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A drug that promotes muscle growth could significantly reduce the loss of lean body mass when using slimming jabs, research suggests.While GLP-1 based jabs such as Wegovy and Mounjaro have proved highly effective at helping people who…

Hundreds of women with hard-to-treat ovarian cancer can now be offered a new life-prolonging treatment, after NHS England approved its introduction. It is the first new drug for resistant ovarian cancer to be approved for more than 20…

Kallen, K.-J. et al. A novel, disruptive vaccination technology: self-adjuvanted RNActive® vaccines. Hum. Vaccin. Immunother. 9, 2263–2276 (2013).Article  CAS  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar…

A new drug that targets a gene behind pancreatic cancer has physicians and researchers cautiously optimistic about improved treatment for one of the deadliest cancers. Revolution Medicines, the pharmaceutical company…

Piotr Swat | Lightrocket | Getty ImagesAn experimental lung cancer drug from Akeso and Summit Therapeutics reduced the risk of death by 34% in a closely watched late-stage trial, according to results released Sunday. When combined with…

Shigella cases are on the rise (Image: Stock images via Getty Images) Sexually transmitted Shigella diagnoses in England rose to 2,560 in 2025, with gay and bisexual men among those most affected. Now, the UK Health Security…

Last year, Lady Gaga opened up about her mental health journey, admitting she had suffered a psychotic break and filmed her hit movie A Star is Born while on a controversial medication.  Now, a mental health expert has revealed…

In September, the Trump administration took what it called “bold actions” on autism that included touting the generic drug leucovorin as a promising treatment. In a news release,…

Many people today outlive their parents and grandparents, yet the extra years often bring a tangle of chronic illnesses. Scientists want those later decades to feel less like overtime and more like prime time, so they are probing ways to…

Newly-released documents suggest pedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein may have also been involved in drug trafficking.The trove of files released by the Department of Justice show that the US Drug Enforcement Agency once opened an…