Ozempic's biggest side effect: Turning Denmark into a 'pharmastate'?
Novo Nordisk is powering Denmark's economy with huge sales of Ozempic. But could its stratospheric growth pose a risk?
Health & Safety
Older adults are often misdiagnosed. Specialized ERs and trained clinicians can help
In the U.S., there are about 500 accredited geriatric emergency departments, designed to be less dangerous, less stressful places for older adults to get care.
Toumani Diabaté plucked the kora's 21 strings. The world fell in love with his music
The musician died this month at age 58. His collaborators are paying tribute to "a great artist who belongs to the world.”
Cone Health donates $5 million to Greensboro's Windsor Chavis Nocho Community Complex
The $70 million Windsor Chavis Nocho Community Complex will increase access to public health resources.
Emergency Rooms for geriatrics are helping older patients get diagnosed accurately
Older adults are more likely to be misdiagnosed than other adults. Multiple conditions and medications can make it tricky. Geriatric ERs are an answer to this problem and they are catching on.
Tested: Unfair Advantage?
Episode 5: A battle over science and ethics unfolds. World Athletics releases and then tweaks multiple policies impacting DSD athletes, while critics cry foul. In this episode, World Athletics doubles down on its claims, Caster Semenya challenges the rules again, and we dig deep on a big question: what constitutes an "unfair" advantage on the track?
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A protein called Reelin keeps popping up in brains that resist aging and Alzheimer’s
Early in life, the protein Reelin helps assemble the brain. Later on, it appears to protect the organ from Alzheimer’s and other threats to memory and thinking.
Judge strikes down a North Carolina abortion restriction but upholds another
A federal judge has ruled a provision in North Carolina's abortion laws requiring doctors to document the location of a pregnancy before prescribing abortion pills should be blocked permanently. But U.S. District Judge Catherine Eagles restored on Friday another provision she halted last year that required abortions after 12 weeks of pregnancy be performed in hospitals. She said the law requiring physicians to document the "intrauterine location of a pregnancy" before a medication abortion is performed is unconstitutionally vague. Her decisions don't halt most of the 2023 abortion law enacted by the Republican-controlled General Assembly. That says abortions can be performed after 12 weeks only under some exceptions.
These solemn photos show what it's like to come home after a formidable flood
In this era of climate change, dramatic floods are everywhere. Photographer Gideon Mendel has made it his mission to show the aftermath. training his camera on people flooded out of their homes.