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Two women had poppy seed bagels before going to the hospital to give birth. That's when the trouble started.
- WFXT
‘Everybody’s dropping like flies’: Federal ‘tranq’ warning follows escalating concerns in Mass.
The new warning from the DEA over “the deadliest drug threat our country has ever faced” follows escalating concerns in Massachusetts over the dangerous animal tranquilizer.
- TODAY
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- CinemaBlend
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- Good Housekeeping
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- Health
Do You Need to Monitor Your Blood Pressure at Home?
Blood pressure readings can vary widely between doctor's visits, new research shows. The findings further suggest that supplemental home monitoring may be helpful for some people with high blood pressure. Nearly half of U.S. adults have high blood pressure, or hypertension, and only one in four have it under control.
- Gizmodo
Flesh-Eating Bacteria Could Be Coming to a City Near You
If you were already stressed about increased air pollution and more frequent heat waves, well, you can add another disturbing health impact of climate change to your list: the flesh-eating bacteria Vibrio vulnificus, which is thriving in warming U.S. waters.
- Fortune
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- INSIDER
The lawmaker who proposed a bill banning chemicals found in food like Skittles says it's 'shocking' that the US is 'so far behind' the rest of the world
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- INSIDER
I'm a doctor who lost 25 pounds on Ozempic. Here's why I still take a small 'maintenance dose' to keep the weight off.
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- People
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- Real Simple
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- Motley Fool
This Cancer Drug Candidate Could Be a Hit for Pfizer
The FDA recently accepted the drugmaker's regulatory filing for review of a potential drug to treat a type of blood cancer.
- Reuters
Antibiotics may not help survival of patients hospitalized with viral infections -study
Most patients admitted to hospitals with acute viral infections are given antibiotics as a precaution against bacterial co-infection, but this practice may not improve survival, new research suggests. Researchers investigated the impact of antibiotic use on survival in more than 2,100 patients in a hospital in Norway between 2017 and 2021 and found that giving antibiotics to people with common respiratory infections was unlikely to lower the risk of death within 30 days. At the height of the pandemic, antibiotics were prescribed for around 70% of COVID-19 patients in some countries, potentially contributing to the scourge of antibiotic-resistant pathogens known as superbugs.
- Prevention
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- People
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- Lansing State Journal
MSU mass shooting survivor recounts night of shooting, days of recovery on Facebook
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- Prevention
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All hormonal birth control methods pose a higher risk for breast cancer, new study suggests. Experts explain how to know if you’re at risk and what to do.
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Woman Who Drove 150 Miles to Torch Abortion Clinic Says It Was Giving Her 'Nightmares'
The 22-year-old suspect in the Wyoming abortion clinic arson told the FBI that she drove 150 miles to torch the clinic—which wasn’t even open at the time—because opposes abortion and had “nightmares” about other people having abortions there.