medicine

Why Is There So Much Off-Brand Oral Ozempic for Sale Online?

Why Is There So Much Off-Brand Oral Ozempic for Sale Online?

Albert Wagner

Since they debuted, injectable GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic have been in high demand. In addition to treating diabetes and obesity, ...

A Neuralink Rival Says Its Eye Implant Restored Vision in Blind People

A Neuralink Rival Says Its Eye Implant Restored Vision in Blind People

Albert Wagner

One of these, called the Argus II, was approved for commercial use in Europe in 2011 and in the US ...

The Maker of Ozempic Is Trying to Block Compounded Versions of Its Blockbuster Drug

The Maker of Ozempic Is Trying to Block Compounded Versions of Its Blockbuster Drug

Albert Wagner

Drugmaker Novo Nordisk is taking action to curb the massively popular compounded semaglutide industry, which provides copies of its blockbuster ...

The US Is Being Flooded by Chinese Vapes

The US Is Being Flooded by Chinese Vapes

Mickey Vernon

In late March, a smoke shop in Dyersburg, Tennessee, announced the arrival of a new product in its store: a ...

Revolutionary Alzheimer’s Treatments Can’t Help Patients Who Go Undiagnosed

Revolutionary Alzheimer’s Treatments Can’t Help Patients Who Go Undiagnosed

Albert Wagner

“The statistics are frightening: Dementia is the biggest killer in the UK. It has been the leading cause of death ...

Woman Who Received Pig Kidney Transplant Has It Removed

Woman Who Received Pig Kidney Transplant Has It Removed

Albert Wagner

Surgeons in New York have removed a pig kidney less than two months after transplanting it into Lisa Pisano, a ...

Saunas Are the Next Frontier in Fighting Depression

Saunas Are the Next Frontier in Fighting Depression

Albert Wagner

“The premise of this is great,” says Earric Lee, a physiologist with the Montreal Heart Institute, who was not involved ...

These Artificial Blood Platelets Could One Day Save Lives

These Artificial Blood Platelets Could One Day Save Lives

Albert Wagner

When donated blood is in low supply, platelets are even scarcer. These cell fragments, which are essential for blood clotting, ...

Elon Musk’s Neuralink Had a Brain Implant Setback. It May Come Down to Design

Elon Musk’s Neuralink Had a Brain Implant Setback. It May Come Down to Design

Albert Wagner

Rather than building a device from the ground up, Synchron and Paradromics have taken inspiration from previous medical devices. Paradromics’ ...

Unruly Gut Fungi Can Make Your Covid Worse

Unruly Gut Fungi Can Make Your Covid Worse

Albert Wagner

When the team infected mice with Candida albicans strains taken from the severely affected Covid patients, they discovered that the ...