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Doctors Say People Taking Semaglutide Are Suffering From Stomach Paralysis

The true cost of Ozempic might be higher than we thought. Semaglutide — the hunger-inhibiting diabetes-turned-weight-loss medication powering the wildly popular drugs Ozempic and Wegovy — has been in...

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Marijuana Addicts Say Nobody Takes Them Seriously

We know, we know: it's easy to poke fun at the notion that someone could really be addicted to pot. But as The Washington Post reports, the fact remains that although it poses little risk to most...

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Scientists Find That Microplastics Cause Dementia-Like Symptoms in Mice

Scientists have discovered that "acute exposure" to microplastics — tiny bits of plastic material that are now pretty much everywhere, from remote Antarctic ice to human lungs, breastmilk, and...

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Scientists Find There's Usually a Telltale Sign the Day Before a Cardiac Arrest

New research reveals that 50 percent of cardiac patients have a physical symptom a day before suffering cardiac arrest. The findings are nuanced, according to medical researchers at the Smidt Heart...

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His Entire Body Was Paralyzed. Then They Put AI-Powered Chips in His Brain

"It was a Sunday afternoon," Keith Thomas, a 45-year-old Long Island native, told us of his accident. "I dove into the wrong side of the pool, and I blacked out." The next thing he knew, Thomas says,...

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Americans Are Buying So Many Laxatives That It’s Creating a Shortage

Laxatives are having a major cultural renaissance — so much so, in fact, that soaring demand for the drugs is reportedly causing a national shortage. As The Wall Street Journal reports, the US is...

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Elon Musk Says Neuralink Tests Only on Terminally Ill Monkeys

Elon Musk: billionaire, CEO, and master of spin. The SpaceX and Tesla CEO took to Twitter-formerly-X — a platform that the billionaire also owns, having purchased it for $44 billion back in 2022 — over...

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Celebrities Are Permanently Damaging Their Teeth for a “Perfect Smile,” But...

If you've been on Instagram at all in the past year or so, you might have noticed that everyone — okay, maybe not everyone, but a ton of celebrities, influencers, and an ever-growing number of everyday...

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US Government Won’t Let Space Drugs Factory Come Back to Earth

Sorry everyone, but the Space Drug Factory can't come back to Earth just yet. As reported last week by TechCrunch, Varda Space — the 0ff-Earth drug manufacturer currently working to develop...

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Google DeepMind Claims Its AI Can Pinpoint Genetic Mutations That Cause Disease

Researchers at Google DeepMind claim to have built an AI model that can pinpoint which genetic mutations are likely to cause disease, according to a new study in the journal Science. The new model,...

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Snack Food CEO Vows to Battle Ozempic

As the popularity of appetite-suppressing drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy continues to skyrocket, one of America's chief snack food overlords is readying himself — and his company's delicious treats —...

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Man Died After 911 Put His House on a “Blacklist” and He Had a Heart Attack

The city of Seattle has agreed to pay out nearly $2 million over the death of 48-year-old William Yurek, a father of four who may have survived a heart attack were it not for the city's mismanaged...

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Scientists Find That Getting Naughty Helps Protect Against Cognitive Decline

Good news, everyone! According to a recent study published in The Journal of Sex Research, regularly gettin' down to some quality hanky panky goes a long way to protect senior citizens against...

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FDA Warns That a Lot of "Ketamine Therapy" Seems to Just Be Partying

Shocking news: all that "ketamine therapy" that your buddy has been doing might really just be partying, actually. Ketamine, a dissociative anesthetic known for its psychedelic effects, has had a big...

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Marathon Runners’ Bodies Appear to Be Devouring Brain Tissue, Scientists Say

Talk about using your head. In a recent — though yet-to-be-peer-reviewed — paper, scientists posit that marathon runners' bodies might turn to brain tissue as a mid-race energy source, gobbling down...

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Scientists Create Gene-Hacked Monkey That Glowed Green

Behold! Scientists in China have announced the birth of a glowing green monkey. Yes, it's real. As The Independent reports, the lab-born primate has made history as the world's first live-born...

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Careful, Lads! Scientists Link Christmas to "Penile Fractures"

Excited that the holiday break is finally here? Well, some scientists in Germany say not to get too excited. Because not only does the Christmas season herald a lot of festive cheer, but it apparently...

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Scientists Fascinated by Extremely Muscular 93-Year-Old Man

An elderly Irish man is so fit that he's become the subject of a case study — and for those who aren't exercising regularly, take hope: he didn't start working out until he was in his 70s. As the...

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Mounjaro Patients Show Hugely Improved Blood Pressure

A rival to trendy weight loss drug semaglutide has been shown to drastically improve blood pressure after 36 weeks of taking the medication, according to a new study published in the journal...

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If You Have Signs of Dementia, Doctors Found a Way to Help

Neurodegenerative disease is often seen as a death sentence — but heartening new research finds that even after symptoms start to show, there are still ways to fight back. As CNN reports, a fascinating...

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