(CNN) -- The US Food and Drug Administration signed off Thursday on the first new type of pain reliever to be approved in more than two decades. (CNN) — The US Food and Drug Administration signed off ...

Addiction to a drug means you cannot control your use of the substance, resulting in a harmful outcome. Drugs that are most commonly misused include alcohol, which can cause brain shrinkage, and ...

SELECT was a large study focused on obesity and cardiovascular disease in people without type 2 diabetes, but it included kidney outcomes as a secondary end point. The data showed that semaglutide ...

GLP-1 receptor agonists are new weight loss drugs that make you feel full longer. Stimulants like phentermine are widely used and can help reduce appetite. Diet pills such as lipase inhibitors slow ...

While President Donald Trump has had little success in bringing down the cost of prescription drugs overall, this promise centers on the availability of generic drugs. Drug costs can be high when ...

Scientists have reported results from an early-stage trial of an immunotherapy drug called VIR-5500. The drug offers new hope for men with advanced prostate cancer who have stopped responding to other ...

Pathogenic bacteria are getting deadlier because they are increasingly gaining resistance to crucial antibiotics. Whole scientists are trying to create new antibiotics, doing so can take a lot of ...

A large epidemiological study of more than 600,000 veterans with diabetes suggests GLP-1 weight-loss medications may reduce drug- and alcohol-related overdoses and deaths ...

This article is the latest in the Health Affairs Forefront featured topic, Accountable Care for Population Health, featuring analysis and discussion of how to understand, design, support, and measure ...