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Patients on weight-loss jabs and diabetes injections should be aware there is a small risk of developing severe acute pancreatitis, the UK medicines regulator has said.About…

Fifty years ago, I started thinking about the demand for women to look a certain way and the rebellions against the narrow ways in which we…

January 8, 20263 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAmWeight and Health Benefits Vanish Fast after Quitting Weight-Loss Drugs, Study FindsA new study finds that people…

Wedged between an air-compressor service and an auto repair shop on a Northampton industrial estate is an undistinguished red-brick unit that was, until recently, the base…

Experts have warned that urology departments across the UK could be close to breaking point as ketamine-related hospital admissions have “skyrocketed” in the past few years.Ketamine,…

You have full access to this article via your institution. Download the December 2025 long read podcastAnecdotal stories suggesting that weight-loss drugs can help people shake…

For half a century, psychedelics largely belonged to the cultural left: anti-war, anti-capitalist, suspicious of the church and state. Now, one of the most politically consequential…

The Church of Gaia in Spokane, Washington, has all the makings of a traditional place of worship: regular gatherings, communal songs and member donations – except…

Reporting Highlights A Hands-Off Approach: The FDA rarely tests generic drugs for quality concerns, despite warnings from doctors, universities and the Department of Defense about contaminants…

Amy Bies was recovering in the hospital from injuries inflicted during a car accident in May 2007 when routine laboratory tests showed that her blood glucose…