Category: 4. Health

WASHINGTON (TNND) — Popular GLP-1 weight-loss medications have helped millions of people shed pounds, but new research from Australia suggests doctors and patients may need to pay closer attention to what users are actually eating while taking…

Angus Chen covers all issues broadly related to cancer including drugs, policy, science, and equity. He joined STAT in 2021 after covering health and science at NPR and NPR affiliate stations. His work has been recognized by national Edward R….

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Machines don’t address the need for “real-life control.”

If you’re training your legs at the gym, the leg press machine is likely…

It has been 25 days since the rain last stopped in Longtown, but Joe has other reasons to be unhappy. “Tek a look at this,” he says, his mouth gaping. He leads me to a bench outside…

In early December, two political appointees at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention began an unusual quest: to find a division within the sprawling agency that could process a grant proposal from a Danish research duo long admired by…