Liraglutide Brand name: Saxenda How it works: It makes you feel less hungry or full sooner Side effects: abdominal pain, headache, increased pulse Warnings: It is available only by injection. Choose the option that’s most convenient for you. However, no cause-and-effect relationship has been established. People who take alli must limit fat intake and make… Read More »
In a new Instagram video, Dr. Pimple Popper pops a cheek cyst filled with white goopy contents. In the caption of the clip, Dr. Lee compares the gunk to toothpaste—and fans see the resemblance. The growth featured in this video is likely an epidermoid cyst, which is filled with wet dead skin cells and keratin.… Read More »
With proposed legislation they say would bolster COVID-19 response efforts nationwide, two Senators have introduced a new bill aimed at more accurately linking patient records across the care continuum. WHY IT MATTERSThe Patient Matching Improvement Act, drafted by Sens. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, and Dr. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, seeks to accomplish this by making the… Read More »
By Maninder Ahluwalia A street mural memorial to Henrietta Lacks in Oak Park, Illinois MedSci / Alamy Today is the 100th anniversary of the birth of Henrietta Lacks, commonly referred to as “the mother of modern medicine”. Her cells have been used in experiments in laboratories around the world but were cultivated without her consent.… Read More »
Dive Brief: Community Health Systems on Tuesday posted a profit of $ 70 million in the second quarter as funding from federal COVID-19 relief legislation buoyed the company from losses related to dramatically lower patient volumes. The Franklin, Tennessee-based hospital chain reported $ 2.52 billion in net operating revenue, an 18.4% decrease compared to the same… Read More »
That’s nuts. A hangry New Jersey rodent is putting the “pizza squirrel” to shame after brazenly stealing pie from a family’s delivery order, as seen in an uproarious YouTube video. “I saw a squirrel sitting with two slices of our pizza!” an unnamed Montclair, NJ, resident told Viral Hog about witnessing the ludicrous theft. The… Read More »