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CVS Pulls Phenylephrine Cold Meds; Doc's Murder/Suicide; Red Meat and Diabetes

— Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by ľֱ staff

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CVS will stop selling widely used non-prescription cold medicines that contain the , a decision that came just a month after an FDA advisory committee concluded that many of the products don't work. (CNBC)

A Michigan nursing student was killed by her doctor/ex-boyfriend in a . (People)

Gaza's . (Washington Post)

Meanwhile, attacks on health systems in conflict zones over the past decade. (NBC News)

A former employee of a McKesson drug distribution center in New Castle, Pennsylvania, has been charged with tampering with consumer products after he allegedly . (Pittsburgh Union Progress)

Canada's will be expanded to include people with substance use disorders, a move drug-user advocates liken to eugenics. (Vice)

Older adults are particularly , a problem that could be helped by designing and constructing better buildings. (STAT)

People living alone have a . (Cancer)

NIH researchers have developed a smart-phone app that quickly to aid physical rehabilitation.

Early clinical results of have yet to live up to the hype. (Endpoints News)

People who consumed had a 50% higher risk of type 2 diabetes. (American Journal of Clinical Nutrition)

Flu activity is compared with 2022, suggesting a return to the pre-pandemic norm of a two-wave flu season. (Becker's Hospital Review)

Considered hazardous waste, cannot be thrown in the trash or recycled -- so what happens with them? (AP)

A became a sounding board for frank conversations about sexually transmitted infections. (NBC News)

that contain "feel-good chemicals" could be as addictive as nicotine. (Fox News)

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    Charles Bankhead is senior editor for oncology and also covers urology, dermatology, and ophthalmology. He joined ľֱ in 2007.