Up to a third of the weight lost while taking weight loss jabs such as Wegovy and Mounjaro includes muscle and bone mass.

It seems similar bias is likely in other fields of health treatment and science.

Gilead could bring the AIDS pandemic towards an end if the US pharmaceutical giant opens up access to its game-changing new HIV drug, the head of UNAIDS told AFP.

Even though placebos have been widely studied, there are still many things about them that will surprise you.

As researchers try to make sense of “open-label” placebos—fake drugs that proudly announce their fakeness—the mysterious effect is starting to show up beyond the world of medicine.

Opioids are the one of the most prescribed pain-relief for people with low back and neck pain. But new research shows they don’t effectively relieve low back or neck pain and can result in worse pain.

These drugs significantly reduce the amount of amyloid beta in the brain as intended, but this did not translate into improvements in cognitive function.

Nitazenes were developed as a powerful class of painkiller in the 1950s, but they were abandoned – until now.

It takes forever to get drugs on the market. AI could help speed up the process.

Past public ire over high drug prices has recently taken a back seat to a more insidious problem – no drugs at any price.

People who took a cheap diabetes drug after testing positive for COVID-19 had a 40 percent lower risk of getting long COVID, a US-based study said Friday.

"Truth serum" comes in several forms, including sodium pentothal. Find out how the drugs work to make it more difficult — but not impossible — to lie.

New research published in the journal Psychopharmacology explored the occurrence of flashback phenomena — drug-like effects that spontaneously recur following hallucinogen exposure. The results from six placebo-controlled studies revealed that flashback phenomena occurred for up to 9.2% of participants after LSD or psilocybin exposure.

US pharmaceutical firm Pfizer said it would sell its patented drugs at cost to 45 low-income countries.

An experimental pain drug that may offer an alternative to opioids has shown promise in two small clinical trials for acute pain, its developer announced today.

Euphoria has led to a rise in young people seeking help for addiction problems, according to the UK Addiction Treatment Group (UKAT). The HBO series wrapped up its second season last night (February 27), and throughout its run one of the main themes has been drug addiction, particularly shown through the perspective of Rue Bennett (Zendaya).

United States navy vessels seized 849 pounds of heroin in the Arabian Sea worth some $4 million, in a major bust by the international maritime operation.

New York City became the first city in the country to allow supervised drug use sites where people can use illegal drugs without threat of arrest, under the watch of trained staff, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Tuesday.

As Democrats struggle to bring together 50 votes to pass the Build Back Better Act, a major sticking point with the legislation has emerged. That is, whether it should include provisions changing the law to allow Medicare to negotiate drug prices...