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Want to feel happier at work? Take a five-minute walk
Sitting for prolonged periods is associated with health complications â but you can counteract the risks of a sedentary life.
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STAT+: FDA drops enforcement against Whoop after it tweaks blood pressure feature
The FDA told wearable maker Whoop last week that it would not take further enforcement action over the company's blood pressure feature.
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Most IVF âadd-onâ treatments have no effect on fertility or remain unproven, study says
Review shows majority of procedures offered alongside standard IVF not backed by reliable evidence Most IVF âadd-onâ treatments sold to people hoping to boost their chances of having children are not backed by reliable evidence, fail to boost fertility and may be a complete waste of money, the large
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STAT+: Want high-quality generic drugs? One expert has ideas on how consumers can trust their supply
Can the quality of generic drugs in the U.S. be made more consistent? One expert has some ideas on how to do it.
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Searing UK heat leaves schools, hospitals and transport networks struggling to cope
Temperature on Tuesday hits high of 34.6C in Surrey, England, with heatwave forecast to get more intense on Wednesday and ThursdayEurope heatwave live â latest updatesSearing heat has swept the UK with schools, hospitals, transport networks and water companies struggling to cope with the extreme tem
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Judge rules government canât stop SNAP dollars from buying candy and sugary drinks
The federal government can't block benefits from the nation's largest food aid program from being used to buy candy, soda, and other sugary drinks, a judge ruled.
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Justice Department announces hundreds of charges in multibillion-dollar health care fraud crackdown
The Justice Department has charged a Texas doctor in an $89 million health care fraud scheme, accusing him of billing insurers for medically unnecessary cardiovascular screening tests.
The tea in your kombucha changes more than just the taste
Scientists discovered that kombuchaâs flavor, chemistry, and antioxidant activity vary dramatically depending on the tea used to make it. Green and oolong tea kombuchas emerged as the most biologically active, while fermentation transformed each tea into a distinctly different beverage.
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How worried should we be about bird flu? â podcast
Having wiped out millions of birds worldwide and devastated wildlife populations around the globe, Australia has watched as the H5N1 strain of bird flu crept ever closer.And now itâs here, on the last continent to be hit. Birds have been discovered on beaches in Western Australia and tested positive
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STAT+: Exclusive: Mystery man gets experimental GLP-1
Giving an individual special access to an experimental obesity drug is highly unusual.
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âIâd pause then carry onâ: Peter Marinker, star of Krappâs Last Tape, on performing with Alzheimerâs
The 84-year-old actor has spent decades bringing Samuel Beckettâs plays to life. Does his recent diagnosis give him new insights into playing âsad clownâ Krapp in a drama about age and the battlefield of memory?What a lot of Krapp. Pardon my French but Samuel Beckettâs haunting 1958 masterpiece abou
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STAT+: Pharmalittle: Weâre reading about FDA reforming clinical trials, a Pfizer setback, and much more news
The latest pharmaceutical news from the Pharmalot campus via the Pharmalittle newsletter
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STAT+: Lillyâs retatrutide has been offered to a single person via âcompassionate useâ program
The "triple-G" weight loss drug, Pfizer's lung cancer trial results, and more biotech news from The Readout
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New Trump bookâs authors detail how they pried loose White House secrets: âWe nearly killed ourselvesâ
Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan, the reporters behind Regime Change, were up against an administration that is âvery good at keeping secretsâThey cracked the White House Situation Room, unearthing secrets from the heart of a secretive administration. But the reporters behind Regime Change, a block
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STAT+: OpenEvidence will add FDA-cleared AI to detect heart disease
In this edition of STAT Health Tech: OpenEvidence adds AI to detect heart disease, and Cadence raises $100 million, and more.
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HHS has sent drug for Ebola clinical trial
FDA's early-stage clinical trial program, a mysterious single patient gets retatrutide access, and more health news from Morning Rounds
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STAT+: Cadence raises $100 million to automate chronic disease care with regulated AI
Digital health startup Cadence has raised $100 million at a $1.23 billion valuation to expand its chronic disease management program.
One of the worldâs most popular weedkillers may be fueling deadly superbugs
Researchers found that highly drug-resistant bacteria from hospitals are also resistant to glyphosate, a commonly used weedkiller. The discovery suggests that agricultural herbicides may be helping antibiotic-resistant microbes survive and spread far beyond healthcare settings.
WHO urges scale up of newborn screening to improve early detection and care of birth defects
The World Health Organization (WHO) today calls on countries to expand newborn screening for birth defects, highlighting how early detection and treatment can save lives and reduce lifelong disability for millions of children.A new WHO report, Strengthening capacity for newborn screening, diagnosis
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Fit with just five minutesâ exercise a day? I donât believe it | Devi Sridhar
Everyone these days wants to optimise their workouts, but when a study seems too good to be true, it usually isProf Devi Sridhar is chair of global public health at the University of EdinburghWe live in an increasingly polarised world â and Iâm not talking about politics, Iâm talking about exercise.