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How testosterone fell out of favor in medicine — and how it came back

Abraham Morgentaler, a pioneer in testosterone therapy for men, discusses what led to decades of shunning of this hormone.

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FDA approves Wegovy pill, the first prescription pill for weight loss

The FDA has approved the pill version of the weight loss drug Wegovy, the first oral medication of its kind. The new pills are expected to be available in a few weeks. Chief medical correspondent Dr. Jon LaPook has more.

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Illinois Health Officials Report First Dog Rabies Case in 31 Years

The affected dog, less than one-year-old, was euthanized last week.

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The throughline between Ozempic and Prozac

And more health news from Morning Rounds today

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The Wegovy Weight-Loss Pill Is Officially Here

It's the first GLP-1 pill approved for treating obesity.

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‘A potential treasure trove’: World Health Organization to explore benefits of traditional medicines

UN body to study possibility of integrating centuries-old practices into mainstream healthcareFrom herbalists in Africa gathering plants to use as poultices to acupuncturists in China using needles to cure migraines, or Indian yogis practising meditation, traditional remedies have increasingly being…

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How to extend and improve your life by getting more creative

Growing evidence reveals that creativity is one of the best-kept secrets for boosting your health. From live theatre to a quick crafting break, here’s how to harness the power of art in your everyday life

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What I’ll be doing to help detox my brain in the new year

We have only just started to understand how our brains clean themselves, but columnist Helen Thomson finds promising evidence for how to boost this process

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Tattooing may trigger localised damage to the immune system

There is relatively little information on the long-term health effects of tattooing, but a couple of recent studies suggest the art form might trigger prolonged inflammation

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The Birth Keepers: I choose this, episode one – podcast

The Free Birth Society was selling pregnant women a simple message: they could exit the medical system and take back their power by free birthing. But Nicole Garrison believes FBS ideology nearly cost her her life. This is episode one of a year-long investigation by the Guardian journalists Sirin Ka…

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The potential of GLP-1 drugs to transform medicine exploded in 2025

We knew that GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy did more than just help control type 2 diabetes and aid weight loss, but the extent of that potential really came to light in 2025

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How I learned to keep my brain in better repair this year

Neuroscience columnist Helen Thomson on how she discovered a host of evidence-based ways to keep her brain healthier in 2026

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Chronic fatigue syndrome seems to have a very strong genetic element

The largest study so far into the genetics of chronic fatigue syndrome, or myalgic encephalomyelitis, has implicated 259 genes – six times more than those identified just four months ago

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Deaths of despair were rising long before opioids

Long before opioids flooded communities, something else was quietly changing—and it may have helped set the stage for today’s crisis. A new study finds that as church attendance dropped among middle-aged, less educated white Americans, deaths from overdoses, suicide, and alcohol-related disease bega…

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Study revives debate about unpopular diet for cancer patients

The neutropenic diet, which calls for nearly all food to be cooked at high heat to decrease infection risk, was waning in cancer care. A new study could change that.

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He ate a hamburger and died hours later. Doctors found a shocking cause

A rare tick-borne allergy linked to red meat has now been confirmed as deadly for the first time. A healthy New Jersey man collapsed and died hours after eating beef, with later testing revealing a severe allergic reaction tied to alpha-gal, a sugar spread by Lone Star tick bites. Symptoms often app…

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