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The pharmaceutical manufacturer Eli Lilly announced on Wednesday that its obesity drug tirzepatide, or Zepbound, provided considerable relief to overweight ...

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The National Academy of Sciences is asking a court to allow it to repurpose about $30 million in donations from ...

New research shows that alcohol-related liver disease and other health problems increased even more than expected among women ages 40 ...

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