Drugs that combat obesity are under consideration for the first time for the World Health Organization's "essential medicines list," used to guide government purchasing decisions in low- and ...

WHO is considering adding drugs to combat obesity to its “essential medicines list," which could ... They affect hunger signals to the brain and slow the rate at which a person’s stomach ...

Including obesity drugs among the WHO’s essential medicines could have great significance for that population. Experts say that adding HIV drugs to the list in 2002 helped to make them much more ...

Turmeric seems to be everywhere these days—on spice shelves, sprinkled on lattes, in beauty products. While the beloved golden spice has long been touted for health benefits, albeit not always ...

The government has included 34 drugs and dropped 26 from the National List of Essential Medicines (NLEM). The updated list was released by Union ministers Dr Bharti Panwar and Mansukh Mandaviya.

The UK is investigating a rise in acute pancreatitis cases linked to GLP-1 weight-loss drugs, exploring possible genetic ...

London: Drugs that combat obesity could for the first time be included on the World Health Organisation’s “essential medicines list,” used to guide government purchasing decisions in low ...

Over 100 cases of acute pancreatitis have been reported to UK health regulators this year, many tied to the newest GLP-1 drug ...

Both drugs belong to a class of medicines called GLP-1 receptor agonists, which have been used for years to treat diabetes. They affect hunger signals to the brain and slow the rate at which a ...

This stomach was the subject last week of a book (Human Gastric Function ... Medicine: Tom’s Stomach. 6 minute read. TIME. August 2, 1943 12:00 AM GMT-4. ...