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Illustration of an elderly man with a pace maker. SEBASTIAN KAULITZKI/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY Sebastian Kaulitzki/Science Photo Library

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Implantable battery is charged up by the body's oxygen supply

Many medical implants run on batteries that need to be recharged, but what if you could do so just by breathing?

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These four common medicines could help prolong your life

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Blood-clotting drug derived from pigs can now be made synthetically

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Experimental weight loss pill seems to be more potent than Ozempic

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Does Viagra ward off Alzheimer's disease? It's too soon to say

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Patch with octopus-like suckers helps drugs penetrate the skin

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2R2AKY2 Advertising for Wegovy (semaglutide) weight loss injections in the New York subway on Sunday, April 30, 2023. (? Richard B. Levine)

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2024 will see a new weight-loss drug that trumps Wegovy and Ozempic

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MRI scans of a healthy brain (left) and a brain with amyloid plaque deposits (right), a sign of Alzhiemer's disease

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2023 saw a cautious hope for Alzheimer's treatment but doubts remain

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Electronic pill monitors your breathing and heart rate from your gut

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Vagus nerve stimulation may help treat drug addiction

Rats that received vagus nerve stimulation were less likely to seek out drugs than those that didn’t, indicating that the therapy could help treat substance use disorders

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Flexible needle goes soft after injections for safety and comfort

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Covid-19 rebound affects 1 in 5 people after taking Paxlovid

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Weight-loss drug Wegovy can avert heart attacks - will this widen use?

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Blood tests for Alzheimer’s may be rolled out within five years

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