A short-term pause in drinking alcohol (Dry January) improves sound sleep, positive mood, and better health, leading to ...

Trials see no cognitive benefit from semaglutide for Alzheimer's Modest improvement seen in about a quarter of measured biomarkers Safety and tolerability consistent with previous trials SAN DIEGO, ...

The mineral fluoride found in drinking water has no connection to lowered children’s IQ levels, according to a recent study. The research, published in Science Advances, opposed Health and Human ...

The studies were a setback for the optimistic view that semaglutide and other drugs used in obesity and diabetes treatment could help prevent a number of brain diseases. By Gina Kolata Gina Kolata has ...

An oral version of semaglutide, the active ingredient in blockbuster drugs Ozempic and Wegovy, failed to slow the progression of Alzheimer’s disease in closely watched trials, drugmaker Novo Nordisk ...

Andrew Joseph covers health, medicine, and the biopharma industry in Europe. You can reach Andrew on Signal at drewqjoseph.45. Elaine Chen covers biotech, co-writes The Readout newsletter, and ...

Countless college students have conducted the experiment: What happens when you mix alcohol and cannabis? But few have done so in a lab, under the watchful eye of scientists, carefully calibrating ...

The longstanding public health practice of adding fluoride to community drinking water is facing heavy scrutiny in the United States over questions about whether the benefits outweigh the potential ...

GLP-1 drugs tirzepatide and semaglutide may offer increased protection against heart attack, stroke and death from any cause, according to a November study published in Nature Medicine and presented ...

Binge drinking might not be the recipe for failure that it’s portrayed as in popular media. Recent studies have shown that heavy boozing during one’s youth could improve one’s chances of success later ...

Database study compares protective effect of new GLP-1-based drugs in cardiovascular risk patients Evident heart benefits beyond weight loss Only few differences in effectiveness between semaglutide ...

New research examined the link between alcohol and brain bleeds. By Simar Bajaj Heavy drinking is tied to earlier and more severe brain bleeds, a new study found. The paper, published Wednesday in the ...