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We’re secretly winning the war on cancer

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Living in remission The fact that Jon is still here, talking to me in 2025, tells you that things didn’t go the way the medical data would have predicted on that November morning. Perhaps the most promising development is CAR-T therapy, a form of immunotherapy. This cannot be true.” It was the kind of result that doctors rarely see.

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The NYC shooter said his brain was damaged by football. Here’s what we know about CTE.

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Part of the challenge in recognizing CTE is that its symptoms are vague and can be confused with other forms of dementia, even Alzheimer’s disease in older patients. If medical professionals suspect CTE, they will diagnose a patient with what is called traumatic encephalopathy syndrome, and provide behavioral or occupational therapy.

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Heart attacks aren’t as fatal as they used to be

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Cabinet containing an automatic external defibrillator in Austin, Texas, on March 9, 2023. Our changing heart health deaths Despite this progress in stopping heart attacks, around 700,000 Americans still die of all forms of heart disease every year, equivalent to 1 in 5 deaths overall.

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What to do (and avoid) in extreme heat

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Infants and young children, adults over the age of 65, people who are overweight, and people who are on certain medications — like amphetamines and antidepressants — are most at risk for heat-related illness. Submit it by filling out this form. People who work outside and are exposed to the sun and heat also are at greater risk.

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Is anyone going to stop a looming death spiral in Gaza?

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The Palestinian population of the Gaza Strip has faced various levels of food insecurity throughout the war that Israel has waged on the territory since Hamas’s October 7, 2023, attack, fluctuating with the amount of aid Israel has allowed to enter the enclave via checkpoints it controls. You need fuel so that people can cook the foods.

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Ketamine is suddenly everywhere

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Musk’s reported experience with the drug — from medical to possibly abusive — provides a window into ketamine’s growing popularity in the United States, and the paradox that popularity presents. People should not try to self-medicate with ketamine, Yang said. Its risks need to be taken seriously. Here’s what you need to know.

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The one, big unanswered question about Ozempic

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The medications, originally developed for diabetes treatment, have proven to be remarkably effective in helping people lose weight — and America is in the throes of an obesity crisis. Substances as habit-forming as coffee no longer hold the same sway. We are nearing a point of no return for GLP-1 drugs. The Ozempic fervor had begun.