MONDAY, July 8, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Mounjaro outperforms Ozempic in helping people lose weight, a new study shows. People taking tirzepatide (Mounjaro, Zepbound) dropped significantly more pounds than those taking semaglutide (Ozempic, Wegovy), researchers reported July 8 in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine. “Individuals with overweight or obesity treatedContinue Reading
MONDAY, July 8, 2024 (HealthDay News) — In yet another finding that touts the health benefits of wildly popular weight-loss medications like Wegovy and Ozempic, scientists report that taking the drugs may help reduce the risk of some cancers. In a study published July 5 in JAMA Network Open, researchers found peopleContinue Reading
MONDAY, July 8, 2024 (HealthDay News) — An experimental cancer drug might be able to help prevent the organ damage caused by severe COVID infections, a new study finds. The drug, called eganelisib, inhibits an immune system enzyme called PI3K gamma that boosts damaging inflammation in cancerous tumors. But labContinue Reading
MONDAY, July 8, 2024 (HealthDay News) — An experimental drug can supercharge the effects of the lifesaving overdose drug naloxone, potentially improving its effectiveness against new and more powerful opioids like fentanyl, a new study finds. The drug, dubbed compound 368, makes naloxone (Narcan) 7.6 times more effective at inhibitingContinue Reading
MONDAY, July 8, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Pancreatic cancer is particularly aggressive and difficult to treat, partly because it’s often resistant to chemotherapy. Researchers now think they know why chemo struggles to work against pancreatic cancer – and how to reverse that resistance. It turns out that the physical stiffnessContinue Reading
MONDAY, July 8, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Wartime appears to increase the risk of chronic pain for military women, a new study suggests. Active-duty servicewomen who served between 2006 and 2013 – a period of heightened combat deployments – had a significantly increased risk of chronic pain compared to womenContinue Reading
MONDAY, July 8, 2024 (HealthDay News) — After a mastectomy, some women are less likely than others to have breast reconstruction surgery. Rates of the surgery are consistently lower among American Indian and Alaskan native women than among non-Hispanic white women, according to a new study that pointed to age,Continue Reading
MONDAY, July 8, 2024 (HealthDay News) — A diet rich in soy may help kids in the classroom, new research suggests. It found that 7- to 13-year-olds whose diets included more isoflavones were more attentive and had better thinking abilities. Soybeans and soy products are rich in isoflavones, which haveContinue Reading
MONDAY, July 8, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Urinary incontinence is a common aftereffect of delivering a baby, but it can have a devastating effect on new moms, a new study warns. These bladder leaks are significantly associated with anxiety and depression in new mothers, researchers discovered. “If you have badContinue Reading
FRIDAY, July 5, 2024 (HealthDay News) — American men are blowing their best chance to head off cancer or spot it early, when it’s easiest to treat, a new survey warns. More than 6 in 10 (65%) men in the nationwide survey said they are behind on at least oneContinue Reading