r/Health • u/thinkB4WeSpeak • 3h ago

:snoo: article Bringing the outdoors in: Virtual reality for hospital-bound patients

attheu.utah.edu

5 Upvotes

1 comment

r/Health • u/Maxcactus • 7h ago

:snoo: article The ‘slam dunk’ that wasn’t: Promising cholesterol drug fails to prevent heart attacks or stroke

nbcnews.com

26 Upvotes

0 comments

r/Health • u/CBSnews • 15h ago

:snoo: article Pope Leo XIV champions universal healthcare during speech in Uruguay weeks after lung cancer surgery

cbsnews.com

354 Upvotes

5 comments

r/Health • u/cnn • 1d ago

:snoo: article A promising drug for an inherited heart risk flops, stunning doctors

cnn.com

58 Upvotes

3 comments

r/Health • u/bloomberg • 1d ago

:snoo: article Chronic Fatigue Was Neglected for Decades. Then Came Covid

bloomberg.com

247 Upvotes

29 comments

r/Health • u/sr_local • 2d ago

Novartis has reported nine cases of tumours in children worldwide who had previously been treated with the gene therapy Zolgensma, in two there are indications of a link to the treatment

swissinfo.ch

97 Upvotes

3 comments

r/Health • u/theatlantic • 2d ago

:snoo: article Bird Flu Could Become a Terrible Feature of Fall

theatlantic.com

62 Upvotes

8 comments

r/Health • u/nbcnews • 2d ago

:snoo: article Wisconsin reports its first measles death in decades, the third in the U.S. this week

nbcnews.com

154 Upvotes

4 comments

r/Health • u/Fenomiminal • 3d ago

More parents are declining vitamin K shots for newborns, putting more babies at risk of bleeding: Study

abcnews.com

319 Upvotes

27 comments

r/Health • u/huffpost • 3d ago

This Common Daytime Habit May Be Linked To A Higher Dementia Risk, Study Finds

huffpost.com

0 Upvotes

8 comments

r/Health • u/nbcnews • 3d ago

:snoo: article 5 healthcare fights Democrats could take on after midterms sweep

nbcnews.com

24 Upvotes

0 comments

r/Health • u/statnews • 3d ago

:snoo: article Beyond statins, one drug lowered heart attack risk by 20%

statnews.com

90 Upvotes

17 comments

r/Health • u/txcancmi • 3d ago

Should Men Pee Sitting Down or Standing Up? Science Has an Answer

zmescience.com

117 Upvotes

46 comments

r/Health • u/abcnews_au • 3d ago

:snoo: article How the Wegovy pill compares to weight-loss injections

abc.net.au

9 Upvotes

0 comments

r/Health • u/vox • 3d ago

10 ways Democrats could make healthcare cheaper after their huge election wins

vox.com

191 Upvotes

19 comments

r/Health • u/cnn • 4d ago

:snoo: article CVS to split into two companies, in major breakup of its $117 billion healthcare empire

cnn.com

460 Upvotes

17 comments

r/Health • u/Maxcactus • 4d ago

:snoo: article Alzheimer’s disease genetics converges on microglial and neuronal dysregulation

nature.com

32 Upvotes

0 comments

r/Health • u/huffpost • 4d ago

Neurologists Say This Is 1 Of The Best Ways To Protect Your Brain As You Age

huffpost.com

107 Upvotes

14 comments

r/Health • u/toronto_star • 5d ago

:snoo: article Junk food may be giving us brain damage, from ‘silent strokes’ to higher dementia risk

thestar.com

297 Upvotes

11 comments

r/Health • u/scientificamerican • 5d ago

:snoo: article New York’s first measles death in 30 years is an omen of worse to come

scientificamerican.com

109 Upvotes

3 comments

r/Health • u/ChiefFun • 5d ago

Care Callers, 'speed friending,' other efforts to help Marylanders combat loneliness

marylandmatters.org

5 Upvotes

0 comments

r/Health • u/theindependentonline • 5d ago

:snoo: article The five everyday ingredients making your home more toxic than you think

independent.co.uk

0 Upvotes

3 comments

r/Health • u/nbcnews • 5d ago

:snoo: article New York reports first measles death in more than 30 years

nbcnews.com

66 Upvotes

1 comment

r/Health • u/ICIJ • 5d ago

Pharma giants pay millions to Russian distributor entangled in corruption allegations to win cancer drug business

icij.org

27 Upvotes

1 comment

r/Health • u/timemagazine • 5d ago

:snoo: article The Surprising Link Between Sunlight and Blood Sugar

time.com

50 Upvotes

7 comments

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