Category: 6. Health

Women who stop taking a GLP-1 weight loss/diabetes medication just prior to a pregnancy appear to be at higher odds for excess weight gain and complications while pregnant, new research shows.

As the study authors pointed out, potential risks…

Nov. 25 (UPI) — Mexico’s Alvaro Obregón borough plans to send first locally assembled microsatellite into orbit this week on SpaceX’s Transporter-15 mission, a rideshare launch scheduled Wednesday from Vandenberg Space Force Base in…

A new study found people with untreated obstructive sleep apnea could have an increased risk of developing Parkinson’s disease.

Researchers studied medical records for more than 11 million military veterans between 1999 and 2022 and found those...

Blood sugar isn’t just about diabetes. Even in a healthy individual, it affects the daily energy, mood, focus, hunger, weight, and even long-term heart and hormone health. When glucose levels spike and crash repeatedly, the body experiences…

Cases of avian influenza, also known as bird flu, are the highest they’ve been in almost a decade.

Between September 6 and November 14, 1,443 avian influenza (HPAI) A(H5) viruses were detected in wild birds across 26 European countries.

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Inhaling xenon does not improve mountain-climbing performance, according to a recent scientific review in the journal High Altitude Medicine and Biology. The authors found no evidence that inhaling the gas before high-altitude expeditions — a…

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Fellow writer/runner Amber Sayer and I sat in a room with other writer/runners back in July. We were both part of a media gathering to kick off a few months of training for the Santa Barbara Half Marathon. When…