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(By Sydney Lupkin for NPR) Jim Cox had heard of people with Type 2 diabetes who were unable to get
Read MoreLack of Affordability Tops Older Americans’ List of Health Care Worries
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Read MoreFDA approves a second Alzheimer’s drug that can modestly slow disease
By The Associated Press NPR July 2, 2024 WASHINGTON — U.S. officials have approved another Alzheimer’s drug that can modestly slow
Read MoreFDA approves 1st inhaled COPD treatment in 20 years
(By Ashleigh Hollowell for Becker’s Hospital Review) An inhalable drug treatment for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease received FDA-approval June 26,
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