Articles by Ed Cara
There might not be a more horrifying good-news, bad-news scenario than this recent report from doctors in Spain. They originally believed their patient had brain cancer, only to later discover he actοΏ½...
The future of weight loss treatment is looking to get easier to swallow. Several research teams and pharmaceutical companies are developing promising GLP-1-based drugs that come in a pill rather thanοΏ½...
The Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washington, D.C. isnβt the only thing facing an algae problem. A recent report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that foodborne toxins...
Toxoplasma gondii, a parasite that spreads through cat poop and contaminated food and water, should be taken much more seriously than it currently is, an international team of researchers is arguing.οΏ½...
Research published today might leave a bad taste in your mouth and a crinkle in your nose if youβre taking a GLP-1 medication like semaglutide (the active ingredient in Ozempic and Wegovy).
Researc...
No matter how generally beneficial or safe a drug is, it can be misused. A study out today, for instance, shows that people with eating disorders are taking GLP-1 medications like semaglutide (the acοΏ½...
Vampires arenβt real but there are plenty of actual creatures out there that hunger for human blood, like mosquitoes. Recent research has found that a folk remedy for vamps, garlic, might also do wo...
The growing use of Ozempic and other GLP-1 drugs has had an outsized, sometimes negative, impact on all sorts of industries, particularly those related to food. Another such casualty, research out toοΏ½...
Backyard chicken lovers beware: an outbreak of drug-resistant Salmonella bacteria linked to these birds is spreading across the country.
Officials at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention fοΏ½...
Hair loss might soon become a lot easier to treat for people who prefer a pill. An oral version of minoxidil, the active ingredient in the brand-name topical product Rogaine, has just aced a late-staοΏ½...
