IDAHO FALLS – It’s been a great year! What do you think will be the most important news in the United States in 2024?
This list probably doesn’t reflect that.
Rather, we show you what our readers were watching on EastIdahoNews.com based on our analysis.
There isn’t much politics here, but there are some articles about weight loss drugs. I wish you all the best in achieving your New Year’s resolutions.
Click on the heading to read the article.
10. Richard Simmons reveals he has been diagnosed with cancer
In March, fitness guru Richard Simmons told the world he had been diagnosed with skin cancer after noticing “strange looking bumps” under his eyes.
A few months after we posted our cancer story, tragedy struck. Simmons died in July at the age of 76, but his cancer appeared to have nothing to do with it.
His attorney called Simmons’ death “an accident due to complications from a recent fall and contributing factors to his heart condition.” For more information on his passing, click here.
9. Shortages of popular weight loss drugs could end, leaving many people unable to obtain them.
One woman lamented that Munjaro, a diabetes drug, would no longer be available. Price increases were on the horizon in the wake of FDA supply regulations.
8. Does Medicare cover cataract surgery?
Savvy senior columnist Jim Miller provided a clear picture of paying for cataract surgery.
7. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints releases statement on political neutrality, civil discussion, and abortion
In case you didn’t realize it, 2024 was a big election year. About a month before Election Day, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints issued a statement reaffirming its political neutrality and position on abortion.
6. Kathie Lee Gifford hospitalized
Kathie Lee Gifford, 70, fell and fractured her pelvis in two places.
“Even though you think you know your body, your body changes as you get older,” said the former daytime TV talk host. “And as much as I don’t want to think about it, I do.”
As we close out another year, we should all remember that we are never older than we are now…
5. Country singer says he will enter rehab after singing the national anthem became a hot topic
Many of us dream of going viral…but this is not it!
Country music artist Ingrid Andress’ performance at the 2024 MLB Home Run Derby was heavily criticized, and Andress announced that she was entering rehab.
“That wasn’t me last night. I apologize to MLB, all the fans, and this country that I love so much for that performance,” she said. wrote on Instagram.
4. Lilly launches low-cost weight loss drug that doesn’t require a pen syringe
Manufacturer Eli Lilly has announced that starting doses of weight loss drug Zepbound will be available in single-dose vials. Instead of a preloaded syringe pen, the patient would use a syringe to withdraw the medication.
“These new vials not only meet the high demand for obesity treatment drugs, but also expand access for patients seeking safe and effective treatment options,” the presidents of Lilly Cardiometabolic Health and Lilly USA said in a statement. It will also become a reality.”
3. After 155 years, Campbell Soup Company is changing its name
Campbell Soup Company became Campbell’s Company because it doesn’t just make soup, it also owns snack brands such as Goldfish, Hanover’s Snyder’s, Cape Cod, Pepperidge Farm, and Sobos brands. Well, there’s no soup at Campbell’s, at least not in name.
If you can’t get it, seinfeld jokes …
2. Popular weight loss and diabetes drugs are linked to increased risk of a rare form of blindness
Another story about weight loss drugs.
One study suggests that people taking the weight loss drugs Ozempic or Wigovy may be at increased risk of developing a rare form of blindness. This condition is called NAION (non-arteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy) and is a type of eye stroke that causes sudden, painless loss of vision in one eye.
But the condition is still rare, doctors say patients shouldn’t be deterred from using the drug to treat diabetes or obesity, and one drug company says the new study could limit the use of these drugs. He said it was not sufficient to establish a causal relationship between obesity and obesity. Naion.
1. A mother finds a jawbone in her son’s rock collection. After 22 years, genealogists identify the remains of a U.S. Marine
More than 20 years after a mother discovered a human jawbone hidden in her son’s rock collection, genetic genealogy experts have identified it as the partial remains of a U.S. Marine Corps lieutenant. . Despite the fact that Captain Everett Leland Yeager died during military training in California, his jawbone somehow ended up in Arizona.
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