When patients undergo general anesthesia, doctors can choose among several drugs. Although each of these drugs acts on neurons in different ways, they all lead to the same result: a disruption of the ...

Lab-made drugs soaked into the pages of letters, books and even legal documents are being smuggled behind bars, killing inmates and frustrating investigators.

About 10 weeks after it was approved, the Wegovy pill is now estimated to be part of the daily regimen of about 400,000 Americans. And the field of weight-loss treatment is on the verge of even more ...

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is promoting food as medicine, but experts say he's overstating what diet can do for serious illness.

Nearly one third of sharks studied near the Bahamas’ Eleuthera Island were found to have caffeine, painkillers and other ...

SELECT was a large study focused on obesity and cardiovascular disease in people without type 2 diabetes, but it included kidney outcomes as a secondary end point. The data showed that semaglutide ...

The goal in the world of global health is to bring an end to this scourge by 2030. A new drug looks as if it could do the job.

Some wellness influencers think many people have parasites and should use special supplements to flush them out. Is there science behind the claims?