Medications

Can Ozempic treat depression? Early signs point to yes

Add depression to the growing list of chronic diseases that obesity medicines might alleviate. Signs of improved mental health are showing up in the health records of people who take the broader class of medicines known as ...

Health informatics

Q&A: How AI will, and won't, change health care in 2024

Muhammad Mamdani understands why people are wary of artificial intelligence having a say in their health care—but he's even more concerned about the patients who are waiting to benefit from the potentially life-saving benefits ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

No sign latest COVID variant leads to worse symptoms

JN.1, the COVID variant sweeping the country this winter, is not prompting more severe disease than earlier variants did, early U.S. government data suggests.

Oncology & Cancer

Prostate cancer treatment guided by new tool

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, cancer is a leading cause of death in the United States. Unfortunately for American men, prostate cancer remains one of the deadliest cancers.

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