Health, Fitness & Food

Worker labors on a production line at factory of Qilu Pharmaceutical (Hainan) Co Ltd on February 11, 2022 in Haikou, Hainan Province of China. Su Bikun | VCG | Getty Images The Food and Drug Administration has authorized the temporary importation of an unapproved chemotherapy drug from China in an effort to ease an acute

In this article DD MMM Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Just outside of Bangor, Maine — the hometown of renowned horror author Stephen King — more than 500 students, faculty and staff arrive at Hermon High School each day.  But since November, they can no longer drink the water. All the fountains are taped

WINDSOR, ON – MAY 8: Registered Pharmacy Technician Dawn Deslippe carefully labels Diane’s dose of Carboplatin, one of two chemo drugs she will receive on this visit. Every step of the process involves verification from at least two people. The hospital now prepares the chemo drugs themselves rather than getting them pre-mixed. Diane Marley, 48

An MRI scan of an Alzheimer’s patient’s brain. GSO Images | Getty Images Medicare Part B will cover treatments for Alzheimer’s disease that receive U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval, according to the federal agency that administers the program for seniors. Anyone who has Medicare Part B and meets “eligibility criteria” will be covered for

Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has tested positive again for Covid-19 Thursday, a week and a half after his initial diagnosis, in what his doctors say is a case of rebound infection. Martin Ollman | Getty Images News | Getty Images SINGAPORE — Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has tested positive again for

Luis Alvarez | Digitalvision | Getty Images The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved a vaccine made by Pfizer that protects adults ages 60 and older from respiratory syncytial virus, a common pathogen that kills and hospitalizes thousands of seniors every year. Pfizer, in a statement Wednesday, said it expects to have supply available

Damar Hamlin’s on-field cardiac arrest at a “Monday Night Football” game in January was a moment of national trauma that occurred on live television. His recovery from the near-death experience and his poise as an individual ultimately inspired the nation. Still, his decision to play in the National Football League again after the personal medical

CNN  —  Complications from stiff person syndrome, a rare neurological condition that causes spasms and muscle rigidity, have caused singer Celine Dion to cancel her “Courage World Tour” dates through 2024, according to a statement posted Friday on the star’s social media account. Dion postponed several performances in December after learning the reason for her

In this article ABT DXCM Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than 37 million people in the U.S. have diabetes. That’s a little more than 11% of the entire population.  A diabetic’s body doesn’t make enough or any insulin at all. Those with the disease

Neuralink logo displayed on a phone screen, a silhouette of a paper in shape of a human face and a binary code displayed on a screen are seen in this multiple exposure illustration photo taken in Krakow, Poland on December 10, 2021. Jakub Porzycki | Nurphoto | Getty Images Neuralink, the neurotech startup co-founded by

In this article PFE Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) treatment pill Paxlovid is seen in boxes, at Misericordia hospital in Grosseto, Italy, February 8, 2022. Jennifer Lorenzini | Reuters The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday granted full approval to Pfizer’s Covid antiviral pill, Paxlovid, for adults who are at high

In this article IEP ILMN Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Rafael Henrique | Lightrocket | Getty Images Activist investor Carl Icahn on Thursday won enough support from Illumina shareholders to oust the biotech company’s board chair. Shareholders booted Chairman John Thompson. An Illumina spokesperson said a new chair will be chosen in the next

South_agency | E+ | Getty Images Scientists funded by the federal government have proposed a definition of long Covid based on symptoms identified in a large study published Thursday in the Journal of the American Medical Association. The definition is based on 12 symptoms that most separate people with long Covid six months or more

Callista Images | Image Source | Getty Images New HIV infections declined modestly in the U.S. over a four-year period but the nation is far from reaching its goal of ending the epidemic, according to the most recent data published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday. The overwhelming majority of people

In this article PFE MRNA Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A pharmacist prepares to administer COVID-19 vaccine booster shots during an event hosted by the Chicago Department of Public Health at the Southwest Senior Center on September 09, 2022 in Chicago, Illinois. Scott Olson | Getty Images Three years and billions of Covid vaccinations

In this article NOVO.B-DK PFE Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Weight-loss drugs have become a hot topic as public heath authorities and pharmaceutical companies seek to find solutions to the growing global obesity epidemic. Florian Gaertner | Photothek | Getty Images An oral drug made by Pfizer causes a similar amount of weight loss

CNN  —  It’s a myth that women lose interest in sex as they enter midlife and beyond, according to research that followed more than 3,200 women for about 15 years. “About a quarter of women rate sex as very important, regardless of their age,” said Dr. Holly Thomas, lead author of an abstract presented during

Lee Hsien Loong, Singapore’s Prime Minister, said Monday he has tested positive for Covid-19 after recently returning from state visits to South Africa and Kenya. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has tested positive for Covid-19, days after returning from official visits to South Africa and Kenya. “I am

Mark Gorton, Founder of LimeWire, a peer-to-peer file sharing client for the Java Platform, sits for a photograph in the firm’s offices in New York. Ramin Talaie | Corbis Historical | Getty Images A veteran Wall Street executive told CNBC that he has been helping bankroll Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s anti-vaccine group and has become

In this article NES.N-CH Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Mother holding a newborn in a hospital bed. Svetikd | E+ | Getty Images In 2020, in a nondescript office building in Durham, North Carolina, a team of scientists used cells to recreate sugar and protein found in breast milk. The seemingly niche development could

In this article UNH Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT UnitedHealth Group has the highest price per share of any company on the Dow Jones Industrial Average and it’s the tenth heaviest-weighted stock on the S&P 500. In fact, not only is UnitedHealth the biggest health-care conglomerate in the United States based on market cap

Working long hours may lead to less sleep and other health problems. A recent study investigated if long working hours were associated with the risk of heart disease or high blood pressure. People working for extended periods may be under increased stress, with less time for sleep, relaxing leisure-time activities, and exercise. Several studies have

A look at Upside’s prepared chicken product. Upside Foods When Amy Chen took her first bite of chicken meat grown directly from cells in a lab, her initial reaction was a cliché one-liner: It tasted like chicken.  That bite was years in the making. Chen is the operating chief at Upside Foods, a Berkeley, California-based

CNN  —  Signs urging everyone to mask up have largely disappeared from places like grocery stores and schools in the third year of the Covid-19 pandemic. But they remain in many medical offices, and a study published Monday says they might still be a good idea. Even after the expiration of the US public health

In this article PFE Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Respiratory syncytial virus – viral vaccine under research Hailshadow | Istock | Getty Images The Food and Drug Administration’s independent panel of advisors on Thursday recommended full approval of Pfizer’s vaccine that protects infants from RSV, but raised safety concerns over premature births that may

Bottle of Vaccine for booster shot for Smallpox and Monkeypox MPXV. Angelp | Istock | Getty Images The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday urged gay men and other individuals at high risk from mpox to get fully vaccinated to prevent a summer resurgence of the virus. The CDC’s call for those at

In this article HZNP AMGN Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Robert Galbraith | Reuters Horizon Therapeutics expects its $27.8 billion sale to Amgen to close as early as the end of the third quarter, earlier than previously planned — if the Federal Trade Commission’s attempt to block the deal fails — according to a