Drug maker Novo Nordisk says semaglutide, the active ingredient for the weight loss jab Wegovy, does not slow Alzheimer’s – despite initial hopes that it might help against dementia. Researchers began two large trials involving more than 3,800 people after reports the medicine was having an impact in the real world. But the studies showed…
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A bottle of Coldrif cough syrup, which has been linked to the deaths of multiple children in Parasia, Madhya Pradesh, India. — Reuters Indian officials are investigating whether safety lapses in the supply of a pharmaceutical ingredient were responsible for contaminating cough syrup that has killed at least 24 children in recent months, according to…
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Pakistan built a world-class Polio system. Then 40,000 Karachi families said no Forty thousand Karachi families refused polio vaccines this year. In a city where the virus circulates through every district, those refusals represent the gap between Pakistan’s impressive polio infrastructure and its inability to close the final mile of eradication. Pakistan has cut polio…
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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Two large studies have put a spotlight on potential health risks of the COVID vaccine — but some experts urge caution when interpreting the findings. Recent research has linked the vaccine to a higher risk of kidney injury, as well as certain respiratory infections. A Korean study…
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Boxes of Ozempic and Wegovy made by Novo Nordisk at a pharmacy in London on March 8, 2024. Hollie Adams | Reuters Novo Nordisk on Monday said it has cut the direct-to-consumer prices of its blockbuster weight loss drug Wegovy and diabetes counterpart Ozempic, adding to efforts by the company and the Trump administration to…
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A New Jersey man is the first person believed to have died from a so-called meat allergy triggered by a tick bite, researchers say. The man died in September 2024, but researchers just recently linked the death to the allergy, known as alpha-gal syndrome, or AGS. According to experts, the bite of a Lone Star tick…
Accessibility for Pakistani youth raises concerns over addiction, weak regulation A shop displaying e-cigarettes and vape products. Source: Reuters Pakistan has witnessed a dangerous shift in the way young people are being targeted by the tobacco industry. Once dominated by conventional cigarettes and smokeless forms like naswar and gutka, the market has expanded to include…
A massive fire broke out at the Syed Abdullah Shah Institute of Medical Sciences in Sehwan on Sunday, causing extensive damage to the hospital’s dialysis centre and emergency ward. According to initial reports, the blaze erupted due to a short circuit in the dialysis centre and quickly spread to the adjoining emergency ward. Both units,…
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Air pollution has now become one of the largest external aggressors to our skin health which silently causes ageing, dullness, pigmentation and acne. The same way the lungs are impacted when breathing polluted air, the skin is the largest and most exposed part of the body and therefore the body is affected by the toxic…
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Madeline Halpert and Christal Hayes Getty Images Nobel Prize-winning American scientist James Watson, one of the co-discoverers of the structure of DNA, has died aged 97. In one of the greatest breakthroughs of the 20th century, he identified the double-helix structure of DNA in 1953 alongside a British scientist, Francis Crick, setting the stage for…
