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Man makes medical history after successful eye transplant – CBS News Watch CBS News A team of doctors at NYU Langone Health performed the first successful eye transplant as part of a facial transplant surgery back in May. The patient is going public with his story during a virtual announcement later today. Dr. Jon LaPook
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FDA approves Eli Lilly’s Zepbound drug for weight loss – CBS News Watch CBS News The FDA has approved Eli Lilly’s Zepbound drug for weight loss. It’s set to hit the market by the end of the year. Nancy Chen has more. View CBS News In Be the first to know Get browser notifications for
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Dr. Ruth Westheimer appointed New York’s ambassador to loneliness Dr. Ruth Westheimer appointed New York’s ambassador to loneliness 00:39 ALBANY, N.Y. — Dr. Ruth Westheimer, best-known as a sex therapist and talk show host, has been named New York’s honorary ambassador to loneliness, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced on Thursday. New York is the first state
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Measles, chickenpox cases on the rise Vaccine hesitancy sparks measles, chickenpox rise 04:58 A record number of American kindergarten students started school last year with an exemption from one of the key vaccines health authorities require, according to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In the report published Thursday, the CDC
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After more than three decades of living with Parkinson’s disease, actor Michael J. Fox has raised awareness and over $2 billion worth of research. Fox was diagnosed with Parkinson’s in 1991, when he was just 29 years old. In 2000, he established the Michael J. Fox Foundation. Now 62, Fox has lived with Parkinson’s for
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An Arkansas man has a new eye after being the subject of the first-ever human eye transplant in May. The eye transplant was part of a complex partial-face transplant performed by a team of surgeons at NYU Langone Health in New York City. Aaron James, a high-voltage utility line worker, lost most of his face
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FDA approves new weight loss drug Zepbound – CBS News Watch CBS News The Food and Drug Administration has approved the diabetes drug Mounjaro, which will be marketed as a weight loss drug under the name Zepbound. View CBS News In Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and
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The Food and Drug Administration approved a request by Eli Lilly on Wednesday to begin marketing its tirzepatide medication, which is branded as Mounjaro for diabetes, under a new brand for weight loss as well. While Mounjaro had already been used by some patients “off-label” for weight loss, the new FDA approval will allow the
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Amazon is lowering the cost of a One Medical membership for Amazon Prime subscribers, shaving $100 off the annual fee to $99 a year. The step is the latest effort by the e-commerce company to mesh its chain of doctor’s offices with its retail services. Amazon already runs a web pharmacy and a telehealth service
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The Peace Corps has agreed to pay $750,000 to the family of a 24-year-old volunteer from Illinois who died in 2018 in East Africa after the agency’s doctors misdiagnosed a case of malaria, a law firm announced Tuesday. Bernice Heiderman of Inverness, Illinois, died in January 2018 on the island nation of Comoros after texting
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