The proposal would let patients get Wegovy, Ozempic and related drugs for obesity, which Medicare and Medicaid does not cover ...

While the bulk of global research focuses on Western populations, public health intellectual Dr Jagadish Hiremath says, there ...

Millions more senior citizens and lower-income Americans could obtain coverage for costly anti-obesity drugs under a proposal being unveiled Tuesday by the Biden administration.

Share of Amgen tumbled on Tuesday after the company's experimental weight-loss drug MariTide failed to meet lofty investor ...

The Biden administration proposed a rule to let Medicare and Medicaid cover obesity drugs like Ozempic. Millions would ...

GLP-1 agonists, such as Ozempic, are “almost starting to look like wonder drugs,” one expert said. But do the benefits extend ...

Nov. 20, 2024 — Weight-loss and diabetes drug tirzepatide can reduce the risk of death or worsening heart failure for patients with obesity and heart failure with preserved pump function ...

Obesity has become a global epidemic, and the need for treatment and monitoring for people with obesity is growing. Researchers aiming to understand relevant biomarkers for the condition have ...

A proposal floated Tuesday by outgoing President Joe Biden to require Medicare and Medicaid to offer coverage for prescriptions of popular but expensive injectable weight loss drugs had the tentative ...

Federal guidance on the pitfalls of ultraprocessed foods, which likely play a key role in the US obesity epidemic, isn’t yet ...

In a Health Digest exclusive, an expert talks about whether seed oils really cause inflammation and obesity, as Robert F.

The research is clear – it is difficult to live a healthy life when you live in a neighborhood that lacks healthy conditions.