Stephen Lewis died on Tuesday at the age of 88, eight years after being diagnosed with stomach cancer. From championing human ...

Tiger Woods’ troubled past with prescription drugs was thrust back into the spotlight Friday after the crash-prone golf legend was charged with DUI following his latest car wreck. The 15-time major ...

The arrival of the Wegovy pill (semaglutide), the first oral GLP-1 drug approved to treat obesity, means freedom of choice: Adults who are looking to lose weight and have at least one weight-related ...

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

First up, the location of the palmar pill recipe, because if you can make them yourself, you can have — in theory — an infinite supply. You can get the palmar pill recipe from Shadow's Whisper Cave ...

At the end of a seemingly ubiquitous commercial for telehealth company Ro, a characteristically flabbergasted Charles Barkley speaks for us all when he remarks, “Wait, you’re telling me they have a ...

The weight-loss drugs that took the world by storm a few years ago have a drawback for anyone afraid of needles: they must be injected weekly. But scientists have been racing to perfect anti-obesity ...

For decades, scientists have sought a reliable way to deliver insulin orally, but biological barriers in the digestive system have made this goal difficult to achieve. Researchers have now developed a ...

March 16 (Reuters) - Structure Therapeutics (GPCR.O), opens new tab said on Monday its pill helped patients lose up to 16.3% of ‌their weight, strengthening its bid to challenge Eli Lilly (LLY.N), ...

Jason Mast is a general assignment reporter at STAT focused on the science behind new medicines and the systems and people that decide whether that science ever reaches patients. You can reach Jason ...

There’s no ambiguity about who Vyleesi is for. The prescription drug, commonly referred to as female Viagra, boosts the libido of women experiencing hypoactive-sexual-desire disorder, a condition in ...

The launch of Novo’s Wegovy pill, which began in early January, has become a turning point in the treatment of obesity. Injectable GLP-1 medicines for weight loss have been around for nearly nine ...