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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! After a former “Bachelor” contestant said a preventive scan uncovered a brain tumor before symptoms appeared, doctors are once again weighing the promise — and pitfalls — of full-body MRI screenings.The renewed attention comes as celebrities including Kim Kardashian, Paris Hilton and…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Spending more time in bright daylight could help people fall asleep earlier and get deeper sleep at night, according to new research.A study led by researchers at the University of Manchester found that adults with brighter and more consistent daytime light exposure…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A recent study suggests GLP-1-related weight loss may improve some women’s relationships and employment status.Rebecca Diamond, professor of economics at Harvard University in Boston, independently published research that found an association between weight-loss medications and a change in women’s social and economic…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Neurologists are warning that popular weight-loss medications could have severe negative effects on neurodegenerative conditions like ALS.Jinsy Andrews, MD, a neurologist and director of NYU Langone’s ALS Center, says the very mechanism that makes these drugs popular — rapid weight loss —…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Before the first successful vaccine was developed in 1796, Americans had little protection against deadly infectious diseases like smallpox, measles and diphtheria.Over the next 250 years, vaccines helped eliminate or dramatically reduce many vaccine-preventable infectious diseases, preventing millions of illnesses, infections and…