Adderall has seen a manufacturing problem while Ozempic – a diabetes medication – has been popularly prescribed off-label for weight loss.
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Deadly heat waves threaten older people as summer nears
A 2021 study estimates more than a third of U.S. heat deaths each year can be attributed to human-caused global warming.
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Quiet and parents’ touch help opioid users’ newborns, study finds
Babies born to opioid users, including mothers in treatment with medications such as methadone, can develop withdrawal symptoms after exposure in the womb.
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Kicked off Medicaid: Millions at risk as states trim rolls
An unprecedented nationwide review of the 84 million enrollees over the next year will require states to remove people whose incomes are now too high for the federal-state program.
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Powerful new obesity drug poised to upend weight loss care
A diabetes drug being tested for weight loss is poised to further upend obesity care.
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Washington, Minnesota become trans refuges, shield abortions
The law, which protects patients and providers, tells other states they will not be able to use Washington state courts or judicial processes to enforce their bans on abortion and gender-affirming health care.
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More sanctions for deadly fentanyl if bill becomes law
Proposed legislation would prod the Treasury Department to use its sanctions authority to quell the proliferation of the drug in the U.S.
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North Dakota governor signs law banning nearly all abortions
Republican Gov. Doug Burgum signed legislation Monday banning the procedure throughout pregnancy, with slim exceptions up to six weeks’ gestation
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Supreme Court preserves access to abortion pill for now
The justices granted emergency requests from the Biden administration and New York-based Danco Laboratories, maker of the drug mifepristone.
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Northern Light Health drops universal masking policy in medical facilities
The move by Maine’s second largest health care network comes as the number of hospital patients with COVID-19 has dropped to the lowest level since August 2021.