In 1951, the Boggs Act signed into law by President Harry S. Truman meant that anyone caught with cannabis received a prison sentence of two to 20 years, on top of a $2,000 fine. Today, however, ...

Intended to help with Type 2 diabetes, Ozempic is often used by those looking to lose weight -- perhaps because of its name recognition. YouTube If you’ve ever found yourself absentmindedly humming ...

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The National Academies Forum on Drug Discovery, Development, and Translation convened this public workshop to examine the state of the science of drug regulation and consider approaches for enhancing ...

In December 2017, the FDA approved a new injectable drug to treat type 2 diabetes called semaglutide, which you likely know by its brand name: Ozempic. A few years later, during the pandemic, Wegovy, ...

Shortages and big price tags have driven patients to unconventional sources of GLP-1 drugs In late 2022, pharmacist Joseph Lambson got an unusual call from a poison control specialist. He said, “Hey ...

GLP-1 medications like Ozempic have dominated headlines over the past couple of years. When writing his new book, Diet, Drugs and Dopamine: The New Science of Achieving a Healthy Weight, former FDA ...

Yet another new drug can temporarily hold off the mental decline caused by Alzheimer’s disease, scientists say. The drug, called donanemab, slowed cognitive decline by about 35 percent over the course ...

The discovery of GLP-1 and its role in regulating blood glucose was a major scientific breakthrough in diabetes research, yet turning this peptide hormone into an effective medication was no easy task ...

The artificial sweetener aspartame is found in most diet sodas and more than 6,000 other food products consumed by hundreds of millions of people around the world. So on July 14 when a group working ...

The National Academies Forum on Drug Discovery, Development, and Translation convened this public workshop to examine the state of the science of drug regulation and consider approaches for enhancing ...