Niacin has long been a public health darling. But an excess could be bad for the heart, study suggests.
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How US insurance companies fill their networks with ‘ghost’ therapists
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Fundamental questions about ovaries may unlock longer human lifespan. Philanthropist Nicole Shanahan is spending to find answers.
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The man in room 117 – Andrey Shevelyov would rather live on the street than take antipsychotic medication. Should it be his decision to make?
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Scientists document first-ever transmitted Alzheimer’s cases, tied to no-longer-used medical procedure
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Gene therapy allows an 11-year-old boy to hear for the first time
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Covid kills nearly 10,000 in a month as holidays fuel spread, World Health Organization says
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Sludge videos are taking over social media and people’s mind
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Philadelphia health department warns of measles cluster among unvaccinated residents that originated with CHOP patient
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A national evil – the curse of the goitre in Switzerland
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How two US pharmacists figured out that oral phenylephrine decongestants don’t work
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New lifesaving malaria vaccines need to be available now
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Some US pharmacies share medical data with police without a warrant, inquiry finds
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London hospital cuts waiting lists with innovative system
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Despite new Respiratory Syncytial Virus shots, most older US adults remain unvaccinated
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Why anonymous sperm donation is over in the US and why that matters
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Your 2023 WebMD, Wrapped
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The truth behind all that cortisol talk. What exactly is high cortisol? A debunking guide.
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The happiest man in the world
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Infants are born with syphilis in growing numbers, a sign of a wider US epidemic
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An Idaho woman and her son have been charged with kidnapping after prosecutors say they took the son’s minor girlfriend to Oregon to get an abortion
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First malaria vaccine slashes early childhood mortality
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It’s not just Paris. Bedbugs are resurgent everywhere
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Meta accused by states of using features to lure children to Instagram and Facebook
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The Ozempic effect is coming for everything from kidney to heart disease treatments
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Bedbugs are becoming a big headache in Paris ahead of Olympics
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PEP in your step - the public health politics of Doxycycline STD prophylaxis for unprotected sexual activity
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The man who thinks he can live forever
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US surgeons perform the second ever pig-to-human heart transplant
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The long, hard fight over the first cosmetic penis implant
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She wrote to a scientist about her fatigue. It inspired a breakthrough.
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Ozempic cuts alcohol cravings. Liquor companies aren’t ready.
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Cats with bird flu? The threat grows.
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NarxCare score may influence who can get or prescribe pain medication
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The battle against the fungal apocalypse is just beginning
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King County to surpass record fentanyl death toll — with four months left in 2023
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In the Gulf, a growing scramble for Ozempic and other weight-loss drugs
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Centene to sell GP clinics and hospitals in exit from UK market
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What is narcissism? Science confronts a widely misunderstood phenomenon
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A single reform that could save 100,000 lives across the USA immediately
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Why haven’t we made it safer to breathe in US classrooms?
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Why therapy is broken
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The vanishing family: They all have a 50-50 chance of inheriting a cruel genetic mutation — which means disappearing into dementia in middle age
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US health insurance giant Cigna sued over algorithm allegedly used to deny coverage to hundreds of thousands of patients
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How a drug maker profited by slow-walking a promising HIV therapy
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How UnitedHealth’s US acquisition of a popular Medicare Advantage algorithm sparked internal dissent over denied care
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The UK's NHS mental health review will fail to answer its darkest secret
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Goodbye, Ozempic
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How a year without Roe shifted American views on abortion
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How and why the work of John Hart Ely a liberal scholar, profoundly influenced the Dobbs decision to overturn Roe v Wade re abortion rights in the US
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