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WEBJohnson & Johnson Considers Deal for Shockwave Medical. The California-based maker of medical devices that treat cardiovascular diseases has a market value …

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7 Trends Influencing Health Care and Life Sciences in 2024

WEBAs the industry continues to evolve in 2024, executives in health care and life sciences may want to pay close attention to the following trends: Generative AI could …

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Are You Fit for Your Age

WEBEditor’s Note: The Wall Street Journal learned after publication of this article that Equinox had paid the author in 2023 to develop content related to a longevity fitness …

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Wellness and Health

WEBMental health startup Two Chairs, which focuses on finding the right match between patients and therapists, secured a $72 million growth investment to ramp up …

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Americans Are Sick for More of Their Lives

WEBAmericans are living longer, but spending less time in good health. The estimated average proportion of life spent in good health declined to 83.6% in 2021, …

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Wegovy: First Medicare Health Plans to Start Paying for Weight …

WEBThe first major U.S. health insurers have agreed to start paying for the popular anti-obesity drug Wegovy for certain people on Medicare with heart-related …

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Merck’s $11.5 Billion Bet on Its Next Big Drug Finally Arrives

WEBThe drug, which will sell under the name Winrevair, treats a condition called pulmonary arterial hypertension that affects nearly 40,000 people in the U.S. In 2021, …

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Hospitals and Pharmacies Reeling After Change Healthcare …

WEBPharmacies warned of long waits for customers and U.S. military clinics worldwide have been affected after a cyberattack against one of the country’s largest …

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What Middle-Aged People Can Do Now to Help Prevent Dementia …

WEBIntervening earlier to improve brain health might help you stay sharper as you age. The fight against dementia actually starts in your 40s. Midlife, not your 70s or 80s, …

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‘If Anything Happens to Me’ Inside One of America's Worst-Hit

WEBNew Jersey’s Menlo Park veterans facility failed to warn families of its Covid outbreak, discouraged workers from wearing masks and put sick residents in the same …

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Insurer Earnings Make Hospital Investors Sweat

WEBWhat is good for hospitals and healthcare providers can be bad for health insurers. When hospitals are full of patients, insurers aren’t likely to do well. Those …

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They Hoped Opioid Settlement Money Would Heal Their …

WEBA detox center. Aid for an overflowing jail. An extra detective’s salary. These are a few of the things people in Whitley County, Ky., would like to fund with their small …

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New U.S. Rule Bans Release of Health Records in Investigations of …

WEBMove by Biden administration adds to fight over how states can enforce abortion restrictions if women cross state lines or take abortion pills.

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The Mental-Health Benefits Linked to Going to Church

WEBApril 13, 2024 9:00 pm ET. Text. Active religious practice, such as going to churches, synagogues and mosques, is linked to mental well-being, according to a …

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Novartis Raises Guidance on Profit, Sales Growth

WEBNovartis NOVN1.81%increase; green up pointing triangle lifted its full-year guidance after first-quarter profit and sales rose and beat consensus expectations, …

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The New Cookbook That Makes Healthy Eating Irresistible

WEBGrowing up on Long Island, N.Y., in the 1990s, Jess Damuck, author of the joyful new cookbook “Health Nut” ( Abrams ), fell firmly in the former camp. She could …

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Senate Passes Ukraine, Israel Aid Package After Monthslong Fight

WEBThe House passed a $95 billion aid package on Saturday that included support for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan. ‘The House has made many strong …

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Is a Pathmark or A&P Closing Near You

WEBHere's the Full List. Grocery store chain A&P, which has been operating under bankruptcy protection since December, is shuttering 32 of its A&P, Pathmark, …

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Inside a Besieged Ukrainian City Where Soldiers Await U.S. Arms

WEBUkrainian forces, outgunned and outmanned, are struggling to hold the strategically valuable city of Chasiv Yar long enough for weaponry from the U.S. to arrive.

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The Folly of China’s Real-Estate Boom Was Easy to See, but No …

WEBDevelopers, home buyers and Western bankers all ignored warning signs, but not two accountants who went looking for “financial anomalies” and “shenanigans.”

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Blackstone’s Beleaguered Real-Estate Fund Stems Exodus

WEBThe firm was able to fulfill all investor redemption requests in February and March for the first time since late 2022.

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