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The FDA decision will enable Antag Therapeutics to initiate the clinical development of its lead candidate drug, a ...

The latest data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention offers some good and bad news about obesity in the United ...

The United States has passed peak obesity, according to new data, suggesting that the sweeping uptake of weight-loss drugs ...

As obesity clinical trials evolve, there is a growing emphasis on how decentralisation and new technologies can play a role.

The latest CDC survey found 4 in 10 adults in the U.S. were obese. A map shows the states with the highest and lowest rates.

After decades of rising obesity rates in the United States, the country may have turned a corner in its fight against the ...

According to the ACS' new report, this year more than 310,000 women in America will face an invasive breast cancer diagnosis.

One of the current stars of the biotech world is Viking Therapeutics (NASDAQ: VKTX), and for good reason. The clinical-stage company is advancing to the later stages of developing a drug that, if ...

New research from the American Cancer Society shows breast cancer deaths are down but cases among young women are up.

Though breast cancer deaths have dropped, new cases continue to rise. From 2012 to 2021, breast cancer diagnoses increased ..

That’s a problem not just because getting adequate sleep is vital for just about every other aspect of life—from cognitive ...