Health, Fitness & Food

Every weekday, the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer releases the Homestretch — an actionable afternoon update, just in time for the last hour of trading on Wall Street. Markets: Wall Street is under pressure Thursday, led to the downside by the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite , which dropped more than 2%. The S & P

Abbott Laboratories shares jumped Friday after the Club holding picked up a surprise victory in a trial over the safety of its formula for premature babies. The news Abbott Labs’ specialized formula is not responsible for a young baby boy developing a severe intestinal illness known as necrotizing enterocolitis, or NEC, a jury in Missouri

The “Wegovy” brand slimming syringe is sold in the Achat pharmacy in Mitte. The “Wegovy” slimming syringe has been available in Germany for a year. Jens Kalaene | Picture Alliance | Getty Images A version of this article first appeared in CNBC’s Healthy Returns newsletter, which brings the latest health-care news straight to your inbox.

The Bristol Myers Squibb research and development center at Cambridge Crossing in Cambridge, Massachusetts, US, on Wednesday, Dec. 27, 2023.  Adam Glanzman | Bloomberg | Getty Images Bristol Myers Squibb on Thursday reported third-quarter earnings and revenue that blew past Wall Street’s expectations thanks to its blockbuster blood thinner Eliquis and a portfolio of drugs

In this article MCD Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A Quarter Pounder with cheese, fries and a drink arranged at a McDonald’s restaurant in El Sobrante, California, on Oct. 23, 2024. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Ninety people in 13 states have been infected in a deadly E. coli outbreak linked

In this article NOVO.B-DK Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Weight loss syringes of the brands “Wegovy”, “Ozempic” and “Mounjaro” are sold at In der Achat Apotheke in Mitte, Germany. Picture Alliance | Picture Alliance | Getty Images All doses of Novo Nordisk‘s highly popular weight loss injection Wegovy and diabetes drug Ozempic are now

In this article MCD Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT McDonald’s Chris Kempczinski speaks about fresh beef expansion at a McDonald’s event in Oak Brook, Illinois. Richa Naidu | Reuters A week after health authorities publicly linked a deadly E. coli outbreak to McDonald’s Quarter Pounder burgers, the company’s CEO, Chris Kempczinski, told investors that

In this article ME Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Anne Wojcicki attends the WSJ Magazine Style & Tech Dinner in Atherton, California, on March 15, 2023. Kelly Sullivan | Getty Images Entertainment | Getty Images 23andMe appointed three new independent directors to its board, the company announced Tuesday, one month after all seven of

Larry Ellison, chairman and co-founder of Oracle Corp., speaks during the Oracle OpenWorld 2017 conference in San Francisco, California, U.S., on Sunday, Oct. 1, 2017. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Oracle on Monday announced it intends to join a new federally-backed medical network that will make it easier for clinics, hospitals and

In this article MCD Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A double quarter pounder with cheese and fries arranged at a McDonald’s restaurant in El Sobrante, California, US, on Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2024.  David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images McDonald’s Quarter Pounder burgers will return to roughly 900 restaurants this week after the

Once worth $6 billion, 23andMe has lost 98% of its value and is on the verge of being delisted from the Nasdaq after all of its independent board members resigned in September. So what happened? Founded in 2006, 23andMe set out to revolutionize the once very exclusive genetic testing business with a direct-to-consumer model. Thanks

In this article MCD Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT In this photo illustration, a McDonald’s Quarter Pounder hamburger meal is seen at a McDonald’s on October 23, 2024 in the Flatbush neighborhood in the Brooklyn borough of New York City.  Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images As McDonald’s and health authorities race to contain

In this article MCD Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A quarter pounder with cheese, fries and a drink arranged at a McDonald’s restaurant in El Sobrante, California, on Oct. 23, 2024. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images A deadly E. coli outbreak linked to McDonald‘s Quarter Pounders has led to 75 cases

In this article DXCM Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Kevin Sayer, CEO, Dexcom Scott Mlyn | CNBC Shares of Dexcom fell 9% in extended trading on Thursday after the company released third-quarter results that beat analysts’ expectations but showed a decline in U.S. revenue year over year. Here’s how the company did: Earnings per

In this article NOVO.B-DK Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Steve Christo – Corbis | Corbis News | Getty Images Novo Nordisk‘s blockbuster diabetes drug Ozempic may reduce the risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease, suggesting its potential to delay or prevent the memory-robbing condition, according to a study released Thursday.  Semaglutide, the active ingredient in

Boxes of Ozempic and Wegovy made by Novo Nordisk are seen at a pharmacy in London, Britain March 8, 2024.  Hollie Adams | Reuters A version of this article first appeared in CNBC’s Healthy Returns newsletter, which brings the latest health-care news straight to your inbox. Subscribe here to receive future editions. Yet another study

In this article NOVO.B-DK Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Boxes of Ozempic and Wegovy made by Novo Nordisk are seen at a pharmacy. Hollie Adams | Reuters Novo Nordisk on Tuesday asked the Food and Drug Administration to prevent compounding pharmacies from making unapproved and often cheaper versions of its popular weight loss injection

Danaher shares declined Tuesday despite the life sciences company returning its key bioprocessing business to growth in the third quarter. Danaher’s revenue for the three months ended Sept. 27 advanced 3% year over year on a reported basis, to $5.8 billion, outpacing the LSEG consensus estimate of $5.59 billion. On an organic basis, sales were

In this article AAPL Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Apple CEO Tim Cook delivers remarks before the start of an Apple event at the Apple headquarters in Cupertino, California, on Sept. 9, 2024. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images I tested the new hearing health features coming to Apple‘s AirPods Pro 2 headphones, and they

In this article GEHC Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT GE Healthcare booth is seen ahead of the 2022 China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS) at China National Convention Center on August 28, 2022 in Beijing, China.  Yi Haifei | China News Service | Getty Images GE HealthCare on Monday announced a new