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Your Oura ring or Apple Watch may holds secrets about your health that you didn’t even realize. There’s a lot wearables can tell us, from estimates of the calories we’ve…
Stroke incidence more than doubled among young adults in a recent study. Researchers at the University of Cincinnati analyzed data from 2,076 first-ever strokes among adults ages 20–54 in the…
Men may soon have more than condoms and vasectomies in their arsenal when it comes to avoiding an unexpected bundle of joy. A new generation of male birth control is…
E-cigarettes have long been used as an alternative to traditional smoking, but public health data suggests some adults trying to quit vaping are turning back to cigarettes. Recent data from…
Smoking is a huge risk factor for lung cancer — but it’s not the only one. Researchers have found an alarming trait that can skyrocket a person’s risk of developing…
Hundreds of consumers are suing the manufacturers of GLP-1 receptor agonists, alleging the medications may increase the risk of a rare form of vision loss. The patients behind the lawsuits…
The US Food and Drug Administration has approved Eli Lilly’s once-weekly basal insulin, Onswik, for adults with type 2 diabetes, the drugmaker said on Thursday, offering patients an alternative to…
The latest findings about GLP-1s may leave you feeling queasy. These blockbuster weight-loss and diabetes treatments have exploded in popularity in recent years, with about one in eight US adults…
Don’t call it a comeback. For more than a century, an organ in the female reproductive system was written off as useless. However, a recent study indicates that what researchers…
It’s Groundhog Day — at least when it comes to New York’s healthcare heavyweights. NYU Langone Health‘s Manhattan campus has once again been crowned the nation’s top comprehensive academic medical…