Novo Nordisk, Eli Lilly rake in cash from weight-loss drugs
Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly reported booming sales from their blockbuster diabetes and weight-loss drugs as both race to keep up with consumer demand. (Source: Washington Post: To Your Health)
Source: Washington Post: To Your Health - November 2, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Daniel Gilbert Source Type: news
In pain? Listening to your favorite music can provide relief, study says.
Researchers at Montreal’s McGill University found in a new study that listening to your favorite music can reduce pain as much as an Advil. (Source: Washington Post: To Your Health)
Source: Washington Post: To Your Health - November 2, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Kyle Melnick Source Type: news
New York City’s new goal: Everyone lives to at least 83
Public health experts hope New York’s plan to improve life expectancy can be a model for other cities as the nation grapples with a spike in premature deaths. (Source: Washington Post: To Your Health)
Source: Washington Post: To Your Health - November 1, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Dan Diamond Source Type: news
Second pig heart transplant patient dies six weeks after rare surgery
Lawrence Faucette, 58, was the second person in the world to undergo a pig heart transplant. He died Monday after his body showed signs of rejection, doctors said. (Source: Washington Post: To Your Health)
Source: Washington Post: To Your Health - November 1, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Timothy Bella Source Type: news
Millions more smokers should be screened for lung cancer, group says
The updated American Cancer Society guideline says former smokers should get annual CT scans long after they quit. (Source: Washington Post: To Your Health)
Source: Washington Post: To Your Health - November 1, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Laurie McGinley Source Type: news
CBD, delta-8, THCA: Texas hemp shop raid highlights legal, safety issues
Hemp itself is not intoxicating but can generate a high when converted to certain forms. (Source: Washington Post: To Your Health)
Source: Washington Post: To Your Health - November 1, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: David Ovalle Source Type: news
Lung cancer is more common among women than men ages 35 to 54
Among those 55 and older who have lung cancer, however, men still outnumber women, researchers found. (Source: Washington Post: To Your Health)
Source: Washington Post: To Your Health - October 31, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Linda Searing Source Type: news
Bowser opens sobering center amid calls for public health emergency
D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser marked the milestone while addressing pressure for her administration to go further in its response to rising overdose deaths. (Source: Washington Post: To Your Health)
Source: Washington Post: To Your Health - October 30, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jenna Portnoy Source Type: news
David Shaffer, pioneering expert on child and teenage suicide, dies at 87
A psychiatrist once married to Vogue editor Anna Wintour, Dr. Shaffer studied suicide like a detective, conducting interviews with family members. (Source: Washington Post: To Your Health)
Source: Washington Post: To Your Health - October 30, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Michael S. Rosenwald Source Type: news
FDA issues warning for 26 eyedrops due to risk of infection, blindness
Retailers like CVS, Target and Walgreens pulled the eyedrops after federal inspectors discovered “insanitary conditions” at the manufacturing plant. (Source: Washington Post: To Your Health)
Source: Washington Post: To Your Health - October 30, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Julian Mark Source Type: news
How to get in to see primary care physicians and specialists — quickly
The average wait for an appointment with a physician for new patients is 26 days, according to a 2022 survey of 15 metropolitan areas. (Source: Washington Post: To Your Health)
Source: Washington Post: To Your Health - October 30, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Hallie Levine Source Type: news
Why pharmacy workers at CVS, Walgreens are walking out
Drugstore workers are pressing for better working conditions and wages in the second such labor action this month. (Source: Washington Post: To Your Health)
Source: Washington Post: To Your Health - October 30, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Aaron Gregg Source Type: news
Medicare expands options for mental health care
Barriers to care are made more acute by prejudices associated with mental illness and ageism, which leads some professionals to minimize older adults’ suffering. (Source: Washington Post: To Your Health)
Source: Washington Post: To Your Health - October 29, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Judith Graham Source Type: news
Green spaces promote health but don’t cancel discrimination’s effects
Living near trees, plants and other greenery ‘could reduce a person’s biological age by 2.2 to 2.6 years,’ researchers write. (Source: Washington Post: To Your Health)
Source: Washington Post: To Your Health - October 29, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Erin Blakemore Source Type: news
Advocates urge D.C. to find new ways to stem rising opioid deaths
The crisis should command more of Mayor Muriel E. Bowser’s attention, advocates said, as a commission assesses how to use $80 million in opioid settlement money. (Source: Washington Post: To Your Health)
Source: Washington Post: To Your Health - October 26, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jenna Portnoy Source Type: news
