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12/04/2024
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By Belle Carter
Last-minute effort to rob taxpayers: Biden administration moves to subsidize reptile venom peptide injections marketed as weight loss medications
Outgoing President Joe Biden’s administration wants to scoop more money out of taxpayers’ pockets before his term ends, with a proposal to expand coverage of Big Pharma’s popular venom peptide-laced weight-loss injections in government-backed healthcare plans including Medicare and Medicaid. The proposal, which was pitched by the administration on Nov. 26, would expand access to weekly injectables […]
09/25/2024
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By Ava Grace
Vermont Sen. Sanders: Pharma companies charge more than $1,000 for diabetes drug that costs $5 to make
U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) has accused pharmaceutical companies of price gouging, alleging that they charge almost $1,000 for diabetes drugs that only cost them a measly $5 to manufacture. The lawmaker zeroed in on pharmaceutical giant Novo Nordisk, the manufacturer of the drugs Ozempic and Wegovy, on Sept. 17. He slammed the company for […]
12/08/2017
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By Jhoanna Robinson
Likelihood of caesarean birth found to be inherited: Causes of obstructed labor often get passed on, circumventing natural selection
Women who were born via caesarean section are more likely to also give birth via caesarean section, concluded an international team of scientists including Michaela Pavlicev of the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center (Human Genetics) and evolutionary biologists at the University of Vienna in a study that was published in PNAS. According to the information […]
11/29/2017
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By Rita Winters
Lifestyle diseases are now complicating pregnancies, putting mothers and newborns at higher risk of complications
Contrary to popular belief, the responsibilities of motherhood begin before, not after, conception. A woman must be in good health prior to conceiving in order to assure her and the baby’s health. Preexisting conditions, sedentary lifestyles, and unhealthy food negatively affect babies prenatally. A Michigan Medicine study reports that pregnant women, particularly poor women and […]
10/18/2017
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By Cassie B.
U.K. health care system may deny surgery to smokers and the obese
A new plan by the Hertfordshire clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) of the U.K.’s national health care system, the NHS, will deny surgery to patients who are obese and those who smoke. Not surprisingly, the news is being met with some heated debate on the part of patients as well as doctors. The new plan would […]
09/22/2017
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By Michelle Simmons
NHS refusing services to smokers, obese patients until they go to health boot camp for six months
Obese people, as well as smokers, will be refused of services by the United Kingdom’s National Health Service (NHS) until they go to a health boot camp for six months to try and lose weight, according to a Daily Mail report. These patients will be referred to the health optimization program of the NHS and […]
04/04/2017
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By Earl Garcia
Three-quarters of world’s population now overweight or obese… the scourge of processed foods will bankrupt the world
Researchers have identified yet another fat-related pandemic that has affected the vast majority of the world’s population. New Zealand-based researchers have coined the term “overfat” to describe a condition where the amount of excess body fat is enough to increase the risk of adverse health conditions. Data from a recent study reveal that up to 76% of […]
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