Get Ready for Season 6 of Simplify

Get Ready for Season 6 of Simplify

If September’s back-to-school mindset makes you crave ideas as fresh as your new stationery, then you’ll be glad to hear that Simplify, Blinkist’s hit podcast, will be back with season 6 on September 26. We’ve cooked up an incredible season full of guests and insights that will entertain and inform you, and maybe even change

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FDA OKs New Pill for Type 2 Diabetes

FDA OKs New Pill for Type 2 Diabetes

A new pill to lower blood sugar for people with type 2 diabetes was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday. The drug, Rybelsus (semaglutide) is the first pill in a class of drugs called glucagon-like peptide (GLP-1) approved for use in the United States. Before Rybelsus, the drug had to be

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Is There a Safer Way to Sterilize Medical Equipment?

Is There a Safer Way to Sterilize Medical Equipment?

In 2005, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency considered banning ethylene oxide in new sterilizing facilities because of the cancer risk it posed to residents who lived around the plants. “We also considered prohibiting the use of ethylene oxide for new facilities, which would necessitate the use of an alternative sterilization process,” reads the proposed rule,

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What Is Your Risk for Prostate Cancer?

What Is Your Risk for Prostate Cancer?

Prostate cancer is the second most common cancer in American men, so it’s important to know the risk factors and warning signs, an expert says. The American Cancer Society estimates there will be nearly 175,000 new prostate cancer cases in the United States this year and over 31,000 deaths. One in nine men will be

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Buyer Demand on the Rise in Prime Central London

Buyer Demand on the Rise in Prime Central London

An increase in realistic pricing in prime central London is leading to an uptick in sales and demand, according to a report Tuesday from Cluttons. There was a 30% increase in new buyer inquiries in the capital during the second quarter of the year compared to the first quarter, the London-based chartered surveyors and property

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Vaping-related lung illnesses rise

Vaping-related lung illnesses rise

As vaping-related lung illnesses continue to climb in the U.S., public health officials are narrowing in on two possible links: vitamin E and black-market vape cartridges. In New York, where 34 cases of the severe lung disease have been reported Department of Health officials said they are focusing on vitamin E acetate after finding it

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