Whether they’re using weekly shots or daily pills, more Americans than ever are turning to anti-obesity drugs to lose weight ...

In fact, one of the big fears among people taking GLP-1 agonists (the class of drug to which Ozempic belongs) is that they’ll ...

The weight-loss drugs that took the world by storm a few years ago have a drawback for anyone afraid of needles: they must be injected weekly. But scientists have been racing to perfect anti-obesity ...

What if you could get the mental health benefits of exercise… without working out? Scientists are exploring “exercise mimetics,” compounds that may activate the same powerful brain-boosting signals ...

Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) is once again spreading misinformation about the abortion pill mifepristone, and has taken his campaign a step further by introducing legislation to ban it. The Safeguarding ...

Exercise is known to improve mental health, yet many individuals who experience depression struggle to engage in physical activity because of the condition’s symptoms. Researchers at the University of ...

A European clinical trial found that the drug sulthiame significantly reduced breathing interruptions in people with moderate to severe sleep apnea. Patients taking higher doses experienced up to 47% ...

In late December 2025, the Food and Drug Administration approved Novo Nordisk’s once-daily Wegovy pill, the first oral GLP-1 medicine for weight loss management in the United States. The pill has ...

Can the mental health benefits of exercise be bottled as an antidepressant? A new Molecular Psychiatry paper (Fabiano et al., 2026) examines "exercise mimetics" as unexplored therapeutics for treating ...

This will come as a surprise to no one, but exercise is really good for us. But why it works and how it works are far less understood. Horizons moderator William Brangham explores that with Stanford ...