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The world is aging rapidly, and there are more and more ways to invest in this theme. Shams Afzal, managing director at Carnegie Investment Counsel, noted that 17% of the U.S. population is now over the age of 65, and that proportion is expected to grow higher. And the demographics of that age group is…

For many struggling with obesity, new medications have been “a gift,” as Oprah Winfrey recently described it in declaring she was “done with the shaming.” Investors in drug manufacturers Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly might use the same term for the returns they’ve realized over the past year. U.S.-listed shares of Novo Nordisk, the maker…

Business & FinanceDealsHealth 21 July 2023, 6:41 pm 1 minute Reuters exclusively reported that Thorne HealthTech Inc (THRN.O), a provider of at-home health tests and nutritional supplements, is exploring a sale.  Market Impact Thorne’s shares ended trading on Friday up 12.9% at $5.95 on the news, giving the company a market value of $320 million….

A woman serving five years in prison for setting fire to Wyoming’s only full-service abortion clinic last year was ordered by a judge Tuesday to pay nearly $300,000 in damages. Lorna Green, the 22-year-old whose act of arson caused severe damage to Wellspring Health Access in Casper as it was preparing to open, must pay…

A vibrating pill has shown promise in early studies as a possible obesity treatment. Developed by engineers at MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), the capsule is intended to be swallowed prior to eating in order to “trick” the brain into thinking the body is full — thereby reducing the amount of calories consumed. The vibrations…