GINA KOLATA

Drug companies are making billions from a new class of in-demand weight-loss treatments. But the prices are not what they seem.

While a narrative emerged that the pandemic indiscriminately struck the young and healthy, new evidence suggests that frail young adults were most vulnerable.

Some neurosurgeons are testing an acrylic prosthesis that lets them peer into patients’ heads with ultrasound.

The empty auditoriums, Gila monsters, resistant pharmaceutical executives and enigmas that led to Ozempic and other drugs that may change how society thinks about obesity.

A survey showed that many Americans were interested in obesity treatments like Wegovy but lost interest when confronted with the price and other factors.

Researchers at Stanford devised a strange new molecule that could lead to drugs that arm genes and make cancers work against themselves.

At a medical school in Boston, instructors are using ChatGPT in training exercises to help teach students how to think like doctors.

At a medical school in Boston, instructors are using ChatGPT in training exercises to help teach students how to think like doctors.

Wegovy and other drugs expose a social tension between a quest to medicate illness and a stigmatizing belief that obese people lack sufficient willpower to...

Despite the drawbacks of turning to artificial intelligence in medicine, some physicians find that ChatGPT improves their ability to communicate empathetically with patients.