Popular weight loss drugs may melt muscles away, study finds
Drugs known as GLP-1 medications have helped many people lose large amounts of weight.
These drugs, including popular names like Ozempic and Wegovy, are now...
New drug offers hope for people with sleep apnea
A new global study led by researchers at the University of California San Diego School of Medicine has found that tirzepatide—a drug already used...
Why fasting works for some people but not others
Fasting is often seen as a quick way to lose weight, especially when paired with a low-carb, high-fat ketogenic diet.
But new research from the...
Popular weight loss drug helps prevent or reduce stroke
Three new studies presented at the Society of NeuroInterventional Surgery’s 22nd Annual Meeting suggest that medications like Ozempic, known as GLP-1 inhibitors, may lower...
Light exercise lowers heart death risk in people with diabetes
New research from Denmark shows that people recently diagnosed with type 2 diabetes can lower their risk of death and serious heart problems just...
Exercise rehabilitation reduces irregular heartbeat, study finds
A new analysis of clinical studies finds that exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation can reduce the symptoms, frequency, and recurrence of atrial fibrillation (AF), a common...
Coffee could boost healthy aging in women, study finds
A new study of nearly 50,000 women followed over 30 years found that drinking caffeinated coffee in midlife may help women age in a...
Breakthrough diabetes drug also helps people lose major weight
Scientists from Yale and other research institutions have made an exciting discovery: a drug originally created to treat type 2 diabetes also works very...
New study shatters myths about who gets eating disorders
When most people think of eating disorders, they imagine conditions tied to extreme thinness or weight loss, such as anorexia nervosa.
But a growing body...
Midlife exercise could help prevent Alzheimer’s, study finds
Increasing physical activity between the ages of 45 and 65 could help prevent Alzheimer’s disease, according to new research published in the journal Alzheimer's...