Health, Fitness & Food

Neurotech startup Paradromics will be putting its brain implant on trial next year, as the race to be the leader in the nascent brain-computer interface space heats up. “The brain is a super fascinating organ. We have about 85 billion neurons and every neuron is a million times slower than a computer chip. And yet,

In this article LLY Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT An injection pen of Zepbound, Eli Lilly’s weight loss drug, is displayed in New York City, Dec. 11, 2023. Brendan McDermid | Reuters Eli Lilly on Friday said it applied for U.S. approval of its weight loss drug Zepbound for the treatment of the most common sleep-related

In this article MO Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT NJOY Ace Source: NJOY The Food and Drug Administration on Friday authorized the first menthol-flavored electronic cigarettes for adult smokers, acknowledging that vaping flavors can reduce the harms of traditional tobacco smoking. The FDA said it authorized four menthol e-cigarettes from Njoy, the vaping brand recently

In this article GILD Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT The logo of Gilead Sciences pharmaceutical company is seen in Oceanside, California, April 29, 2020. Mike Blake | Reuters Gilead‘s experimental twice-yearly medicine to prevent HIV was 100% effective in a late-stage trial, the company said Thursday. None of the roughly 2,000 women in the

On Wall Street lately, it has seemingly been all artificial intelligence, all the time. That’s pushed tech heavyweights and Club names such as Apple , Nvidia , Microsoft and Broadcom higher and the S & P 500 to record highs along with them. That’s also left large swaths of the market in the dust. The

Think a friend or colleague should be getting this newsletter? Share this link with them to sign up. The injectable weight loss medication Wegovy at New City Halstead Pharmacy in Chicago on April 24, 2024. Scott Olson | Getty Images Good morning! More U.S. employers are covering a buzzy class of medications called GLP-1s for weight

In this article MRK Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Zoom In IconArrows pointing outwards Merck’s new pneumococcal vaccine. Courtesy: Merck The Food and Drug Administration on Monday approved Merck‘s new vaccine designed to protect adults from a bacteria known as pneumococcus that can cause serious illnesses and a lung infection called pneumonia, the drugmaker

In this article LLY Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A pharmacist holds boxs of Eli Lilly & Co. Mounjaro brand tirzepatide medication arranged at a pharmacy in Provo, Utah, US, on Monday, Nov. 27, 2023.  George Frey | Bloomberg | Getty Images Skyrocketing demand for a class of weight loss and diabetes treatments has

The Nasdaq Composite inched higher Friday to claim its fifth straight record close, as new data this past week showed a continued cooling of inflation and Treasury yields retreated. For the week: The tech-heavy Nasdaq gained 3.2%, while the S & P 500 rose 1.6% and the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.5%. Economic updates

In this article Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Tempus AI, a health-care diagnostics company that uses AI to interpret medical tests to help physicians provide more accurate treatment for their patients, rose by as much as 15% in its Nasdaq Stock Market trading debut on Friday, after going public under the ticker symbol “TEM.”

The S & P 500 and Nasdaq extended their record rallies this week following cooler-than-expected consumer inflation data Wednesday morning. While Fed rate cuts would likely benefit the overall stock market, several names in the CNBC Investing Club portfolio — from housing plays to autos to biotech — could really get a boost. Connecting the

In this article MRNA Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Empty bottles of Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine. Fred Tanneau | AFP | Getty Images Moderna on Monday said its combination vaccine that targets both Covid-19 and the flu was more effective than existing standalone shots for those viruses in a late-stage trial.  The biotech company is

New vaccine COMIRNATY® (COVID-19 Vaccine, mRNA) by Pfizer, available at CVS Pharmacy in Eagle Rock, CA.  Irfan Khan | Los Angeles Times | Getty Images Think a friend or colleague should be getting this newsletter? Share this link with them to sign up. Good afternoon! It’s almost that time of the year again. A new

The weight loss boom is pushing consumers to spend more on protein supplement products, according to new data from The Vitamin Shoppe’s 2024 Health & Wellness Trend Report. The report is an annual study of 2,000 Americans that provides insight into top consumer trends in the nutritional supplements industry. As more Americans take weight loss

In this article ABT Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Abbott Chairman of the Board and CEO Robert B. Ford delivers a keynote address at CES 2022 at The Venetian Las Vegas on January 6, 2022 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Ethan Miller | Getty Images Abbott Laboratories announced Monday it received approval from the U.S.

In this article LLY Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Eli Lilly headquarters in Indianapolis, Indiana, US, on Wednesday, May 3, 2023. Eli Lilly & Co.’s shares climbed in early US trading after its experimental drug for Alzheimer’s slowed the progress of the disease in a final-stage trial, paving the way for the company to

In this article AMZN ROG-CH Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Roche Diabetes Care Inc. Accu-Chek brand glucose test strips are arranged for a photograph in the Brooklyn borough of New York, U.S., on Thursday, April 4, 2019.  Alex Flynn | Bloomberg | Getty Images Roche, one of the world’s largest biotech companies, said “dangerous

Waystar celebrates its IPO at the Nasdaq, June 7, 2024. CNBC Waystar shares slid about 3% in their Nasdaq debut on Friday, after the health-care payment software vendor priced its IPO in the middle of the expected range. The stock opened at $21 per share, below the IPO price of $21.50 late Thursday. Waystar said

Vadym Buinov | Moment | Getty Images The Covid-19 pandemic brought to the surface both cracks and resilience in the American economy, with child care taking center stage as day cares shuttered, schools went remote and parents attempted to juggle their children with their jobs. While employment in the child care sector has made a

In this article WBA Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT People wait in in a queue to enter CityMD, a health clinic that offers coronavirus disease (COVID-19) testing, on the Upper West Side as the Omicron coronavirus variant continues to spread in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., December 19, 2021. Andrew Kelly | Reuters Walgreens-backed