Wegovy contains the drug semaglutide, which is already prescribed on the NHS to help people lose weight.

The burden of cancer is different for everyone, and life stages can play a role in how it affects people. For adolescents and young adults (AYAs) ages 15 to 39, cancer is a disruptor during a time when people are

The fluid-filled cushions between the bones in your spine are called disks. They provide flexibility, allow for spine movement like flexion and extension, and act as shock absorbers. Most young people have healthy disks. Each disk is flexible, with fluid-filled

After receiving a diagnosis of autism as an adult, a Mayo Clinic graduate student addressed her educational needs — and embarked on research to make the diagnosis easier for others.

Traveler's diarrhea is a common and uncomfortable digestive tract disorder that can affect people when they travel to new environments. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, up to 70% of travelers experience episodes. It's caused by eating contaminated food or water.  Dr.

If you are one of the millions of Americans with prediabetes or diabetes and are also overweight, you most likely have some degree of metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD).

A Massachusetts woman has been sentenced to three years of probation for calling in a fake bomb threat at Boston Children’s Hospital as it faced a barrage of harassment over its surgical program for transgender youths

A Louisiana businessman who sent more than 800 elderly residents from his seven nursing homes to ride out Hurricane Ida in a crowded, ill-equipped warehouse has pleaded no contest to 15 criminal counts

Puerto Rico has lost thousands of its doctors in the past decade, many having fled to the U.S. mainland for better pay

Comedian Jon Stewart is pressing the Biden administration to fix a loophole in a massive veterans aid bill that has left out some of the very first troops who responded after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks

White House physician Dr. Kevin O'Connor says President Joe Biden’s “symptoms have almost resolved completely” from COVID-19

Babies Sunny and Elena both died after erroneously being given a sodium nitrite infusion.

Maeve Boothby-O’Neill had asked her GP for "help with feeding" just four months before her death.

The drones are coming.Starting in September, if someone in Clemmons, North Carolina, calls 911 to report a cardiac arrest, the first responder on the scene may be a drone carrying an automated external defibrillator, or AED.“The idea is for the