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Higher medicine prices squeeze patients
A broad range of medicines have seen their prices go up by significant margins with one eye drops increasing by as much as 233%, MaltaToday has learnt. Flarex eye drops, used to treat eye inflammation, increased from €5.31 to an eyewatering €17.10 over the span of a few months. Similarly, Otosporin ear drops, used to treat ear infections, increased from…
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Targeted therapy for the less impaired arm improves movement for stroke survivors
In an evolving health landscape, emerging research continues to highlight concerns that could impact everyday wellbeing. Here’s the key update you should know about: Traditional stroke rehabilitation therapy focuses on restoring strength and movement to the more impaired side of the body, but a new randomized clinical trial has revealed that targeted therapy for the less impaired arm significantly improved…
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This Heart Month, ZOLL LifeVest® Goes Red to Spotlight Women’s Cardiac Health
CHELMSFORD, Mass., February 02, 2026–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The ZOLL LifeVest® team is “going red” for Heart Month in February 2026 in support of the American Heart Association and their Go Red for Women® initiative to spotlight women’s cardiac health. ZOLL®, an Asahi Kasei company that manufactures medical devices and related software solutions, announced that ZOLL’s continuing support of the American Heart Association…
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Overlooked animal viruses slipping past global disease surveillance
In an evolving health landscape, emerging research continues to highlight concerns that could impact everyday wellbeing. Here’s the key update you should know about: A new perspective highlights how the influenza D virus and a canine–feline recombinant coronavirus may be slipping past standard tests, exposing gaps in global surveillance at the human–animal interface. Study: Emerging Respiratory Virus Threats from Influenza…
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UF Health patients left confused, frustrated after gender-affirming care ban
When Daniel Hogan learned the UF Student Health Care Center would soon stop providing his hormone replacement therapy, he was “shocked, but not surprised.” Hogan was one of 99 patients who received a message through the MyUFHealth portal Jan. 14 that the center was discontinuing gender-affirming care, according to UF spokesperson Cynthia Roldán. The change takes effect May 1. In the…
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A parent’s guide to preventing measles infection and what to look for
This article originally appeared on PolitiFact. After being eliminated from the United States in 2000, measles is making a comeback — and not only in Season 1 of HBO’s popular drama, “The Pitt.” The cases are now numerous enough that the U.S. is on track to lose its measles-free status. In 2025, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported 2,267 confirmed measles cases, the most…
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The weight-loss pill everyone wants is finally here
We’ve all heard of Ozempic by now. It’s only licensed for use as a diabetes treatment in the UK and US, but it’s widely used ‘off label’ to help people lose weight. So much so, in fact, that its name has become an umbrella term for a revolutionary new class of weight-loss medication. Injectable drugs such as Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro,…
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Ukrainian doctors flee war, seek to restore their careers in Madison | Health
Sasha Druzhyna knows all about transplants. As an anesthesiologist and perfusionist in Kyiv, Ukraine, Sasha used specialized equipment to keep patients’ blood pumping during heart transplants and keep donor organs alive until they reached their recipients. Now, after fleeing Russia’s full-scale invasion, the 52-year-old is learning his profession all over again as a student in Milwaukee School of Engineering’s medical…
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Benefits, Uses, and Traditional Medicine
I was taking a walk recently and saw Ficus exasperata, known as ewe eepin, in front of a house, and it reminded me of the story I shared about how this plant induced a woman’s menstruation. So, on our visit to nature’s pharmacy this week, we shall be discussing Ficus exasperata, in the family Moraceae. It is popularly known as…
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Mayor Mamdani Announces New Appointments, Including Commissioners for Health and Correction
New York – Today, Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani announced five new appointments to lead core agencies across city government and advance the administration’s vision for a safer and more affordable New York City. Mayor Mamdani appointed Dr. Alister Martin as Commissioner of the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene and Stanley Richards as Commissioner of the New…
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