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Doctors Test the Limits of What Obesity Drugs Can Fix

Lesa Walton suffered for years with rheumatoid arthritis. “It was awful,” said Ms. Walton, 57, who lives in Wenatchee, Wash.…

2 weeks ago

Study Suggests Waiting Longer Before Withdrawing Life Support

When a patient with a severe traumatic brain injury is comatose, in intensive care, unresponsive and hooked up to a…

1 month ago

FDA Approves Amgen Drug for Persistently Deadly Form of Lung Cancer

The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved an innovative new treatment for patients with a form of lung cancer.…

1 month ago

Sleep Apnea Reduced in People Who Took Zepbound, Eli Lilly Reports

The pharmaceutical manufacturer Eli Lilly announced on Wednesday that its obesity drug tirzepatide, or Zepbound, provided considerable relief to overweight…

2 months ago

Patients Hate ‘Forever’ Drugs. Are Ozempic and Wegovy Different?

Most people, study after study shows, don’t take the medicines prescribed for them. It doesn’t matter what they are —…

3 months ago

Cancer Diagnosis Like King Charles’s Is Not Unheard-Of

A patient checks into the hospital for a routine procedure to treat an enlarged prostate. And, unexpectedly, a test done…

5 months ago

Vertex Experimental Drug Cuts Off Pain at the Source, Company Says

Vertex Pharmaceuticals of Boston announced Tuesday that it had developed an experimental drug that relieves moderate to severe pain, blocking…

5 months ago

King Charles’s Prostate Treatment Is Common Among Men His Age

King Charles III will have a procedure to address an enlarged prostate at a hospital next week. The 75-year-old British…

6 months ago

Cancer Deaths Are Falling, but There May Be an Asterisk

The newsCancer deaths in the United States are falling, with four million deaths prevented since 1991, according to the American…

6 months ago

Ozempic and Wegovy Users Had Less Risk of Suicidal Thoughts in Large Study

People taking the wildly popular drugs Ozempic, to treat diabetes, and Wegovy, to combat obesity, are slightly less likely to…

6 months ago

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