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City employees in NYC had insurance coverage for GLP-1 drugs like Wegovy and Zepbound for less than a year before learning it was mistake.

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New York City Utterly Screwed Up Insurance for Employees Taking GLP-1 Weight Loss Drugs

By Noor Al-Sibai

With weight loss injectables like Ozempic and Mounjaro taking the world by storm, the diet industry is seemingly being left in the dust.

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The Diet Industry Is Reportedly in Total Meltdown Over GLP-1 Weight Loss Drugs

By Noor Al-Sibai

Scientists found more than 600 distinct viruses after swabbing toothbrushes and shower heads — but apparently, they're the good kind.

Scientists Took Swabs of Toothbrushes and Were Shocked by the Hundreds of Viruses They Found

By Noor Al-Sibai

Scientists at the University of Oxford have started developing the world's first ovarian cancer vaccine. It could be a game changer for women.

Groundbreaking Ovarian Cancer Vaccine at an “Exciting” Moment, Lead Scientist Says

By Victor Tangermann

The scientists edited to the bacteria to prove which enzyme it used to degrade PET plastics into bioavailable carbon.

Scientists Gene Hack Bacteria That Breaks Down Plastic Waste

By Frank Landymore

While seeking re-election, the mayor of Rio de Janeiro is making a huge campaign promise: free Ozempic for all.

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Deranged Mayor Promises “No More Fat People” With Free Ozempic Shots

By Noor Al-Sibai

People who take Novo Nordisk's semaglutide-based injectables Ozempic and Wegovy seem to be way less likely to die from overdosing on opioids.

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People Taking Semaglutide Appear to Be WAY Less Likely to Die of an Opioid Overdose

By Noor Al-Sibai

Thousands of doctors are sending AI-generated messages to patients, despite the possibility of the AI introducing dangerous errors.

Medical AI Caught Telling Dangerous Lie About Patient’s Medical Record

By Victor Tangermann

A woman with type 1 diabetes received her own stem cells and started producing her own insulin — a first time ever successful experiment.

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Woman’s Own Stem Cells Appear to Reverse Her Type 1 Diabetes in First-Ever Procedure

By Sharon Adarlo

Despite a significant proportion of cancer cases being attributed to alcohol, most people still don't realize its cancer risks.

Experts Warn of Link Between Drinking Alcohol and Getting Cancer

By Frank Landymore

Novo Nordisk, the manufacturer behind Ozempic and Wegovy, has another weight loss medication in the works with some unsettling side effects.

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Novo Nordisk’s New Weight Loss Drug Shows Ominous Psychiatric Side Effects

By Noor Al-Sibai

As GLP-1 weight loss drugs fly off shelves, Kourtney Kardashian Barker is getting in on the hustle — well, sort of.

Kourtney Kardashian Is Selling a Scam Weight Loss Treatment That Says “GLP-1” on the Bottle But Isn’t a GLP-1

By Noor Al-Sibai

Roughly three-quarters of people who took both an injectable and pill version of a new GLP-1 weight loss drug in trials experienced vomiting.

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New Weight Loss Drug Has Small Problem: Uncontrollable Vomiting

By Noor Al-Sibai

With so many kids already taking Ozempic, a new finding from the company behind the drug may expand its pediatric market.

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Doctors Concerned About Drugmakers Testing Ozempic-Style Injections on Six-Year-Olds

By Noor Al-Sibai

In a sweeping new lawsuit, over 900 people are claiming that Ozempic and other GLP-1 drugs caused them long-term gastrointestinal damage.

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More Than 900 Patients Say Ozempic and Similar Drugs Unexpectedly Injured Them

By Noor Al-Sibai

A Louisiana abortion law could cause doctors to take misopristol, used to treat life-threatening postpartum hemorrhaging, off emergency carts.

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Deranged Anti-Abortion Law Will Keep Hospitals From Saving Dying Women, Doctors Say

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

A woman prescribed Ozempic and Wegovy is now suing the company that makes it after losing her colon from complications caused by the drugs.

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Woman Says Her Colon Had to Be Removed After Taking Ozempic

By Noor Al-Sibai

The makers of Zepbound are offering a massive price cut — if you're willing to purchase and dose your syringes out yourself.

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Eli Lilly Offering Way Cheaper Zepbound, If You’re Willing to Buy Your Own Syringes

By Noor Al-Sibai

Scientists have found remnants of more than 1,700 viruses, most of which had never been seen before, from an ancient Tibetan glacier.

Scientists Discover Ancient Viruses Frozen in Glacier

By Noor Al-Sibai

Novo Nordisk has found that its obesity drug Wegovy reduces the risk of COVID-19 death by a third, compared to those who took a placebo.

