Mar. 16, 2025
Ozempic injector.Photo: GettyWhileOzempichas been creating buzz as weight loss aids, many have shared their experience dealing with some intense side effects from the drugs, specifically nausea and vomiting.Now, some doctors are sharing some foods patients might want to avoid in order to reduce the uneasy stomach.Ozempicis an FDA-approved prescription medication for people with type 2 diabetes. It’s one of the brand names for semaglutide and tirzepatide — also known asWegovyandMounjaro— which works in the brain to impact satiety, and is the latest Hollywood weight loss trend.
Mar. 16, 2025
A former Virginia doctor who pleaded guilty to fetal homicide was spared decades behind bars last week after a request for leniency from his ex-girlfriend — the same woman whose tea he spiked last year with an abortion-inducing drug, killing their unborn son.
Fiske had been at Imran’s house discussing how they were going to raise their child when he slipped the drug into her drink, knowing it would cause her to miscarry, according to the court records.
Mar. 16, 2025
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When a Staten Island doctor heard a scream for help as he ran theNew York City Marathon, he sprinted toward the voice instead of the finish line.
Theodore Strange found an unconscious woman,theStaten Island Advance, reported. “She was losing her color and she was foaming at the mouth,” Strange told the outlet. “And she didn’t have any [pulse].”
Sacrificing his own performance in the marathon, Strange gave the woman CPR and worked with emergency responders to give her a defibrillator, theAdvancereported.
Mar. 16, 2025
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According to the parents, Dr. Artur Carvalho never mentionedseeing any abnormalitiesduring the three ultrasound scans he performed during the pregnancy,the BBC reported. Nor during a fourth, 5D ultrasound during the sixth month of pregnancy, when they allegedly specifically asked whether Carvalho could see any potential issues and he said no.
But when their son Rodrigo was born on Oct. 7, he was missing part of his face. The parents submitted a complaint to the Portuguese Prosecutor’s Office, and the Portugal medical council, Ordem dos Medicos,voted to suspendCarvalho for six months while they investigate.
Mar. 16, 2025
Tammy Slaton’s goal is to lose enough weight to qualify for weight loss surgery — but at this point, her surgeon is concerned about her lack of initiative.
Slaton —one of the two title siblings on TLC’s1,000-Lb. Life— goes to her bariatric surgeon, Dr. Charles Procter, to talk about what’s holding her back in her weight loss goals. Procter asks if her sister Amy — who let Tammy move in with her and her husband because she needs help with everyday tasks — is supportive of her weight loss.