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When Jamie Powell woke up one morning in late 2019 with a painful bump on her tongue, she assumed she had bitten it in her sleep. Random bumps on the tongue generally heal on their own within a few days, but the one on Powell’s stayed firm for two weeks. Straining in front of a mirror to view her tongue …

5 things doctors want you to know before you start taking a GLP-1 drug  The Washington Post You don’t need to take drugs like Ozempic consistently to lose weight  New Scientist Why Diet and Exercise Still Matter During Treatment with GLP-1 Medications  Mass General Brigham US hospital recommends the MEAL plan you need while taking drugs like Wegovy, Ozempic for weight loss  Times of …

Frank Frost found camaraderie and better health in a cycling group in the U.K. that his doctor recommended he try. Frank Frost hide caption toggle caption Frank Frost For more than 30 years, Frank Frost worked as a long-distance truck driver, ferrying industrial chemicals across the United Kingdom. “I worked away from home six days a week, working up to …

Doctors Dismissed Woman’s Concerning Symptom for Months. Then She Went Through 30 Rounds of Radiation (Exclusive)  AOL.com Source link

IUDs have been a promising breakthrough in birth control, offering both convenience and effectiveness, and their use has exploded over the past few decades. But that progress has often come with some (painful) trade-offs. Vox senior reporter Allie Volpe has been digging into why medicine has been slow to catch up to the pain that IUD insertions can cause and …

In the United States, strokes are a top cause of death and a major cause of disability, according to the American Stroke Association. This is a scary reality, especially since many of the stroke risk factors are pretty silent (like high cholesterol and high blood pressure) ― until they’re not. But just because some of the risk factors aren’t always …

Image by Roberto Pfeil / picture alliance via Getty / Futurism As weight loss jabs like Ozempic and Wegovy become ever more popular, doctors are growing increasingly concerned about their gnarly side effects. As Germany’s Deutsche Welle notes, people who take glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) agonist/receptors, the class of drugs that the popular shots fall under, have reported everything from stomach …

Lindsay Herriott, 40, had an easy pregnancy, giving birth in September 2022 to her baby, Davis, who weighed a considerable 10lbs. The labor and delivery went smoothly and she was discharged quickly. But within about a day of returning home, she noticed that when she lay down, her heart began to race. Her chest felt like there was a heavy …

The magic number shows up on smartwatches, fitness apps and office step challenges. For many, hitting 10,000 steps in a day has become a marker of good health — a goal that prompts post-dinner walks, lunchtime laps around the block and a reason to park a little farther away. While the target is widely embraced by doctors and their patients, …