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Teens with severe obesity are turning to controversial surgery, weight loss drugs

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By JoNel Aleccia Verified
| St. Louis Post-Dispatch Verified
New subscriber benefit! Copied to clipboard Out of gifts for the month Unfortunately you've used all of your gifts this month. Your counter will reset on the first day of next month. Share this article paywall-free Email Copy Link Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Save John Simon III was a hungry baby, a “chunky” toddler and a chubby little boy, his mother said. But by age 14, his weight had soared to 430 pounds and was a life-threatening medical condition.
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GLP-1 medications could fight addiction

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By JoNel Aleccia Verified
| The Beacon Newspapers Verified
Photo by David Trinks | Unsplash The blockbuster GLP-1 drugs that have reshaped the treatment of diabetes and obesity may help prevent multiple substance use disorders — and reduce the tragic outcomes they cause, a large new study finds. An analysis published in March in a medical journal looked at electronic health records from more than 600,000 U.S. Veterans Affairs patients with diabetes.
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CDC warns of drug-resistant salmonella infections linked to backyard poultry

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By JoNel Aleccia Verified
| AgriNews Verified
ATLANTA (AP) — At least 34 people in 13 states have been sickened with salmonella poisoning traced to contact with backyard poultry, including some with infections resistant to common antibiotics, federal health officials said. Backyard poultry include birds like chicken, ducks, geese, guinea fowl and turkeys. The animals can carry germs, including salmonella, that make people sick. Illnesses were reported from Feb.
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