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Experimental weight loss pill seems to be more potent than Ozempic

Taking the oral pill amycretin resulted in people losing 13 per cent of their body weight over three months, more than twice that seen with Ozempic, but larger and longer studies are needed

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Does Viagra ward off Alzheimer's disease? It's too soon to say

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2024 will see a new weight-loss drug that trumps Wegovy and Ozempic

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2R2AKY2 Advertising for Wegovy (semaglutide) weight loss injections in the New York subway on Sunday, April 30, 2023. (? Richard B. Levine)
MRI scans of a healthy brain (left) and a brain with amyloid plaque deposits (right), a sign of Alzhiemer's disease

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2023 saw a cautious hope for Alzheimer's treatment but doubts remain

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Covid-19 rebound affects 1 in 5 people after taking Paxlovid

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Weight-loss drug Wegovy can avert heart attacks - will this widen use?

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Drug that cuts breast cancer risk set for wider use in UK

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Why is there a shortage of ADHD drugs and what can people do?

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Potential new medicine can target proteins on cancer cell surfaces

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Aspirin raises the risk of brain bleeds and may not prevent strokes

Doctors sometimes recommend older people take a low dose of aspirin to reduce their risk of the most common type of stroke, but a study suggests this is no more effective than a placebo and raises the risk of brain bleeds

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The biggest scientific challenges that AI is already helping to crack

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The biggest scientific challenges that AI is already helping to crack

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Is Alzheimer’s drug donanemab really a 'turning point' for treatment?

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Mandatory Credit: Photo by EPA-EFE/Shutterstock (13842171a) Packages of prescribtion drugs Ozempic and Wegovy by Novo Nordisk sit on a table in Copenhagen, Denmark, 23 March 2023. US celebrities have credited their weight loss to the FDA-approved medications that are prescribed to treat Type 2 diabetes. Diabetes drugs used as slimming agent, Copenhagen, Denmark - 23 Mar 2023

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People think drugs like Wegovy are a quick fix. So what if they are?

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Opioids no better than placebo for short-term lower back and neck pain

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