A new study has determined that millions of people currently taking widely prescribed but controversial cholesterol-lowering statin drugs to prevent heart disease may not need them. Statins, which are sold under brand names like Lipitor, Crestor, and Zocor, are the […]
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Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wisconsin), the head Republican on the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, along with four Republicans on the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee (HSGAC), have sent a letter to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier
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The following is from MedPage Today. Use of the GLP-1 receptor agonist semaglutide (Ozempic, Wegovy) may be linked with an increased risk of the second most common form of optic neuropathy, a retrospective study suggested. Over a mean follow-up of
The following is from Reuters. The U.S. government has awarded $176 million to Moderna to advance development of its bird flu vaccine, the company said on Tuesday, as concerns rise over a multi-state outbreak of H5N1 virus in dairy cows and
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The following is from JAMA Network Open. In a prospective cohort study of 92, 383 adults observed over 28 years, the consumption of more than 7 g/d of olive oil was associated with a 28% lower risk of dementia-related death compared
Skyhorse Publishing and Children’s Health Defense (CHD) have published a new book on the history of the US military’s 1998 illegal mandate of the anthrax vaccine, and its impact on both the troops forced to take it and on future vaccine mandates.
The following information is from Public Citizen. WASHINGTON, D.C. — According to a new analysis featured today in JAMA Internal Medicine, privatized Medicare Advantage plans have raised Medicare’s costs by $612 billion since 2007, including $82 billion last year alone. The authors — physicians
The following is from Gallup News Poll. Seventy-three percent of U.S. adults under the age of 65 report that they are “worried” (41%) or “extremely worried” (32%) that Medicare will not be available when they are eligible to receive it,
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