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The drug, which is named MariTide and delivered in a monthly injection, is some time from being sold.

Kennedy Doesn’t Like Ozempic. Here’s What He Can Do About It.

El presidente electo Donald Trump está listo para nominar a Robert F. Kennedy Jr. para que lidere el Departamento de Salud y Servicios Humanos, donde tendría un poder limitado sobre los medicamentos.

A rise in the disease in younger people was not followed by an increase in deaths, a study found, and might be a sign of overdiagnosis.

A small study found ChatGPT outdid human physicians when assessing medical case histories, even when those doctors were using a chatbot.

He’s the F.D.A.’s Cancer Chief, Not a Fortune Teller

A large trial showed that semaglutide, sold as Ozempic for diabetes and as Wegovy for obesity, was better than any current medications in alleviating symptoms.

British data shows that children conceived and born during a period of sugar rationing were less likely to develop diabetes or high blood pressure later in life.

After 44 days, Kendric Cromer, 12, left the hospital. While his family feels fortunate that he was the first to receive a treatment, their difficult experiences hint at what others will be up against.

Kendric Cromer, 12, is among the first patients to be treated with gene therapy just approved by the F.D.A. that many other patients face obstacles to receiving.

Three scientists were recognized by the Lasker Awards for their work on the GLP-1 hormone. Others were honored for work to stop H.I.V. and for immune system discoveries.

Do they work?

Many doctors say it is too dangerous to perform the common surgeries on people with high body mass indexes, but patients say they are facing discrimination.

People taking Wegovy were not protected from infection. But in a large trial, their death rates were markedly lower, for reasons that are not clear.

Many patients are eager to discontinue Wegovy or Zepbound when their weight loss plateaus. But doctors say it’s difficult to go cold turkey.

The estimate focused on five cancers for which there is medically recommended screening — breast, cervical, colorectal, lung and prostate — and found that colonoscopies accounted for most of the costs.

While not a perfect alternative to colonoscopies, experts hope the test could lead to more people getting screened for colorectal cancers.

In the era when people traveled by sailing ship and steamer, illnesses usually burned themselves out before boats reached shore, a new study finds.

A large study showed that for most patients, having both breasts removed after cancer was detected in one made no difference.

Progress in the quest to help progeria patients suggests that gene editing techniques may help treat other ultrarare conditions.