In a study published in Science, researchers reported that a single intramuscular injection helped mice and pigs recover after myocardial infarction, or heart attack. The treatment uses ...

Self-administered subcutaneous injections of a substance called oxyntomodulin lead to weight loss and an apparent reduction in fat deposits, UK researchers report. “Oxyntomodulin is a natural hormone, ...

Across social media and encrypted messaging apps, a new frontier of weight loss is unfolding in real time, with people sourcing and injecting an experimental drug that regulators have not yet approved ...

Five people appear to have developed Alzheimer’s disease after receiving growth hormones from deceased donors’ brains as children. Although based on a small group of people, this suggests that the ...

Are you somebody who is focused on trying to lose weight, but for some reason can’t? There could be several reasons for what’s stopping you from losing weight. Ndidiamaka Okpareke, president and owner ...

A heart attack is one of the most serious medical emergencies a person can experience. It happens when blood flow to part of the heart becomes blocked, usually by a clot in a coronary artery. When the ...