For anxiety and depression that co-occur with diabetes and obesity, semaglutide and, to a lesser extent, liraglutide might be useful dually effective therapeutic options. Randomised controlled trials ...

Antibiotics save millions of lives each year. But the bacterial infection-fighting drugs can also disrupt the digestive tract in ways that scientists are only beginning to understand. The medications ...

A new analysis in Oregon reveals a heightened incidence of severe burns requiring hospital-level care as illicit drug use has shifted nationwide from injection to smoking.

Around 200 million animals are used in lab research around the world each year. Organoids may one day replace them.

Psilocybin is a naturally occurring psychedelic compound that is the active ingredient in certain types of mushrooms (also called magic mushrooms), long used by Indigenous communities in parts of ...

Researchers have used advanced genetic sequencing on a Brisbane family to identify a gene mutation linked to ulcerative colitis, a type of inflammatory bowel condition, sparking hopes of new ...

Scientists studying crops irrigated with treated wastewater discovered that trace pharmaceuticals often collect in plant ...