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A 20-year-old woman had waves of stomach pain for months. She was eventually diagnosed with stage 2 colon cancer.
just now (789+ words) Katie Davis lived the typical busy college student life when she first started feeling stomach pain. Then a 20-year-old junior and marketing major at Westchester University in Pennsylvania, Davis split her time between classes, her job at Playa Bowls, and…...
Two bills before Legislature aim to ease municipal costs for emergency services, shelters
6+ min ago (699+ words) WATERVILLE " A bill sponsored by Democratic Rep. Flavia DeBrito of Waterville that would expand insurance and MaineCare coverage for a range of emergency and health care services has drawn strong support from service providers and others. On Feb. 17, City Manager…...
Mum of boy with disorder known to affect 200 people told he is ‘unlikely to survive’
6+ min ago (1179+ words) The mother of a boy with a rare genetic disorder, known to affect around 200 people worldwide, has said doctors told her "nothing can be done" and he is "unlikely to survive past his teens". Amy Sheridan-Hill, 46, a former teacher living…...
How I reduced medical no-shows from 21% to 8.1% with an AI Telegram bot
11+ min ago (328+ words) A Moscow medical clinic was losing money every day. 21% of appointments ended in no-shows " patients who booked but never came. Staff spent hours on manual reminder calls. The booking process was 100% phone-based. They hired me to fix it. Here's what…...
Doctors urge NHS app users to make sure they switch on alert feature
13+ min ago (280+ words) The NHS app has more than 40 million registered users NHS leaders are urging the public to activate alerts on the official NHS app, following a poll revealing that one in four individuals have missed a health appointment. The new initiative…...
Exclusive -- FDA Commissioner Marty Makary: '1000' Unnatural Chemicals in Foods Likely Behind Uptick in G.I. Cancers
20+ min ago (119+ words) Sunday on "The Alex Marlow Show," FDA Commissioner Marty Makary talked about chemicals. Makary said, "Now, there's over a thousand chemicals that appear in our food supply that are banned in other countries because we've had a regulation'which allows companies…...
BioXcel Therapeutics KOL Roundtable Highlights Unmet Need in Alzheimer’s Agitation, BXCL501 Data
21+ min ago (605+ words) Posted by Kim Johansen on Mar 1st, 2026 Mehta referenced previously announced results from a Phase III pivotal study of BXCL501 for the acute treatment of agitation in Alzheimer's dementia, stating that the product candidate was well-tolerated and met its primary efficacy endpoint....
Rhythm Pharmaceuticals Announces Additional Positive Data from Phase 3 TRANSCEND trial of Setmelanotide in Patients with Acquired Hypothalamic Obesity
26+ min ago (347+ words) -- -18.8% placebo-adjusted difference in BMI reduction achieved in all patients (N=142) at 52 weeks, including 12 Japanese patients and 10 supplemental patients with acquired hypothalamic obesity -- --March 20, 2026PDUFA goal date for sNDA for setmelanotide in acquired hypothalamic obesity -- Highlights from these 52-week data include: Setmelanotide…...
Your evening habits might be slowing your metabolism: 5 must follow habits that will boost your digestion and help with weight loss
26+ min ago (408+ words) Evenings often decide what the weighing scale shows weeks later. After 7 pm, the body does not shut down. It continues to digest, repair cells, balance hormones, and regulate blood sugar. Yet this is also the time when heavy meals, screens,…...
Foundation 2 helps tell story of mental health with tattoos
41+ min ago (604+ words) Mar. 1, 2026 5:14 pm CEDAR RAPIDS " Eight people already were waiting despite Sunday's chill to get inside a barbershop and tattoo parlor to select from tattoos that feature a semicolon to share the story of suicide and mental health awareness. One of…...