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FDA approves a second Alzheimer’s drug that can modestly slow disease
U.S. officials have approved another Alzheimer's drug that can modestly slow the disease, providing a new option for patients in the early stages of the incurable, memory-destroying ailment.
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Jury fines BlueCross for firing worker over COVID-19 vaccine mandate
A Tennessee jury has awarded a former research scientist at BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee $687,000 in back pay and damages after she was fired in 2021 for refusing to take the COVID-19 vaccine.
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Despite Supreme Court ruling, the future of emergency abortions is still unclear for US women
The U.S. Supreme Court did not settle the debate over whether federal law requires hospitals to stabilize pregnant patients with emergency abortions on Wednesday, despite saying Idaho hospitals can provide abortions in medical emergencies even with the state’s restrictions.
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In states that won’t pay for obesity drugs, ‘they may as well have never been created’
Joanna Bailey, a family physician and obesity specialist, doesn't want to tell her patients they can't take Wegovy, but she has gotten used to it.
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Best and worst restaurant inspection reports in the Chattanooga area for the week ending June 25, 2024
The Hamilton County, Catoosa County and Walker County health departments inspect restaurants twice a year and grade businesses on a 100-point scale.
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Scam alert: $600 Social Security increase in June is false
Since you deal with Social Security matters related to Medicare, maybe you can help me.
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How does heat kill? It confuses your brain. It shuts down your organs. It overworks your heart.
As temperatures and humidity soar outside, what's happening inside the human body can become a life-or-death battle decided by just a few degrees.
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Gene therapy may cure rare diseases. But drugmakers have few incentives, leaving families desperate
Robin Alderman faces an agonizing reality: Gene therapy might cure her son Camden's rare, inherited immune deficiency. But it's not available to him.
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Chattanooga doctor explains difference between heat exhaustion and heat stroke
Q: With summer in full swing, how can I tell the difference between heat stroke and heat exhaustion?
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Drug shortages keep on growing. Older, injectable medicines are among the most vulnerable
Erin Fox has tracked drug shortages for more than 20 years, and she sees no easy solutions for what has become a record run.
