WeightWatchers is buying a company that lets you pay $99 a month to see a doctor on video and get a prescription to popular weight-loss drug Ozempic

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Sima Sistani, CEO of WeightWatchers, which announced it would be acquiring Sequence, a digital health platform for weight loss.

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Here's what MDMA does to your brain and body

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MDMA has been around for over a hundred years.

States and healthcare organizations join forces to help people prepare for Medicaid redeterminations

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Artificial intelligence could soon be widely used to detect breast cancer — and may be more effective than doctors at doing so, study says

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Studies in Hungary and other parts of Europe have proven AI to be effective at identifying breast cancer in mammograms like the one shown above.

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I made nearly $2 million in 2 years selling my nursing-school study notes on Etsy and TikTok — here's how

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Stephanee Beggs started her TikTok account in 2020, and it now has 600,000 followers.

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The medical 'heroes' who help save the lives of kidney-dialysis patients when massive storms hit the US

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A woman receiving hemodialysis at a hospital.

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I paid $27,000 for leg-lengthening surgery to change the way I see myself. I used to feel like a child when I wore a suit and I couldn't bear jokes about my height.

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Ibrahim Alğan, in a wheelchair after surgery, right, and outside after one of his operations. He paid nearly $27,000 for surgery to make his legs longer.

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I do private Botox parties as a fun and lucrative side gig. Here's how I got certified and what they're like.

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Dr. Samantha "Sam" Ellison is a physician who works at Botox parties on the side and has opened her own med spa.

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FTC bans online mental health company BetterHelp from sharing user data for targeted ads, as federal crackdowns on info misuse intensify

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BetterHelp will pay $7.8 million for sharing user data.

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Elon Musk's bid to implant brain chip into humans was reportedly rejected by feds over safety risks

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The FDA rejected Neuralink's request for approval to do human trials last year.

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