A new study led by researchers at the University of Texas at El Paso found that use of weight-loss drugs like Ozempic and other GLP-1s is associated with a lower risk of developing alcohol, opioid, ...

Julia Sullivan is a health and fitness writer, editor and content strategist well as a certified personal trainer. Her byline is in many publications from Harper's Bazaar to SELF Magazine to brand ...

Having gone from diabetes treatment to weight-loss miracle, GLP-1s are already blockbuster drugs. Now a new study in The Lancet shows that GLP-1s help with another common lifestyle disease: ...

Critics of artificial intelligence caution that, as a relatively new technology, its long-term effects on the human brain are still unknown. But a new study shows that AI could be dangerous even in ...

An estimated one in eight adult Americans is currently taking a GLP-1 drug, according to KFF, a nonprofit focused on health care issues. The drugs, initially used for diabetes, are now often used for ...

A new study from the University of St Andrews suggests weight-loss drugs like Ozempic taken around pregnancy do not raise the risk of major birth defects. Published in the American Journal of ...

A GLP-1 medication helped people with obesity who were undergoing treatment for alcohol-use disorder drink less, according to new research. The study, which was published Friday in The Lancet, ...

In 2025, a KFF Tracking Poll found that one in eight Americans was taking an injection of a GLP-1 medication such as semaglutide or tirzepatide for weight loss. Today, that's changing dramatically as ...

Before the rise of GLP-1s, obesity experts didn’t study the internal buzz that compels people to eat. Now that food noise is being switched off, they want to understand it. Credit...Xia Gordon ...

When Nicole Hamilton found the A-line gown she plans to wear to her wedding reception, she requested a waist roughly 3 inches smaller than her frame. Hamilton, a product designer in New York, has lost ...