What Is Lorazepam? The Drug From ‘The White Lotus’ Carries Real Risks
Victoria Ratliff, the wealthy financier’s wife on season 3 of HBO’s “The White Lotus,” has a problem: She keeps popping ...
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Benzodiazepine Uses and Risks – The New York Times
Victoria Ratliff, the wealthy financier’s wife on season 3 of HBO’s “The White Lotus,” has a problem: She keeps popping ...
Walgreens to Be Acquired by Sycamore Partners in $10 Billion Deal
Walgreens Boots Alliance said on Thursday that it had agreed to be acquired by Sycamore Partners, a private equity firm, ...
Senators Press Marty Makary on Abortion Pills and Vaccines
At a confirmation hearing for Dr. Marty Makary on Thursday, senators focused heavily on the safety of the abortion pill, ...
F.D.A. Nominee to Face Grilling Over Cutbacks and Policy Shifts
Dr. Marty Makary may face sharp questions from senators about whether he will defend the Food and Drug Administration against ...
Weight Loss Drug Will Be Offered for $499 a Month for Some Patients
Novo Nordisk will cut the price of its blockbuster weight loss medication Wegovy to $499 per month for certain patients ...
Florida Seeks Drug Prescription Data With Names of Patients and Doctors
Florida’s insurance regulator has demanded an unusually intrusive trove of data on millions of prescription drugs filled in the state ...
F.D.A. Expands Access to Clozapine, a Key Treatment for Schizophrenia
The Food and Drug Administration has taken a crucial step toward expanding access to the antipsychotic medication clozapine, the only ...
Is There a Cure for Cold Sores?
Q: I get cold sores several times a year. Is there a way to keep them from coming back?It usually ...
Dr. Oz: How His Millions Collide With Medicare
Dr. Mehmet Oz, the celebrity TV doctor nominated by President Trump to oversee Medicare and Medicaid, has been a relentless ...
Medicare Doesn’t Pay for Everything: How to Bridge the Cost Gap
Medicare can cover most of your health care needs when you turn 65, but it doesn’t pay for everything. And ...
New Insights Into Older Hearts
It turns out that the Isley Brothers, who sang that 1966 Motown hit “This Old Heart of Mine (Is Weak ...
Dozens of Clinical Trials Have Been Frozen in Response to Trump’s USAID Order
Asanda Zondi received a startling phone call last Thursday, with orders to make her way to a health clinic in ...
Novo Nordisk Annual Sales Jump on Demand for Ozempic and Wegovy
Novo Nordisk, the Danish pharmaceutical company behind Ozempic and Wegovy, capped off a somewhat turbulent 2024, reporting profit and revenue ...
Testosterone Therapy for Menopause: What the Hormone Can, and Cannot, Do
As a result, women’s options are limited. You can use a gel that’s formulated for men, giving yourself a tenth ...
How an Activist Group Helped Torpedo MDMA Therapy
After more than three decades of planning and a $250 million investment, Lykos Therapeutics’ application for the first psychedelic drug ...
Weight Loss Drugs and Their Lesser Known Side Effects on Relationships
Javier comes across as bewildered by the changes in his wife. He is grieving, he says, the loss of the ...
New CVS App Lets Customers Unlock Cabinets to Pick Up Products
Customers at some CVS stores will no longer have to push a button and wait for a clerk to unlock ...
F.D.A. Approves Ozempic to Treat Kidney Disease
The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday approved Ozempic to reduce the risk of serious complications in people who have ...
Would You Get Sick in the Name of Science?
One cold morning in Baltimore last October, a 26-year-old named Alexander Laurenson strode into a small white room to have ...
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