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It Seems Bad That Temu Is Selling Peptides

In a press conference, the director-general of the Africa CDC addressed plans for a controversial hepatitis B vaccine trial.

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Top African Health Official Blasts Trump Administration’s Plans for Human Experimentation in Africa

The HHS is disparaging its colleagues at the Africa CDC in coarse terms, that are striking even by the standards of the Trump administration.

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Trump’s HHS Trashes Top African Health Organization as “Fake” and “Powerless”

People who stop taking GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic are finding that their hunger comes back -- with a vengeance.

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Something Grim Is Happening to People Who Go Off GLP-1s

By Sharon Adarlo

People have been losing weight on retatrutide, more powerful than GLP-1 agonist drugs, but they are buying them from unapproved sources.

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People Jabbing Themselves With Black Market “GLP-3” Drugs

By Sharon Adarlo

A new compound has been shown to reverse late stage Alzheimer's disease in lab mice, which gives millions of sufferers new cause for hope.

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Alzheimer’s Fully Reversed in Mice, Scientists Say

By Sharon Adarlo

Makers of Ozempic and other weight loss drugs are facing lawsuits that allege the drugs cause blindness in some patients.

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Lawsuits Allege Ozempic Is Causing Blindness

By Sharon Adarlo

Psychiatrists studied years of medical cannabis research and concluded that medical cannabis doesn't help patients on acute pain or insomnia.

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Huge Study Finds Very Worrying Results for Medical Marijuana Patients

By Sharon Adarlo

A first-of-its-kind study in Australia found that giving men a common antidepressant helped reduce domestic violence rates.

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Scientists Find That Dosing Men With Antidepressants Can Cut Down on Domestic Violence

A bizarre cryptocurrency company is creating an alternative to the widely used opium reversal drug Naxalone, for inexplicable reasons.

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Crypto Company Creates Bizarre Drug

A new study strongly suggests that low doses of weight loss drugs like Ozempic can counteract aging in middle aged mice.

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Low Doses of Ozempic-Like Drug Can Counteract Aging in Older Mice, Study Finds

By Sharon Adarlo

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. has smoked the powerful psychedelic DMT, according to a new book by Olivia Nuzzi, his one-time online fling.

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The “Sober” RFK Jr. Has Allegedly Been Smoking DMT

By Sharon Adarlo

A new provision tagged onto the recent US government funding bill will effectively ban hemp-derived THC products in Fall of 2026.

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Congress Just Snuck a Bizarre Hemp Ban Into Law in Ridiculous Example of Government Overreach

The President announced a deal to cap the prices of weight-loss drugs like Wegovy and Zepbound for some Medicare recipients.

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Trump Strikes Deal to Offer Americans GLP-1 Drugs for Much Cheaper

Americans are getting slimmer; Gallup says the obesity rate has decreased along with increased use of weight loss drugs such as Ozempic.

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American Obesity Rates Are Now Falling, and It’s Almost Certainly Because of Ozempic

By Sharon Adarlo

Women report higher sex drives, more energy, better moods and tons of other benefits to testosterone therapy.

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Women Are Getting on Testosterone and They Say It’s Absolutely Awesome