Health

Adults with prediabetes and obesity who took GLP-1-based medications had a 31% lower risk of developing type 2 diabetes and a 41% lower risk of death compared with those taking metformin.

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Two undergraduate students at Tulane University in New Orleans discovered an anatomical feature that even their professor couldn’t initially identify.

Dominic Roy and Cooper Bruce were both 19-year-old college sophomores at the time of the finding in 2024.

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Rachel Apa, 24, died on Sunday, Nov. 1, while running the New York City marathon after succumbing to complications from rhabdomyolysis, a rare muscle condition.

Apa made it to mile 24 – just 2.2 miles from the finish line – before collapsing. She received immediat...

New York City marathon runner Rachel Apa died on Sunday after collapsing at mile 24.

Apa, 24, set out to run the world-famous race on Nov. 1 for the first time, along with more than 60,000 other runners.

The former Bucknell University Division I field hockey...

A resident of Yakima County, Washington, has died from complications of bird flu, public health officials confirmed, marking a rare fatal human case of the virus in the United States.

The individual, who had underlying medical conditions, was hospitalized with severe i...