A new clinical trial is exploring a different strategy for tackling one of obesity treatment’s biggest challenges: keeping weight off after initial success.

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During his address to Congress on March 4, President Trump called for reciprocal tariffs on trading partners. If, for example, a country imposes a tariff on pharmaceuticals imported from the United ...

As patients consider drugs like Wegovy, Ozempic, Zepbound and Mounjaro to treat obesity, experts say the choices are not so simple. By Gina Kolata Gina Kolata has reported on many facets of the new ...

Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis analyzed how long 282 Alzheimer’s patients were able to continue living independently after taking two specific treatments: ...