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The U.K.’s drug regulator a CRISPR-based treatment for sickle cell disease and thalassemia, making it such gene therapy approved in the world. …
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A pair of public health experts argue that the current approach to Long COVID research is failing, and offer a radical new paradigm. …
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It’s the largest gender-based life expectancy gap since 1996. …
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There is new evidence that semaglutide can also help reduce the risk of dying from heart disease in some patients. …
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Surgeons at NYU performed what’s believed to be the world’s first whole-eye transplant. …
Zepbound, made by Eli Lilly, is the newest FDA-approved drug for weight loss. (It was previously a diabetes treatment known as Mounjaro.) …
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A new study attempts to resolve a divide in behavioral science over whether social media is addictive. …
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We must resist seeing Ozempic, Wegovy, and other drugs as a panacea to America’s obesity crisis. …
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