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What's Health Got to Do with It?

Medication abortions; new sunscreen ingredient; GLP-1 loopholes

Dr. Joseph Drazkowski, Dr. Dacre Knight, Dr. Donna G Ivory, Dr. Tina Ardon
Dr. Joseph Drazkowski, Dr. Dacre Knight, Dr. Donna G Ivory, Dr. Tina Ardon

Our panel of health experts discusses the biggest health headlines of the month, including:

  • A new study shows that glucosamine, a popular over-the-counter joint supplement, may speed up the progression of Alzheimer's disease.
  • The Food and Drug Administration has approved a new active sunscreen ingredient for the first time in nearly three decades. 
  • People born in the 1990s may be biologically aging at a more rapid pace than their Generation X counterparts.
  • A single blood test that screens for 50 types of cancer could be approved by the FDA in the near future. 
  • A CBS News investigation identified more than 120 websites and dozens of medical clinics across the country that are openly advertising or prescribing retatrutide, an experimental weight loss drug that has not been approved by the FDA and is still in clinical trials.
  • Despite state bans, abortion pills prescribed via telehealth are reshaping reproductive care. 

Guests:

  • Dr. Joseph Drazkowski, neurologist at Mayo Clinic College of Medicine in Arizona
  • Dr. Dacre Knight, internist at UVA Health in Charlottesville
  • Dr. Donna G. Ivery, OB/GYN and author of Not Your Granny’s Menopause
  • Dr. Tina Ardon, practicing family physician at Mayo Clinic in Florida
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