The risks of the new weight-loss drugs can sound scary, and there’s lots of talk about side effects. What does evidence show?

FAT jabs do often sound like a magical quick fix to overeating and demanding hunger pangs.  But the drugs can leave some ...

Trontinemab is one of a class of new medicines aimed at clearing amyloid plaques. The new findings from phase two trials ...

Ozempic and Mounjaro are both very popular for weight loss at the minute, but there's one big difference between the two ...

Recent L.A. County reports show overdose deaths are down, but a troubling trend is that over the last decade, a bulk of ...

To detect popular party drugs in human waste, researchers combined headspace solid-phase microextraction and solid-phase ...

Recent research shows that the mechanism of action of ketamine is complicated but involves the opioid receptors of the brain.

Last month, President Donald Trump declared – not for the first time – the drug cartels in Latin America to be international terrorists. And to some ...

The appetite-suppressing medications reduce consumption of processed and sugary foods, creating new risks and opportunities.

The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday recommended classifying 7-OH, a compound with opioid-like effects found in ...

HERE’S everything you need to know about HHC, the synthetic cannabinoid that’s been banned by the government. Also known as ...

Substance abuse education in the United States has long been regarded as corny, at best. (Think: D.A.R.E.) But LA-based ...