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Stopping GLP‑1s: Many Restart Despite Unknown Risks

It's quite common for people to start on GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic and Zepbound, especially as the diabetes and obesity treatments become more ubiquitous. They're designed to treat chronic conditions, so the medicines are

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Red Light Therapy: Evidence, Uses, and Safety

Red light therapy has become the latest ray of hope in the wellness industry. If you listen to wellness influencers, you might think there's nothing that red light therapy can't treat.

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U.S. strikes sink two suspected drug smuggling boats; five killed

WASHINGTON — The U.S. military said Sunday that it blew up two boats accused of smuggling drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing a total of five people and leaving one survivor

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Teen Birth Rates Drop to Historic Low in 2025

The U.S. teen birth rate fell 7% in 2025, continuing a decades-long decline, according to a provisional report from the National Center for Health Statistics at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Urgent Care as a Stopgap for Abortion Access

When Planned Parenthood’s clinic in Marquette, Michigan, closed last spring, Shawn Brown found herself offering a service she never expected to provide: medication abortion.

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Medicaid Cuts Threaten Doulas and Rural Maternity Care

LAME DEER, Mont. — Misty Pipe squeezes a home visit into the hour before her shift at the post office. A mother of seven, she volunteers as a doula on the Northern Cheyenne Reservation, traveling a few miles to help expectant and new parents.