In the public mind, there is a big distinction between prescription drugs ordered by a physician to treat illness and illegal drugs typically bought and sold on the street. The truth, though, is that ...

GLP-1-class weight-loss drugs can help users shed dozens of pounds, leading to a more active, energized life. One in eight ...

Blockbuster GLP-1 drugs such as Ozempic and Mounjaro are perhaps the most effective drugs ever developed for type 2 diabetes and obesity. And although they arent yet approved by the U.S. Food and Drug ...

On a special episode (first released on October 15, 2025) of The Excerpt podcast: As the craze for Ozempic and Wegovy grows, a shadow market of homemade “gray GLP-1”s is taking off online. USA TODAY's ...

Retatrutide, an experimental diabetes drug, reduced A1C levels by 2 percent and body weight by 17 percent in a new late-stage trial. Unlike rival medications, which target one or two hormone receptors ...

Lower blood sugar and increased fat burning – without negatively affecting appetite or muscle mass. These are some of the most promising effects of a new potential drug treatment for people with type ...

This article is part of “Innovations In: Type 1 Diabetes,” an editorially independent special report that was produced with financial support from Vertex. On one wall of endocrinologist Kevan Herold’s ...