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New Study Finds Wegovy Reduces COVID Death Risk By 33 Percent

By Noor Al-Sibai

A near-death experience expert insists that one's heart stopping doesn't have to be the end with current death-defying interventions.

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Professor of Medicine Says Death Appears to Be Reversible

By Noor Al-Sibai

Anthony Fauci, who became synonymous with the American government's response to the COVID pandemic, was struck with the rare West Nile virus.

Dr. Fauci Hospitalized With Rare Disease

By Sharon Adarlo

New findings from a long-term study found that Zepbound and Mounjaro almost completely eliminates the risk of developing diabetes.

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Taking Mounjaro Reduces Risk of Developing Diabetes by 94 Percent in Three-Year Trial

By Noor Al-Sibai

Study: By 2050, Men’s Cancer Deaths Will Soar to 93% Global Increase

Study: By 2050, Men’s Cancer Deaths Will Soar to 93% Global Increase

By Noor Al-Sibai

Scientists gene hacked Toxoplasma gondii, the same brain parasite that can be spready by cat litter, into becoming a carrier for drugs.

Scientists Gene Hack Parasite to Deliver Drugs to Brain

By Sharon Adarlo

More younger people are getting hit with all sorts of different cancers, and microplastics may be one big risk factor.

Microplastics Likely Causing Wave of Cancer in Young People

By Sharon Adarlo

In a small study, researchers have found that an Ozempic-style drug seems to slow the progression of Alzheimer's.

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Ozempic-Style Drug Slows the Progression of Alzheimer’s Disease, Experiment Finds

By Noor Al-Sibai

In a new study, elderly lab mice given an anti-aging drug were referred to as "supermodel grannies" because they looked so youthful.

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Scientists Intrigued by Drug That Extended Lifespans of Mice While Keeping Them Young-Looking

By Noor Al-Sibai

Eli Lilly, the maker of Zepbound, is hoping that new studies into off-label treatments will help get the drugs covered by insurance.

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Drug Companies Have a Sneaky Idea to Get Insurance to Pay for Drugs Like Zepbound

By Noor Al-Sibai

The air is becoming so hot that even rescue helicopters are struggling to stay airborne, a dangerous development.

It’s Getting So Hot That Medical Choppers Can’t Fly to Rescue People Dying From Heat

By Victor Tangermann

After an alarming new study came out suggesting a link between Ozempic and a condition that causes blindness, some experts are calling foul.

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Experts Not Convinced That Ozempic Is Causing Blindness

By Noor Al-Sibai

Noise levels from the Bitcoin mine can exceed 90 decibels, and residents of Granbury, Texas, are powerless to stop it.

Residents Blame Bizarre Medical Symptoms on Huge Bitcoin Mine

By Frank Landymore

Semaglutide, the active ingredient in Novo Nordisk's Ozempic and Wegovy, has been linked to an eye condition that can cause blindness.

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Active Ingredient in Ozempic Linked to Condition That Causes Blindness

By Noor Al-Sibai

President Joe Biden and Sen. Bernie Sanders are calling on the makers of weight loss drugs like Ozempic to make them cheaper.

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Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders Demands Drug Companies Cut Price of Ozempic and Other New Weight Loss Drugs

By Noor Al-Sibai

Neuralink has canceled its second human implantation after discovering medical issues in the person who was going to get the brain chip.

Neuralink Cancels Second Implant Surgery Due to Medical Issues

By Noor Al-Sibai

Eli Lilly, the pharma firm behind Zepbound and Mounjaro is, ironically, calling people out for using the drugs to lose weight.

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Eli Lilly Blasts Use of Mounjaro and Zepbound for “Cosmetic Weight Loss”

By Noor Al-Sibai

The World Health Organization has issued an alert about counterfeit Ozempic, noting that some of the batches might contain a different drug.

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Scary Counterfeit Ozempic Contains the Wrong Drug

By Noor Al-Sibai

New research suggests that there may be a link between tattoos and cancer. But the findings have proved controversial.

New Research Links Tattoos to Developing Cancer

By Frank Landymore

As China prepares to beef up its weight loss drug market, the Danish firm that makes Ozempic may soon have its dominance threatened.

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China’s Creating Cheapo Versions of Ozempic That Could Majorly Shake Up the Market

By Noor Al-Sibai

In clinical trials, a new male birth control gel seems to adequately reduce sperm count without decreasing libido.

Test of Male Birth Control Treatment Produces Promising Results

By Noor Al-Sibai

The UK's National Health Service is fast-tracking patients for its new cancer vaccine trials that customize each jab to each patient.

Thousands of Patients to Be Given World’s First Cancer Vaccine

By Noor Al-Sibai

More and more kids are using Ozempic and Wegovy than ever before, and that might not necessarily be a good thing.

