May 5, 2023 — The on-again, off-again saga of Wegovy supply problems for U.S. patients looking to lose weight is back. Novo Nordisk, the company that manufactures and markets semaglutide for weight loss as Wegovy and for treating type 2…
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“Freedom is what you do with what’s been done to you.” ~Jean-Paul Sartre “So did you figure out what your shadow totem is?” This was the first thing out of my husband’s friend’s mouth as I sat down to dinner…
May 5, 2023 — In a first-of-its-kind surgery, doctors have successfully repaired a malformation in the brain of a fetus still in the womb. The team from Boston Children’s Hospital and Brigham and Women’s Hospital used ultrasound guidance to repair the vein…
May 5, 2023 — Aryn Thirp, a 35-year-old mother and blogger from South Jordan, UT, knew something had to change last year when she saw the numbers in her lab results: her cholesterol and triglycerides, a type of fat found in…
The classic picture of someone with alcohol use disorder is someone who always drinks too much and whose life is falling apart because of it. But that’s not always the reality. Some people seem to be just fine even though…
The phrase “addictive personality” gets tossed around a lot these days. The basic idea: While most people can have a cocktail, buy a lottery ticket, or even experiment with drugs without getting hooked, those with a specific personality type are wired…
SOURCES: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration/Center for Substance Abuse Treatment. Incorporating Alcohol Pharmacotherapies Into Medical Practice, Treatment Improvement Protocol (TIP) Series, No. 49, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2009. Drug and Alcohol Dependence: “Alcohol and Opioid…
A few years ago, Peter Grinspoon, MD, slipped on ice and tore a tendon in his left thigh so badly that he needed surgery to reattach it. He was sent home with a prescription for the opioid oxycodone to relieve…
By Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter FRIDAY, May 5, 2023 (HealthDay News) – The United States needs to address a shortage of research monkeys by expanding breeding programs while also developing alternatives to monkey testing, an expert panel said in a…
On a beach in South Florida, hundreds of miles from home, Lori Dilley Anthony reached a turning point in her life. She’d traveled from Delaware to get help for a nearly 35-year addiction to opioids and other drugs. She’d checked…