She’s a Foot Soldier in America’s Losing War With Chronic Disease
Sam Runyon navigated to the house by memory as she reviewed her patient’s file, a “problem list” of medications and chronic diseases that went on for several pages. Sam, a…
Armed Bandits in Brazil Pursue New Loot: Ozempic
Around 10:30 p.m. on a Friday in late January, David Fernando, a pharmacist, was working behind a counter at a drugstore in São Paulo when a man walked up to…
Ozempic Can Curb Drinking, New Research Shows
Some people who take drugs like Ozempic have noticed a surprising but welcome side effect: They drink less. A paper published Wednesday offers the strongest evidence yet that this is…
The Physicians Really Are Healing Themselves, With Ozempic
When Dr. C. Michael Gibson, a cardiologist at Harvard Medical School, goes to heart disease meetings, he can’t help noticing a change. “We will sit around at dinner and halfway…
Could Ozempic Protect Against Alzheimer’s?
Over a decade ago, a smattering of studies suggested that early cousins of drugs like Ozempic and Mounjaro could prevent, or even reverse, signs of Alzheimer’s disease in mice. Now,…
Fact-Checking RFK Jr.’s Health Claims on Obesity, Medicaid and Fluoride
During the hearing to consider his nomination to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. spoke at length about issues in health and medicine, including…
Medicare to Negotiate Lower Prices for Weight-Loss Drugs
The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office projected that thanks to the negotiations, Medicare’s prices for semaglutide products “will fall substantially beginning in 2027.” That would also open the door to lower…
New Obesity Definition Challenges Current Use of B.M.I.
Obesity should be assessed in a way that goes beyond the standard measure of body mass index, or B.M.I., according to a new definition of the condition released by an…