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Obesity drugs show early promise against the hormonal disorder PMOS, giving a suffering family hope
Charlotte Touzalin was still a young teenager when she began struggling with weight gain, abnormal periods and unwanted facial hair — the same puzzling symptoms that plagued her mom for decades and that no doctor could piece together.
“I’d go home and I’d cry,” said Touzalin, an 18-year-old college ... (full story)
Bedbugs can cause people to lose sleep — and blood. Here's what to do about them
NEW YORK (AP) — Bedbugs are sometimes called the vampires of the insect world — hiding during the day and coming out at night to feast on human blood. Generations of children have been told: “Sleep tight. Don’t let the bedbugs bite.”
Well, bad news: Bedbug infestations are increasing. This is the ti ... (full story)
What to know about Luigi Mangione's guilty plea in killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson
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NEW YORK (AP) — Luigi Mangione’s guilty plea on Aug. 14 to federal stalking-to-kill charges raised immediate questions about why he decided to enter that plea, how it’ll affect his parallel state murder case and what his lawyers might do to prevent Mangione from spending the rest of his life in prison.
In a stu ... (full story)
The hidden politics of time: How clocks, calendars — and now-contentious time zones — came to be
NEW YORK (AP) — It flies. It heals all wounds. It can be of the essence, and it can be money. We thrill in the best of it, lament the worst. We're warned not to waste it, since we can't turn it back — even as we try to make up for when it's lost.
And probably more than anything when it comes to time, most of us try t ... (full story)
What to know about a surrogacy dispute between a California couple, their surrogate and Texas courts
A newborn with a severe heart defect is at the center of a legal battle between a California couple and a surrogate who flew from Alaska to Texas to give birth in a case that has drawn the attention of anti-abortion groups and GOP leaders.
McKenna West, the surrogate, gave birth Aug. 12 to a boy with hypoplastic left heart syndr ... (full story)