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Tirzepatide Recalled Over Safety and Sterility Concerns

Apothecary Pharma has pulled 22 vials of compounded tirzepatide from circulation nationwide after failing to guarantee the products were sterile. The North Carolina-based pharmaceutical company issued the voluntary recall for prescription tirzepatide injections supplied in 4 mL multidose vials at…

How Doctors Really Know You’re Asleep Under Anesthesia

Dr. Ty Rogers, an anesthesiologist, has broken down the science behind surgical sedation in a YouTube video that details how medical teams keep patients unconscious during operations. The sleep induced by general anesthesia differs fundamentally from natural sleep, producing entirely…

Meet NYC’s Doctor Dogs Helping Hospitalized Kids Heal

Polly does not wear a white coat, but her bedside manner is impeccable. The 4-year-old Labrador Retriever recently climbed into bed with an 8-year-old cancer patient at Children’s Hospital at Montefiore Einstein in the Bronx after doctors removed the child’s…