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Yahoo LifeWeight loss drugs like Ozempic are all over the news. Here's what I'm reading to keep up as a health reporter.
There's some good news about potential blockbuster benefits of weight loss drugs — and some serious concerns.
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Millennial, Gen Z men take better care of their mental health than Gen X-ers, baby boomers — but are worse about annual physicals, survey finds
Younger men have gotten better at some aspects of taking care of their health — but they still vape and smoke at higher rates than their elders and don't keep up with checkups.
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Elle Macpherson says she refused chemotherapy after breast cancer diagnosis. Here's what oncologists think.
The actress chose "holistic" treatments instead of chemotherapy, but doctors say these are better used alongside standard cancer treatments.
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False-positive mammograms discourage women from breast cancer screening, study finds. Why it happens — and what to do.
Some women don't return for screenings after getting a false positive mammogram result, a new study shows.
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Got high cholesterol? Here are 5 ways to manage it.
Experts recommend starting with lifestyle changes — but don't hesitate to use medication if necessary.
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Mosquito-borne illnesses are back in the news. 4 ways to protect yourself.
Cases of West Nile virus, dengue, Oropouche virus and deadly Eastern equine encephalitis have all been reported in the U.S. this summer.
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Should you 'fix' your posture? Why experts say always sitting up straight won't help your back pain.
Good posture has long been touted as a way to prevent back pain. But what if it isn’t?
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FDA authorizes updated COVID vaccines — and free at-home tests are coming back. Here's the latest.
The new shots are designed to better protect against the variants fueling this summer's surge of COVID cases.
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Mpox is a global health emergency. These 7 articles are helping me understand what that means as a health reporter.
Misinformation and confusion have spread since the WHO declared mpox an emergency, but these articles keep things clear.
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'Boy Meets World' actress Danielle Fishel has breast cancer. She caught it so early it's at stage 0.
The Boy Meets World Star has a form of breast cancer that experts say is almost always curable.
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Hurricane season is here. Experts explain how to stay safe during flooding, storms and more.
Severe storms sweep across the U.S. each year, bringing lightning, flooding, tornadoes and hail.
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'Notebook' star Gena Rowlands has died at 94. What to know about her Alzheimer’s diagnosis.
Rowlands's son, "Notebook" director Nick Cassavetes shared news of her diagnosis this summer.
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Mpox declared a global public health emergency by the WHO. As new, deadlier strain spreads in Africa, here's what to know.
The risk to the U.S. is low for now, but experts warn that could change if the outbreaks in Central Africa aren't addressed soon.
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Australians outlive Americans by up to 5 years, study finds. Here are 5 things we can learn from them.
Australia's universal healthcare, strict regulations of guns and drugs and more active lifestyle give it a life expectancy edge over other nations.
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Australian meteorologist Nate Byrne had a panic attack on live TV. What we can all learn from his 'masterful' reaction.
It wasn't Byrne's first on-air panic attack, and this time he was prepared with a support system that helped him smoothly navigate through the stressful moment.
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Feeling dizzy and nauseated after an earthquake? Here's why.
What the research on “post-earthquake dizziness syndrome” says.
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Olympic boxer Imane Khelif ‘gender controversy’ explained by health experts
There's a lof of misinformation going around about the genders of Imane Khelif and Lin Yu Ting; Scientists want to clear it up.
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CDC reveals leading causes of death for the past 5 years. Here are 5 key takeaways.
Heart disease and cancer continued to be the top causes of death, even as COVID emerged as a leading killer in 2020 and 2021.
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Guillain-Barre syndrome had 3-year-old son of Dodgers’ Freddie Freeman 'in full-body paralysis.' How does that happen?
The temporary autoimmune disorder is rare, life-threatening and usually occurs after an infection, but anyone can develop it.
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Cancer rates in millennials, Gen X-ers have risen starkly in recent years, study finds. Experts have 1 prime suspect.
Younger generations are being diagnosed with breast, pancreatic, liver and other cancers earlier at higher rates than previous generations — and are dying more often, new research warns.