed that immune cells in Alzheimer’s brains behave differently from those in brains of people without the disease – a discovery that could lead to new treatments. Published in 2023, an analysis of human brain tissue discovered microglia in the brains of people with Alzheimer’s were more frequently in a pre-inflammatory state, making them less likely to be …