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UC People: Mary Blackburn, public health pioneer
Mary Blackburn (far right) overcame racism and sexism to build a meaningful career based on uplifting the communities around her. Image: UC Agriculture and Natural Resources By Pamela S. Kan-Rice, UC Agriculture and Natural Resources Mary Blackburn’s inspirational career has concluded, but her commitment to public health continues through volunteerism and community support. Image: UC ANR “Are you Mary Blackburn?” the…
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More steps cut chronic disease risk but cannot fully undo long sitting
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: Tracking over 13 million days of real-world activity, researchers reveal how step counts can counter some harms of prolonged sitting, while warning that too much sedentary time still carries lasting risks for the heart. Study: Daily…
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Ozempic just got cheap enough to change the world
By now, Ozempic needs no introduction in America. One in 8 American adults now takes a GLP-1 drug of some kind. But even as millions of people in wealthy countries have benefitted from these drugs, they have remained out of reach for most of the world. But for a country of 1.4 billion people, this medication just got a lot…
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For many patients leaving the ICU, the struggle has only just begun
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: The accident happened in Pittsburgh on Nov. 16. Joseph Masterson, a lawyer who was just days from retiring at age 63, suffered cardiac arrest while driving, plowed into a guardrail, and lost consciousness. Other drivers stopped,…
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The hidden healthcare debt trap
ORLANDO, Fla. – Over 20 million people. That’s about the population of New York State. It’s more than the number of U.S. veterans – 18 million – but fewer than the roughly 24 million naturalized citizens in the country. America has about 267 million adults – meaning 20.4 million is roughly 7.5% of the adult population or about 1 in…
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Study finds nutritional risks in users of GLP-1 drugs
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: Adults with overweight or obesity taking the new generation of weight loss drugs semaglutide and tirzepatide tend to eat significantly less, leaving them vulnerable to nutritional deficiencies, according to one of the first real-world studies to…
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After 2019 murder, judge approves lifetime mental health care for Greenfield man
GOVERNOR’S LETTER ON TODAY’S SIGNING. INSIDE THIS STORY ON THE 12 news MOBILE APP. >> A GREENFIELD MAN WHO RANDOMLY TARGETED AND KILLED A WORKER ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WILL SPEND LIFE IN A MENTAL HEALTH FACILITY. AMANDA LANGE KILLED BEN CHRISTENSEN. THIS HAPPENED BACK IN 2019. LAST SUMMER, LANG WAS RELEASED WITHOUT THE COURT OR DISTRICT ATTORNEY…
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Stitch Fix, apparel retailers may benefit
Michelle Suter has worn mostly big and baggy clothing for years. The 63-year-old retiree who lives in a suburb of St. Louis gave away her favorite sundresses and other form-fitting outfits, thinking she’d never be those smaller sizes again. Now, after losing about 28 pounds while taking GLP-1 drug Wegovy, she said she has started to dream of her new…
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Precision medicine tools offer hope for patients with rare blood cancers
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: Personalized approaches have dramatically improved outcomes for many patients with non-Hodgkin B-cell lymphomas – blood cancers that arise in immune cells called B cells – yet the same is not true for patients with more rare…
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Fierce Madness Drug Name Tournament 2026—Elite 8 voting open
UPDATED: Thursday, April 9, 5:00 a.m. ET In the closest ever tie in Fierce Madness history, two Ionis drugs went head-to-head in our Drug Name Tournament 2026—and it was Dawnzera that came out on top. With only eight votes separating them, Ionis’ hereditary angioedema treatment beat its rival, familial chylomicronemia syndrome drug Tryngolza, by a margin of 51.2% to 48.8%…
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