Tag: medications
What Medications Are Safe to Take While Pregnant? Studies Are Lacking
Why We Know So Little About What Medications Are Safe for Pregnancy Less than 1 percent of clinical trials include pregnant or breastfeeding people. Experts say that needs to change By Tanya Lewis edited by Megha Satyanarayana During the past few months, President Trump and his health secretary, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., have made sweeping,…
Could China’s New Ozempic-like Drugs Beat Out Current Weight-Loss Medications?
Could China’s New GLP-1 Drugs Beat Out Ozempic? GLP-1 drugs currently being tested in China target complications associated with obesity such as heart disease, fatty liver disease and type 2 diabetes By Rachel Fieldhouse & Nature magazine A drug that outperforms placebo in helping people to lose weight is one of a growing number of…
News spotlight: Sea creatures could harbor the next generation of medications, but are they at risk?
Editor’s note: News about conservation and the environment is made every day, but some of it can fly under the radar. In a recurring feature, Conservation News shares a recent news story that you should know about. Forests have long yielded lifesaving medicines. From cancer drugs like vincristine to quinine for malaria, about a quarter…