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A popular Mexican musician who sang the praises of drug lords was shot dead in a parking lot in the west of the country, police said late Tuesday. Ernesto Barajas, a singer with the group Enigma Norteno, which has four million monthly listeners on Spotify, was gunned down in the city of Zapopan in Jalisco state. He is among several …

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Ladies using weight loss jabs have been left stunned by the impact it has had between their legs. A host of women have reported experiencing ‘one of the weirder side effects’ that comes with using GLP-1 medications such as Ozempic, Wegovy and Mounjaro. Dubbed ‘Ozempic vulva‘, this strange phenomenon has struck a range of women who have been taking the …

It’s a math problem with life-and-death consequences. When a new and improved model for estimating the risk of developing atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease emerged in November 2023, the calculator won raves for drawing on a larger, more contemporary, and more diverse population of Americans than its predecessors. But along with the praise came predictions last year that 40% of U.S. adults …

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Allison DeAngelis is the East Coast biotech and venture capital reporter at STAT, reporting where scientific ideas and money meet. She is also co-host of the weekly biotech podcast, The Readout Loud. You can reach Allison on Signal at AllisonDeAngelis.01. A new oral weight loss drug developed by Viking Therapeutics hit the mark in a mid-stage clinical trial, but the …

WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States is deploying three Aegis guided-missile destroyers to the waters off Venezuela as part of President Donald Trump’s effort to combat threats from Latin American drug cartels, according to a U.S. official briefed on the planning. The USS Gravely, the USS Jason Dunham and the USS Sampson are expected to arrive soon, said the official, …

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear took emergency action Monday to ban the sale of “designer Xanax,” responding to a request from his state’s attorney general who is leading a broader effort to combat the highly potent synthetic drug linked to dozens of overdose deaths last year in the Bluegrass State. Beshear’s action in his state comes as …

Viking Therapeutics loses a third of its value after oral weight-loss drug trial  MarketWatch Viking Therapeutics shares fall 40% on disappointing obesity pill trial data  CNBC Viking Therapeutics (VKTX) Stock Fell More Than 30%. What Sent It Crashing.  Barron’s Viking’s oral pill reduces up to 12.2% weight but shares slump on higher patient exits  Reuters Viking Therapeutics Rises as Phase 3 Trials and Oral …

You’ve likely heard of ‘Ozempic face’, ‘Ozempic tongue’, ‘Ozempic feet’, and ‘Ozempic hands’. Here’s a new addition: Ozempic vulva.Making its turn around the social media frequently now, Ozempic vulva isn’t a medical diagnosis; rather, it’s a label coined by women noticing unexpected changes in their vulva or vaginal area after using Ozempic or similar GLP-1 weight-loss drugs.Ozempic is a widely …