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Philippa Roxby Health Reporter Getty Images Drug treatment can help people newly diagnosed with ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder) to reduce their risk of substance misuse, suicidal behaviour, transport accidents and criminality, a study suggests. These issues are linked to common ADHD symptoms such as acting impulsively and becoming easily distracted. Some 5% of children and 2.5% of adults worldwide …

Weight-loss jabs have become a national obsession, it seems. More than one in five UK adults tried to access weight-loss medications in the past year alone, according to a survey by the National Pharmacy Association. This rises to more than one in three (35 per cent) of those aged under 35. The soaring demand is because these revolutionary medications can …

Diabetes patient produces own insulin after gene-edited cell transplant – without anti-rejection drugs  TechSpot First gene-edited islet transplant in a human passes functional trial  Medical Xpress Transplanted Islet Cells Survive Without Immune Suppression  Medscape Novel T1D Therapy Opens the Door to Cell Transplants Sans Immunosuppressants  MedPage Today Diabetic Man With Gene-Edited Cells Produces His Own Insulin—No Transplant Drugs Required  Gizmodo Source link

So many people in western countries are turning to weight loss drugs such as Wegovy/Ozempic and Mounjaro that concerns have started to emerge about maintaining ready supplies. But with popularity comes scrutiny, and rising demand isn’t the only potential problem with weight loss jabs. Gastrointestinal side-effects such as nausea, vomiting and constipation are common across these drugs, which are known …

A new case study offers a tantalizing glimpse into the potential future of transplantation medicine. A man with type 1 diabetes is now able to make his own insulin thanks to a transplant of gene-edited pancreatic cells—a transplant that hasn’t required the typical drugs used to avoid rejection. Scientists in Sweden and the U.S. conducted the research, published this week …

Sales of Novo Nordisk’s injectable diabetes drugs including Ozempic have slowed sharply amid fierce competition and the threat of US tariffs, prompting it to cut costs and sharpen its commercial focus. The Danish drugmaker, whose booming sales of GLP-1 diabetes and obesity drugs in recent years had turned it into Europe’s most valuable company, has lost nearly $100bn (£75bn) in …

ChatGPT will tell 13-year-olds how to get drunk and high, instruct them on how to conceal eating disorders and even compose a heartbreaking suicide letter to their parents if asked, according to new research from a watchdog group. The Associated Press reviewed more than three hours of interactions between ChatGPT and researchers posing as vulnerable teens. The chatbot typically provided …

Hims & Hers Stock Slides on Earnings. Weight-Loss Drugs Are Just One Problem.  Barron’s Hims & Hers stock slides 5% after second quarter revenue misses forecasts  Yahoo Finance Hims & Hers stock falls 10% on revenue miss  CNBC Investing in the Future of Healthcare  Hims & Hers Newsroom IBD 50’s Hims Dives. Why It Will Remain A ‘Market Darling.’  Investor’s Business Daily Source link

US plans to test Medicare, Medicaid coverage for weight-loss drugs, Washington Post reports  Reuters Medicare, Medicaid plan to experiment with covering weight loss drugs  The Washington Post Trump officials plan coverage for weight loss drugs under Medicare and Medicaid  The Guardian Medicare, Medicaid to try coverage of GLP-1s for obesity, report says  Axios Trump’s Weight-Loss Experiment Could Aid Lilly, Novo. Cost Is Still a …

A toddler grew breasts and began experiencing signs of early puberty after she was accidentally exposed to her transgender father’s hormone therapy. The unnamed child, 3, was brought to doctors in Denmark after showing signs of extremely early puberty that had persisted for six months, including enlarged breasts and nipples and premature vaginal discharge.  Her father told physicians the pair had …