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Viking Therapeutics stock jumps 30% after drugmaker moves weight loss injection to late-stage trial

Viking Therapeutics stock jumps 30% after drugmaker moves...

It brings the drugmaker one step closer to joining the market for GLP-1s, which...

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Corporate Influence and Our Epidemic of Obesity 

Corporate Influence and Our Epidemic of Obesity 

Like the tobacco industry adding extra nicotine to cigarettes, the food industry...

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Novo Nordisk's Wegovy weight loss drug wins UK approval for use as a heart treatment

Novo Nordisk's Wegovy weight loss drug wins UK approval...

The U.K.'s health regulator on Tuesday approved the use of Novo Nordisk's Wegovy...

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Pfizer's gene therapy for rare genetic bleeding disorder succeeds in late-stage trial

Pfizer's gene therapy for rare genetic bleeding disorder...

The hemophilia A treatment could become the company's second gene therapy to enter...

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Healthy Returns: The first round of Medicare drug price negotiations is nearing an end

Healthy Returns: The first round of Medicare drug price...

The first round of Biden's Medicare drug price negotiations is nearly finished....

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Lawmakers introduce bipartisan bill aiming to crack down on drug middlemen as scrutiny ramps up

Lawmakers introduce bipartisan bill aiming to crack down...

The bill's introduction comes amid a hearing featuring testimony by UnitedHealth...

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Should We Take Any Responsibility for the Obesity Epidemic? 

Should We Take Any Responsibility for the Obesity Epidemic? 

The power of the “eat more” food environment can overcome our conscious controls....

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Op-ed: How well can AI chatbots mimic doctors in a treatment setting? We put 5 to the test

Op-ed: How well can AI chatbots mimic doctors in a treatment...

We subjected five major large language models to parts of the U.S. Medical Licensing...

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A growing number of parents are refusing to give their children smartphones — and the movement is going global

A growing number of parents are refusing to give their...

Parents are concerned about giving children smartphones as more studies show that...

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Brain implant patient says OpenAI's tech helps him communicate with family

Brain implant patient says OpenAI's tech helps him communicate...

Neurotech startup Synchron has built a new chat feature for its patients using the...