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This Tuesday, April 3, 2018 file photo shows a closeup of a beam scale in New York. The Food and Drug Administration is warning consumers, Thursday, June 1, 2023, not to use off-brand versions of the popular weight-loss drugs Ozempic and Wegovy sold online because they might not contain the same ingredients as the prescription products and may not be safe or effective. (AP Photo/Patrick Sison, File)

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FDA warns consumers not to use off-brand versions of Ozempic, Wegovy
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Thu,06/01/23-9:05AM , 157 Reads
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A worker arranges food onto plates in the kitchen of a restaurant in New York on Dec. 14, 2021. Food workers who showed up while sick or contagious were linked to about 40% of restaurant food poisoning outbreaks with a known cause between 2017 and 2019, federal health officials said Tuesday, May 30, 2023. (AP Photo/Brittainy Newman, File)

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Sick workers tied to 40% of restaurant food poisoning outbreaks, CDC says
By JONEL ALECCIA - AP Health Writer
Tue,05/30/23-12:18PM , 101 Reads
Food workers who showed up while sick or contagious were linked to about 40% of restaurant food poisoning outbreaks with a known cause between 2017 and 2019, federal health officials said Tuesday.
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Multivitamin tablets are photographed in Philadelphia on Thursday, Oct. 13, 2011. A study published Wednesday, May 24, 2023, in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, shows a daily multivitamin may boost memory function in some people, although the results don't change recommendations about use of the supplements. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

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Taking a daily multivitamin appears to boost brains of adults over 60, but more study is needed
By JONEL ALECCIA - AP Health Writer
Wed,05/24/23-10:25AM , 77 Reads
Millions of American adults take daily multivitamins, even though the pills have not been shown to prevent ailments like heart disease or cancer and experts say it’s better to get nutrients from food.
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FILE- A closeup of a beam scale is seen in New York on April 3, 2018. Tirzepatide, a drug from Eli Lilly and Co. approved to treat type 2 diabetes under the brand name Mounjaro, helped people with the disease who were overweight or had obesity lose up to 16% of their body weight, or more than 34 pounds, over nearly 17 months, the company said on Thursday, April 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Patrick Sison, File)

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What to know about prescription drugs promising weight loss
By JONEL ALECCIA - AP Health Writer
Thu,04/27/23-12:15PM , 251 Reads
Obesity is a major and growing problem around the world, but especially in the U.S., where more than 40% of adults and about 20% of children now meet the criteria for what doctors say has become an intractable chronic disease.
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