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GLP-1 class medications reduce cardiovascular risk and treat diabetes. But they also allow people to lose an average of 10-20 percent of their body weight in the first year. What does that mean for the overweight or obese?

Ashley Park said she was on vacation in December for the holidays when a case of tonsillitis turned into critical septic shock.

The country had made great progress against H.I.V. Now terrified patients have fled clinics, and experts fear a resurgence.

The meat trays come in twin packs that include prosciutto, sweet soppressata, and dry coppa or black pepper-coated dry salami, Italian dry salami, dry coppa, and prosciutto.

What is the likelihood of dying in a plane crash? According to a 2022 report released by the International Air Transport Association, the industry fatality risk is 0.11. In other words, on average, a person would need to take a flight every day for 25,214 years to have a 100 percent chance of experiencing a fatal accident. Long touted as one of the safest modes of transportation, the highly regulated aviation industry has MIT scientists thinking that it may hold the key to regulating artificial intelligence in health care.

University of Copenhagen researchers have developed software able to disguise sensitive data such as those used for machine learning in health care applications. The method protects privacy while making datasets available for the development of better treatments.

The Virginia Department of Health said a person with a confirmed case of measles recently traveled through Northern Virginia after returning from a trip overseas.

The Rich Earth Institute in Vermont collects, pasteurizes and distributes recycled human urine as agricultural fertilizer, to return precious nutrients and minerals to the soil. Pee jokes are an occupational hazard.

Turning on the TV with a wink, skiing on a city street—the once unimaginable was possible this week at CES, the annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, thanks to wearable tech innovations.

What a plant-based diet can and cannot do for you, explained by Netflix’s You Are What You Eat.

Among the more than 3,500 booths at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, only a few focus exclusively on women's health, including a cervical cancer screening device and a wristband to anticipate hot flushes.

Long-term care insurance can help your parents as they age. Here's how to know how much to buy.

The world faces an increasing shortage of housing and an escalating climate emergency. These urgent global issues call for quick action and innovative solutions.

Preview: In a January 14 "Sunday Morning" interview – her first TV interview since the Texas Supreme Court ruled that she did not qualify for an abortion – the Texas mother talks about her legal fight, the outcome, and her family's future.

The ice on top of the pond was only roughly an inch thick – an amount far too thin for safe ice fishing, the state says.

The US is in the midst of the largest Covid surge since Omicron, but with minimal testing and good population immunity, the wave is largely being ignored.

It’s meant to help Type 2 diabetics who don’t need insulin.

Technology causes us to lose sleep, but can it also give it back?

Despite so many people having air conditioning at home now, many are still unsure how to use it efficiently. And air conditioning uses a lot of energy. For example, running all the lights in an average home all day and night consumes about the same energy as one hour of air conditioning of the same space.

Social connections are essential for good health and well-being in social animals, such as ourselves and other primates. There is also increasing evidence that the gut microbiome—through the so-called "gut-brain axis"—plays a key role in our physical and mental health and that bacteria can be transmitted socially, for example through touch.