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Is This the King of GLP-1s?

A new meta-analysis stacks three leading GLP-1 medications against each other

Here’s Why Our Walking Gets Slower as We Age

And the best ways to prevent it

June 9, 2026

Your Saliva Knows How Sleepy You Are

Sleep-deprived? Spit here.

June 8, 2026

How Right-Wing Politics Make You Physically Ill

Over the past two decades, right-wing ideology has become associated with less trust in medicine—and poorer health

May 29, 2026

Can a New Drug Combo Prevent Death by Suicide?

It may reduce suicidal intent for up to a month or more

May 27, 2026

Watch Immune System Cells Gobble Up Cancer Cells

It’s the first time the activity has been caught on video

Poop Cruises Are No Laughing Matter

We should reflect on what cruise ships stricken with diseases mean for the way we inhabit the world today

May 25, 2026

Stop Demonizing the Birdwatchers Who Contracted Hantavirus

Landfills are actually excellent places to beef up your lifetime list

May 14, 2026

Why Do Regular Cannabis Users Tend to Weigh Less?

New research in mice is shedding light on this paradox

May 12, 2026

New Fathers Are Dying, and We Don’t Know Why

A conversation with a pediatrician about the first study to track paternal mortality

May 12, 2026

The Mysterious Hantavirus Outbreak That Put the Virus on the Western Map

More than 30 years ago, in the Four Corners region of the US, an Old-World pathogen was discovered in the New World

May 6, 2026