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New data illustrating the health benefits of Novo Nordisk’s obesity drug Wegovy puts insurers in the increasingly uncomfortable position of...
New data show that more U.S. women are dying from alcohol than ever before. Public health authorities need to adopt more effective strategies to help...
New data show that more U.S. women are dying from alcohol than ever before. Public health authorities need to adopt more effective strategies to help...
The landmark approval of the first pill for postpartum depression offers an important new treatment for the 1 in 7 new mothers who experience the...
New data from an experimental drug being developed by Eli Lilly & Co. raises an intriguing question about obesity treatments: How low can the weight...
Imagine a future where far fewer women are diagnosed with breast cancer, and women with a family history of breast cancer don’t have to make the...
It’s been almost 11 months since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and access to abortion just keeps getting worse. Last week alone saw...
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration recently issued a warning about a drug that’s making the nation’s deadly opioid epidemic even deadlier....
Humans like to think we have a monopoly on understanding ourselves — that explanations for all our inner workings, including when things go awry,...
New data for Eli Lilly & Co.’s Alzheimer’s treatment donanemab is a big win for patients and their families after decades of disappointments....
The long-awaited cancer vaccine revolution is getting a little closer to reality. New data from Moderna Inc. and Merck & Co. suggest that after...
A Texas federal judge’s ruling to remove the 23-year old drug mifepristone from the market not only threatens abortion access in the U.S. — it’s...
Next year, doctors might finally have something new to offer people who suffer from schizophrenia: a much-needed drug that can better improve their...
A leading organization of pediatricians is recommending that teens with obesity be offered weight-loss medication as part of a comprehensive treatment...
For years, we’ve known that genetic diseases could one day be cured by technologies like Crispr. But there has always been a catch: These...
Between falling test scores and rising rates of mental illness, U.S. kids are not alright. COVID-19 is an easy villain, but signs of strain were...
Two new, small studies are stirring up more controversy over the new COVID-19 boosters, updated to match the omicron BA.4 and BA.5 strains. The...
The long-awaited cancer vaccine revolution is getting a little closer to reality. New data from Moderna Inc. and Merck & Co. suggest that after...