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How electroconvulsive therapy heals the brain − new insights into ECT, a stigmatized yet highly effective treatment for depression
Electroconvulsive therapy often evokes inaccurate images of seizing bodies and smoking ears. Better understanding of how it reduces depression symptoms can illuminate new ways to treat mental illness.
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Adherence to weight-loss drugs is far higher with Wegovy than older medicines
Forty percent of patients who filled a prescription for Novo Nordisk's Wegovy to treat obesity in 2021 or 2022 were still taking it a year later, more than three times the rate of adherence with older medicines, according to an analysis of medical records and insurance claims data. Only 13% of patients who started taking Contrave from Orexigen Therapeutics and 10% of those who started on Qsymia from Vivus between 2015 and 2022 were still filling their prescriptions a year later, researchers rep
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How often should you poop? And do you need to worry if you don't go every day? Here's what doctors say.
What's considered normal when it comes to how often to have a bowel movement? Gastroenterologists explain.
5-min read - LifestyleYahoo Life
An at-home insemination kit just got FDA clearance. But how do they work?
Can at-home insemination kits improve your odds of getting pregnant? Here's what experts say.
5-min read - NewsReuters
Fresenius Medical Care says data on 500,000 people stolen in U.S
FRANKFURT (Reuters) -Dialysis group Fresenius Medical Care said on Wednesday that data including medical records on 500,000 patients and former patients were stolen from a U.S. subsidiary's data warehouse. "The incident may have affected approximately 500,000 patients, former patients, guarantors and 200 staff located across several states, U.S. territories and four countries," the German company said in a statement. It said it launched an investigation with the help of a forensic firm after s
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Magnetic surgical robot makes international debut in Chile hospital
A robot that uses powerful magnets to perform less invasive and more efficient surgeries completed its first international procedure, a gallbladder removal, at a public hospital in Chile this week, according to the company that developed the technology. The MARS surgical platform at the Luis Tisne hospital in Santiago allows surgeons to "attach a small magnet to organs, like the liver, and use robotic arms with high powered magnets on the patient’s belly to manipulate organs out of the way," ac
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Glyphosate, the active ingredient in the weedkiller Roundup, is showing up in pregnant women living near farm fields – that raises health concerns
New research provides evidence for the first time that the primary chemical in Roundup is reaching people in nearby homes, and it isn't just from the food they eat.
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