My 78-year-old father, wobbling to his feet, fidgeted for a tub of Mentos in his fleece pocket and, when the zipper failed to ...

GLP-1 drugs are fueling a surge in direct-to-consumer medications. But convenience may be replacing coordination—and creating ...

San Francisco-based startup Legion Health has been approved to have its AI chatbot fill out prescriptions for psychiatric ...

The pilot program will see an AI chatbot, provided by health technology company Doctronic, prescribe psychiatric medication.

But Utah is the first state in the nation to test out a pilot program that will allow a chatbot to renew prescriptions, ...

Some psychiatrists are asking what problem, exactly, this is solving.

Sharks off the coast of the Bahamas are getting into drugs like cocaine, caffeine and painkillers — or rather, drugs are getting into them. The contaminated blood of species including nurse sharks and ...

Some of us have a medicine cabinet that looks less like a pharmacy and more like a museum. It’s why I make a point to do an inventory at least once a year with my spring cleaning. You never know what ...

Popular acid reflux drugs such as Prilosec, Nexium, and Protonix may carry hidden risks when taken long term. A new study found that extended use disrupted iron and calcium levels in rats, changes ...

Nick Blackmer is a librarian, fact-checker, and researcher with more than 20 years of experience in consumer-facing health and wellness content. Certain medications, including antibiotics and SSRIs, ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. A number of major drugmakers have reportedly raised the prices of hundreds of brand-name drugs, including some of the ...

A patient of mine, a veteran who had tried to quit smoking for over a decade, told me that after he started a GLP-1 drug for his diabetes, he lost interest in cigarettes. He didn’t use a patch. He ...