Medically reviewed by Carmen Pope, BPharm. Last updated on May 14, 2024.By Dennis Thompson HealthDay ReporterTUESDAY, May 14, 2024 -- Semaglutide -- the active ingredient in the blockbuster weight-loss drugs Ozempic and Wegovy -- can…
Magic Mushroom Psilocybin Can Ease Depression in Cancer…
Medically reviewed by Drugs.com.By Ernie Mundell HealthDay ReporterWEDNESDAY, Dec. 20, 2023 -- Long left to the fringes of the recreational drug culture, psilocybin -- the hallucinatory ingredient in "magic mushrooms" — has recently been making…
Immunotherapys Benefits for Colon Cancer Survivors Continue Long…
Medically reviewed by Drugs.com.By Ernie Mundell HealthDay ReporterWEDNESDAY, Dec. 20, 2023 -- Many patients with advanced colon cancers who are successfully treated with immunotherapy and then stop those treatments appear to face little risk of…
The Most Wonderful Time? Maybe Not, Say Holiday-Stressed…
Medically reviewed by Drugs.com.By Carole Tanzer Miller HealthDay ReporterWEDNESDAY, Dec. 20, 2023 — What's even more nerve-wracking than paying taxes?The holidays, according to a majority of Americans, who say it takes them weeks to recover…
WHO Declares JN.1 a COVID Variant of Interest…
Medically reviewed by Drugs.com.By Robin Foster HealthDay ReporterWEDNESDAY, Dec. 20, 2023 -- The new COVID variant known as JN.1 was named a "variant of interest" by the World Health Organization on Tuesday, which means health…
COVID Likely Paralyzed a Teens Vocal Cords, Doctors…
Medically reviewed by Drugs.com.By Dennis Thompson HealthDay ReporterTUESDAY, Dec. 19, 2023 -- COVID-19 appears to have paralyzed a teen girl’s vocal cords, blocking her breathing to the point that surgery was required, a new case…
Experimental Drug Could Be Big Advance Against Kidney…
Medically reviewed by Drugs.com.By Ernie Mundell HealthDay ReporterTUESDAY, Dec. 19, 2023 -- Early results from a trial of a new kidney disease medication show it significantly reduces levels of a urine marker of kidney damage.The…
Hospital Coffee Machines Arent Germ-Spreaders, Study Finds
Medically reviewed by Drugs.com.By Dennis Thompson HealthDay ReporterTUESDAY, Dec. 19, 2023 -- Hospital coffee machines have received some side-eye as a potential source of spreading infection, but a new study debunks the belief.“To our great…
Probiotics Might Help Ward Off COVID-19
Medically reviewed by Drugs.com.By Dennis Thompson HealthDay ReporterTUESDAY, Dec. 19, 2023 -- Probiotics might be able to help people dodge the worst effects of COVID-19, new clinical trial results show.Unvaccinated people who took a lactobacillus-laced…