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Mandatory Credit: Photo by EPA-EFE/Shutterstock (13842171a) Packages of prescribtion drugs Ozempic and Wegovy by Novo Nordisk sit on a table in Copenhagen, Denmark, 23 March 2023. US celebrities have credited their weight loss to the FDA-approved medications that are prescribed to treat Type 2 diabetes. Diabetes drugs used as slimming agent, Copenhagen, Denmark - 23 Mar 2023

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People think drugs like Wegovy are a quick fix. So what if they are?

Ideas that people should lose weight 鈥渢he hard way鈥� rather than take semaglutide drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy are holding back progress in the fight against obesity

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Opioids no better than placebo for short-term lower back and neck pain

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Methylphenidate, often sold under the brand name Ritalin, can be prescribed to people with ADHD

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‘Smart drugs’ don’t make people better at a problem-solving test

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Diabetes drug metformin may cut the risk of long covid by 41 per cent

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Do new Alzheimer’s drugs signal the end of the condition?

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SARS-CoV-2 could evolve into new variants that may evade existing vaccines

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Inhaled powder that coats airways can block coronavirus infection

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The omicron coronavirus variant binding to a cell's ACE2 receptor

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Drug that targets ACE2 receptors may work against new covid variants

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Our balance naturally declines with age, making serious falls more likely to occur

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A daily dose of aspirin raises the risk of falls among older people

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Packets of drugs in woman's hands

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Drugs that mutate viruses to kill them could make them more dangerous

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A 3D magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan of the brain of a 65-year-old after a stroke. The orange coloring represents an area of dead tissue

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Stroke drug improves memory and repairs injured brain tissue in mice

Unlike existing treatments that focus on rehabilitation or reducing the risk of an additional stroke, the experimental drug targets the "stickiness" that can prevent injured brain tissue from functioning as it should

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Recurring UTIs may be prevented with an antiseptic drug

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The placebo effect

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Potent new antifungal discovered in the microbiome of marine animals

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