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WEBJohnson & Johnson Considers Deal for Shockwave Medical. The California-based maker of medical devices that treat cardiovascular diseases has a market value …

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7 Trends Influencing Health Care and Life Sciences in 2024

WEBAs the industry continues to evolve in 2024, executives in health care and life sciences may want to pay close attention to the following trends: Generative AI could …

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Wellness and Health

WEBMental health startup Two Chairs, which focuses on finding the right match between patients and therapists, secured a $72 million growth investment to ramp up …

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Health News, Healthcare News, Biotech News, New Drugs

WEBTwo months after cyberattack, the claims tech company’s parent UnitedHealth Group works to identify the ‘substantial proportion’ of people in America whose personal …

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Millions of American Kids Are Caregivers Now: ‘The Hardest Part Is …

WEBAn estimated 5.4 million children help care for relatives, as families can’t afford or find other in-home care. Leo Remis helps care for his mom, Jess, who can no …

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To Get Ahead of Diseases, It May Help to Find Your Organ Age

WEBTo Get Ahead of Diseases, It May Help to Find Your Organ Age. Measuring organ age could be used to ward off future diseases. ILLUSTRATION: ELENA SCOTTI/ …

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The Cancer That Doctors Don’t Want to Call Cancer

WEBRenaming the lowest-risk prostate cancer would cut down on overly aggressive treatment, some doctors say.

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A Surge of Wartime Brain Injuries Is Changing Lives—and Offering

WEBDNIPRO, Ukraine—Oleksandr Biliaiev was hit by a cluster munition in the early weeks of the war in Ukraine that left him with 11 pieces of shrapnel in his head, …

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Wegovy: First Medicare Health Plans to Start Paying for Weight …

WEBThe first major U.S. health insurers have agreed to start paying for the popular anti-obesity drug Wegovy for certain people on Medicare with heart-related …

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‘If Anything Happens to Me’ Inside One of America's Worst-Hit

WEBNew Jersey’s Menlo Park veterans facility failed to warn families of its Covid outbreak, discouraged workers from wearing masks and put sick residents in the same …

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Insurer Earnings Make Hospital Investors Sweat

WEBWhat is good for hospitals and healthcare providers can be bad for health insurers. When hospitals are full of patients, insurers aren’t likely to do well. Those …

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Americans Are Sick for More of Their Lives

WEBAmericans are living longer, but spending less time in good health. The estimated average proportion of life spent in good health declined to 83.6% in 2021, …

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Health Care Roundup: Market Talk

WEBThe latest Market Talks covering the Health Care sector. Published exclusively on Dow Jones Newswires at 4:20 ET, 12:20 ET and 16:50 ET. 0916 ET – Sanofi’s 1Q …

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I Used to Judge Women Who Got Boob Jobs. Then I Got One.

WEBThen I Got One. - WSJ. I Used to Judge Women Who Got Boob Jobs. Then I Got One. How a mastectomy followed by reconstructive surgery changed my thinking …

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The New Cookbook That Makes Healthy Eating Irresistible

WEBGrowing up on Long Island, N.Y., in the 1990s, Jess Damuck, author of the joyful new cookbook “Health Nut” ( Abrams ), fell firmly in the former camp. She could …

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Saving Your Ovaries During a Hysterectomy Could Could Protect …

WEBRemoving ovaries with a hysterectomy might increase risk of heart disease, stroke and dementia. By. Sumathi Reddy. April 23, 2024 10:00 am ET. Share.

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Israel and Hezbollah Flirt With Dangerous Mideast Escalation

WEBThe two foes are locked in an escalating cycle of violence that risks spiraling further in the aftermath of an unprecedented exchange of direct fire between Israel and …

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A Bat Infestation, Postponed Surgeries and Unpaid Bills: A Hospital

WEBMarch 20, 2024 5:30 am ET. Text. Last spring, a nurse found a live bat clinging to a curtain in the intensive-care unit of Florida’s Rockledge Regional Medical Center. Steward …

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Haiti’s Police, Outgunned and Outmanned, Struggle to Thwart Gangs

WEBHaiti’s National Police, the last visible semblance of a state, have ceded control over most of the nation’s capital to vicious gangs.

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You Know LVMH for Its Luxury Bags. It’s Also a Titan of Real Estate.

WEBThe parent of Louis Vuitton and Dior is buying up real estate to control its brands. It is changing city centers from New York to Miami, Paris to Montreal.

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Google and Microsoft Cushion Their AI Capital Pains

WEBMicrosoft dropped $14 billion between capex and equipment acquired under finance leases in the latest quarter—more than the company used to spend in an entire …

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Is a Pathmark or A&P Closing Near You

WEBHere's the Full List. Grocery store chain A&P, which has been operating under bankruptcy protection since December, is shuttering 32 of its A&P, Pathmark, …

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Health Care Roundup: Market Talk

WEBThe latest Market Talks covering the Health Care sector. Published exclusively on Dow Jones Newswires at 4:20 ET, 12:20 ET and 16:50 ET. 1256 ET – …

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