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So, So Many Kids Are Taking So, So Much Ozempic

By Noor Al-Sibai

The company behind those viral ED ads is releasing its own version of Ozempic — but its means of acquiring the drug might not be the safest.

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Online Pharmacy Launches Cheaper Version of Ozempic

By Noor Al-Sibai

Japanese scientists are set to kick off the world's first clinical trials of "tooth regrowth medicine" at the Kyoto University Hospital.

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Scientists About to Test Medicine to Grow New Teeth

By Victor Tangermann

A common bacteria can easily manipulate the enzymes present in blood supplies to turn it into a universal donor type.

Scientists Intrigued by Bacteria That Turns Any Blood Into Universal Donor Type

By Victor Tangermann

Novo Nordisk, the Danish drugmaker responsible for Ozempic and Wegovy, is planning to slash prices amid shortages and competition.

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Novo Nordisk To Slash Prices On Buzzy Drugs Ozempic and Wegovy

By Noor Al-Sibai

The FTC is seeking to clear the path for generic Ozempic — but there will be a long road ahead before cheaper versions hit the shelves.

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FTC Moves to Allow Generic Versions of Ozempic

By Noor Al-Sibai

Therapists suggest in a new study that there are some intense drawbacks, on their sides and for patients, of psychedelic therapy.

Therapists Warn That Taking Magic Mushrooms for Treatment Can Lead to Unwanted Romantic Feelings

By Noor Al-Sibai

The fringe benefits of the new class of weight loss drugs, which includes Ozempic and its weight loss sister Wegovy, keep adding up.

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People on Ozempic Find That They’re Drinking and Smoking Less Too

By Noor Al-Sibai

Abuse of ketamine has been implicated in young people experiencing bladder issues that are commonly associated with older people.

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Ketamine Is Destroying Young People’s Bladders

By Sharon Adarlo

The International Space Station has long been known to be gross, and according to a new study, it has bacteria mutating into something alien.

Mutant Bacteria Discovered Aboard International Space Station

By Noor Al-Sibai

Scientists seem to be close to creating a "one-and-done" vaccine that can protect against any strain of a virus with just one shot.

New Vaccine Could Protect Against Any Strain of a Virus With One Shot

By Noor Al-Sibai

A new study puts to rest the claim that mRNA COVID-19 vaccines are causing cardiac arrest in young men and often killing them.

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Conspiracy Theorists Said People Who Got the COVID Vaccine Would Be Dropping Like Flies. That Hasn’t Remotely Happened

By Noor Al-Sibai

A respected Houston transplant surgeon has been accused of altering database information for patients waiting on a new liver.

Texas Surgeon Accused of Manipulating Government Database to Deny Liver Transplants

By Noor Al-Sibai

The not-so-buzzy version of coffee can harbor a chemical that can cause cancer, which has activists pushing to have the substance banned.

Decaf Coffee Contains a Horrifying Poison, Experts Say

By Sharon Adarlo

Costco shoppers can start getting weight loss drugs like Ozempic through the company's health care partner Sesame.

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Costco Now Offering Ozempic Prescriptions

By Sharon Adarlo

On social media, a bizarre trend seems to be emerging: people discussing their surprise pregnancies when taking Ozempic or Wegovy.

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People Unexpectedly Getting Pregnant on Ozempic and Wegovy

By Noor Al-Sibai

After months of speculation, Kate Middleton, the wife of Prince William, has revealed that she has cancer in a new video.

Kate Middleton Reveals She Has Cancer, Will Undergo Chemotherapy

By Noor Al-Sibai

As next-generation weight-loss treatments like Wegovy fly off the shelves, scientists are working on an exercise pill.

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Scientists Working on Pill You Can Take Instead of Exercising

By Noor Al-Sibai

After spending nearly a decade hyping WeightWatchers, Oprah Winfrey has changed her tune and is now taking the CEO of her ex-sponsor to task.

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Oprah Questions Need For WeightWatchers Now That We Have Wegovy

By Noor Al-Sibai

In his hour-long interview with former CNN anchor Don Lemon, Elon Musk argued that taking ketamine has been good for Tesla.

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Elon Musk Says Ketamine Is His Special Medicine

By Victor Tangermann

The maker of Wegovy has been granted FDA approval to sell its wares to help cut the risk of heart attack, heart disease, and stroke.

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Wegovy Approved to Cut Heart Disease and Stroke Risk

By Noor Al-Sibai

While trying to slim down a bit for her wedding day, one woman decided to take some compounded semaglutide — and it landed her in the ER.

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Woman Takes Grey Market Ozempic, Lands in Hospital

By Noor Al-Sibai

Pharmaceutical manufacturers in India are looking to cash in on the weight loss injection craze by making their own version of Wegovy.

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Indian Drugmakers Whipping Up Generic Versions of Wegovy

By Noor Al-Sibai