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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A common diabetes drug could dampen some of the key benefits of exercise, a new study has found. Researchers from Rutgers University discovered that adults who took metformin, a widely used generic medication for type 2 diabetes, while exercising saw smaller improvements in blood sugar control, blood vessel function and aerobic fitness …

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Fiber is known to be a crucial part of a healthy diet, promoting fullness and gut health. As trends like “fibermaxxing” make high-fiber eating more popular, understanding the best sources is increasingly important for individual health, according to nutritionists. Longevity expert Peter Attia, a Stanford University physician based in Austin, Texas, spoke …

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A New Jersey man’s death is the first known to be linked to a tick-borne meat allergy, according to researchers at UVAHealth in Virginia. The unidentified man, 47, reportedly died last summer, four hours after eating a hamburger and just two weeks after a similar episode triggered by steak. With the summer …

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Eating a certain type of food could increase the risk of getting a deadly cancer at a younger age, researchers say. A new study at Mass General Brigham has linked higher consumption of ultraprocessed foods, which largely include ready-to-eat foods with high levels of sugar, salt, saturated fat and food additives, to …

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! – Once-rare disease now among leading causes of death – Surge in common infectious disease sparks statewide health alert – Common cleaning chemical tied to spike in liver disease From 1990 to 2023, kidney disease cases rose from 378 million to 788 million, landing the disease in the top 10 of most …

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Colon cancer patients could live longer if they take GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy, a new study suggests. Researchers at UC San Diego studied more than 6,800 patients who were taking one of these popular similar diabetes and weight-loss medications. They found that the patients were much less likely to die …

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Texas health officials are sounding the alarm on a surge of a common childhood illness. The Texas Department of State Health Services (DHSH) revealed this week that there are nearly four times the number of whooping cough cases in the state compared to this time last year. According to provisional data, Texas …

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A team of Mayo Clinic scientists have created a way to estimate a person’s risk of developing memory and thinking problems long before symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease begin, potentially changing how the disease is detected and treated in the future. The research, published in The Lancet Neurology, draws on decades of data …

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! While gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) affects both men and women, men tend to experience more severe symptoms and complications. Studies show that men have higher acid exposure and are nearly twice as likely to develop Barrett’s esophagus, a condition that can lead to esophageal cancer if left untreated. Esophageal cancer is up …

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! An experimental drug has shown promise in fighting a hard-to-treat form of bladder cancer known as BCG-unresponsive high-risk non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC). BCG (Bacillus Calmette-Guérin) is an immunotherapy drug that is often the first-line treatment for certain early-stage bladder cancers. The new drug, TAR-200 — which was evaluated in a trial sponsored …