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India’s ‘Munjaru bride’: Weight loss injections become part of pre-wedding preparations

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Rishika Saddam

Pre-wedding weight loss packages with Indian clinics market Monjaro and Vigoi India’s obesity drug market to reach $860.34 million by 2030 Drug regulators are raising concerns about potential abuse as local drugmakers launch cheaper weight-loss drugs HYDERABAD, India, April 3 (Reuters) – Soon-to-be brides and grooms looking for shortcuts to shed pounds before the big … Read more

80s fitness trends are making a big comeback today

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The couple does aerobics

80s-style aerobics are making a big comeback in modern fitness, but why now? As today’s workout culture moves toward connection and enjoyment, this retro trend is resurfacing in modern day exercise. © Getty Images The origin of aerobics During the 1960s, American Dr. Kenneth H. Cooper developed a series of aerobic exercises to help patients … Read more

Cuban doctors are facing burnouts and blackouts because of a once-decreasing health care system

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Daniel Trotta

The ‘white coat army’ faces the heartbreak of being denied or delayed care Doctors struggle to make ends meet on a monthly salary of $16 The Cuban government says patient visits and hospital admissions are down About 96,000 people are on the waiting list for surgery, and that number could rise to 16,000. HAVANA, March … Read more

Massachusetts ERs have problem with mental health ‘boarding,’ study finds – The Boston Globe

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An exam bed sits in a room.

That number has improved slightly in recent years — 12-hour wait times for mental health patients accounted for 37.5 percent of emergency department visits in 2024, down from nearly 40 percent in 2022. Still, barriers at every step of a patient’s journey through the mental health system slow their access to care, the report says. … Read more

Why America Loves Protein (and War)

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Why America Loves Protein (and War)

I’m not sure when it happened, but at some point in the last year, my local supermarket seems to have turned into a GNC supplement store. It is not like that one day the guards started looking suspiciously; Nor did the music suddenly change from soft rock to the Joe Rogan experiment it now seems like almost every food item is injected with protein.

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