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By Meg Tirrell, CNN (CNN) — Wegovy’s not just for weight loss anymore. The US Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved drugmaker Novo Nordisk’s application to add cardiovascular benefits to the medicine’s label, making it the first weight-loss drug to also be cleared to reduce the risk of heart attack, stroke or heart-related death in

By Mira Cheng, CNN (CNN) — Amylyx Pharmaceuticals announced Friday that its drug for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, called Relyvrio, did not show significant benefit in a large clinical trial and may be withdrawn from the market. New results from a large phase 3 clinical trial, called Phoenix, showed that the drug did not

By Dana Santas, CNN (CNN) — If you’re feeling as if you’re spinning your wheels at the gym, welcome to the club. At some point in most people’s fitness journeys, they hit a plateau — progress stalls and motivation wanes. But fear not. Breaking out of this rut is achievable with the right approach. When

By Katia Hetter and Stephen Mays, CNN (CNN) — Clocks have just “fallen back” one hour, allowing many people across the United States to gain one hour of sleep. On the first Sunday of November, at 2 a.m., clocks fall back an hour to standard time. On the second Sunday of March, at 2 a.m.,

By Meg Tirrell, CNN (CNN) — Drugmaker Eli Lilly says that approval of its experimental Alzheimer’s medication donanemab will be delayed beyond the end of March as the US Food and Drug Administration plans to call a last-minute meeting of its outside advisers to review the drug’s safety and efficacy. The medicine had been expected

By Amanda Musa, CNN (CNN) — Melatonin products have become increasingly popular among US adults and a new report from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says about 11,000 children have landed in the emergency room in recent years after ingesting it while unsupervised. Melatonin is a hormone produced by the brain in response

By Madeline Holcombe, CNN (CNN) — Every night at 11 p.m. sharp, my dog corrals me into my bedroom, and then at 7 a.m. he has his nose in my face ready to start the day — which might be a problem come Daylight Saving Time. When the clocks spring forward an hour on March

By Meg Tirrell, CNN (CNN) — “When I look around this room, I can’t help but wonder,” Academy Awards host Jimmy Kimmel joked at last year’s ceremony. “Is Ozempic right for me?” Celebrities’ use of a type 2 diabetes drug to lose weight had sparked both backlash and fascination by the time of last year’s

By Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — A clinical trial’s encouraging results won US Food and Drug Administration breakthrough therapy status for an LSD formulation to treat generalized anxiety disorder, Mind Medicine Inc. announced Thursday. The biopharmaceutical company is developing the drug. “A breakthrough designation is a recognition that a drug has demonstrated evidence of clinical efficacy in meeting an unmet

By Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — About half of registered voters in the United States say this year’s elections will have a “major impact” on access to abortion, and about 1 in 8 voters says that abortion is the most important issue driving their vote, according to a new KFF survey. Abortion is a particularly

By Katherine Dillinger, CNN (CNN) — Tissue samples from the brain of the man who killed 18 people during a shooting rampage at a bowling alley and a restaurant in Lewiston, Maine, in October showed evidence of traumatic brain injury but not the neurological disorder CTE, according to the Concussion Legacy Foundation. Robert Card, 40, was a US Army reservist

By Jacqueline Howard, CNN (CNN) — High levels of benzene, a cancer-causing chemical, can form in acne treatment products containing benzoyl peroxide, according to a new report from Valisure, an independent laboratory. The report says benzene “can form at unacceptably high levels” in both prescription and over-the-counter benzoyl peroxide products, and results from Valisure’s tests

By Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — The US Food and Drug Administration has expanded its investigation into tainted cinnamon products, and its experts now say that the lead contamination extends beyond the cinnamon applesauce pouches that were recalled in October. The agency said Wednesday that expanded testing has identified several brands of ground cinnamon with elevated levels

By Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — People with microplastics or nanoplastics in their carotid artery tissues were twice as likely to have a heart attack, stroke or die from any cause over the next three years than people who had none, a new study found. Carotid arteries, which lie on each side of the neck

By Kristen Rogers, CNN (CNN) — Ten thousand steps per day have long been known as the magic number needed to lower risk of disease and early death. What researchers didn’t know was whether the amount could have the same effect even for people who are sedentary most of the day. That’s until now, due to

CNN By Mira Cheng, CNN (CNN) — One German man has redefined “man on a mission.” A 62-year-old from Magdeburg deliberately got 217 Covid-19 vaccine shots in the span of 29 months, according to a new study, going against national vaccine recommendations. That’s an average of one jab every four days. In the process, he

By Faith Karimi, CNN (CNN) — Dorothy Beal switches up where and when she runs to avoid a pattern in case someone is watching her. She also waves at passing runners who appear friendly so that if she goes missing, someone may be able to pinpoint where she was last seen, she says. Emily Scaglione

By Mira Cheng, CNN (CNN) — One German man has redefined “man on a mission.” A 62-year-old from Magdeburg deliberately got 217 Covid-19 vaccine shots in the span of 29 months, according to a new study, going against national vaccine recommendations. That’s an average of one jab every four days. In the process, he became

By Jen Christensen, CNN (CNN) — A deadly outbreak of psittacosis, a bacterial infection also known as parrot fever, has affected people living in several European countries, the World Health Organization said Tuesday. The outbreak was initially noted in 2023 and has continued through the start of this year. The deaths of five people have

By Amanda Musa, CNN (CNN) — The US government’s free at-home Covid-19 test program will be suspended Friday, according to the Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response. Since November, residential households in the US have been able to submit an order through Covidtests.gov for four individual rapid antigen tests. All orders placed on or before