A triple-sized weekly dose of Ozempic works better to help people with obesity shed excess pounds without significant side effects, new clinical trial results show. Obese folks lost more weight taking 7.2 mg of semaglutide (Ozempic/Wegovy) a...

“Liquid biopsy” tests using blood samples to screen for multiple types of cancer are attracting much attention, for their potential to catch unseen tumors. But it’s too soon to tell whether they’re truly useful in the fight...

Most Americans would be healthier if the nation dropped daylight saving time, a major new study says. Switching to permanent standard time would prevent about 300,000 cases of stroke per year and result in 2.6 million fewer...

A child in Los Angeles County has died from a rare brain disorder caused by a measles infection in infancy, health officials reported. The child, who was too young to get the measles vaccine, had developed subacute...

Health workers in southern Kasai province have started giving Ebola vaccines as officials race to contain the latest outbreak, the World Health Organization (WHO) said. So far, at least 68 suspected cases and 16 deaths have been...

About 4,700 bottles of Bariatric Fusion iron-containing multivitamins have been recalled because packaging does not meet federal safety standards, according to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). The bottles, sold online at Amazon.com, bariatricfusion.com and other...

Every time you reach for a nonstick pan, you could be using chemicals that are now on the chopping block in the state of California. Lawmakers have approved a bill to phase out PFAS — also called...

Many folks are needlessly suffering from dry eyes, a new study says. More than half of people in the U.S. and Europe struggle with dry eyes, in which their eyes fail to produce enough tears to keep...

Smokers have a higher risk of developing type 2 diabetes, especially if they are genetically predisposed to the condition, a new study says. People who ever smoked at all have an elevated risk of all four subtypes...

Half of people who start taking the GLP-1 weight-loss drug Ozempic drop it within a year, a new study says. About 52% of people in Denmark prescribed semaglutide (Ozempic, Wegovy) for weight loss stopped taking it after...