Nausea, heartburn, indigestion, upset stomach — anemia? Frequent sufferers of gastrointestinal symptoms may be doing more harm than good every time they reach for certain over-the-counter medications ...

When you take a drug, where in your body does it actually go? For most medications, scientists can make only educated guesses about the answer to this question. Traditional methods can measure the ...

Rendering a drug effective or ineffective in a flash at the appropriate location—this is the focus of research in photopharmacology. The goal is to develop drugs that can be switched on and off with ...

The newest weight-loss drugs, Wegovy and Zepbound, are incredibly popular. But doctors are still learning about all of the ways they affect the body—both helpful and harmful—beyond reducing weight. In ...

Widely used weight-loss and diabetes drugs show clear benefits, but emerging evidence clarifies their side effects, rare risks, and what clinicians should monitor long term. Review: The science of ...

GLP-1 agonists like Wegovy, Ozempic, and Mounjaro might benefit heart and brain health—but research suggests they might also cause pregnancy complications and harm some users. Weight-loss drugs are ...

The advent of weight loss drugs on the mass market have offered a lifeline for many of us unhappy with our waistlines - but there's a new physical side-effect that's very hard to run from, say doctors ...

A new study of 333,000 patients found that stopping weight loss drugs like Ozempic reverses key health benefits.

Americans are jumping for jabs. Surveys show at least one in eight US adults have given GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy a shot, with 6% currently taking them. The miracle meds have been linked to ...

“Start low, go slow.” Geriatric pharmacology texts and recent systematic reviews (e.g., on dosing of oncology drugs) warn ...

With weight-loss drugs like Ozempic trending globally, the body positivity movement is facing new questions. Are we entering a new era of beauty standards?