Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Although the first GLP-1 drug was approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the early 2000s, it wasn't until a few ...

Altimmune said its experimental drug in a midstage trial helped patients shed weight but also minimized the loss of muscle mass. Altimmune is one of several smaller biotech companies pushing to ...

A new study offers fresh hope for people living with type 2 diabetes and obesity. Researchers report progress toward a pill that lowers blood sugar and boosts fat burning without cutting appetite or ...

An experimental oral drug claims to do the work of medications like GLP-1s without losing muscle mass. The medication just went through phase 1 clinical trials. Doctors explain the new medication and ...

Rapid weight loss affects muscle mass and can increase the risk of osteoporosis. But now there is good news for people taking weight loss medication who may be at risk. A new study indicates that the ...

For a little over a century, modern weight loss medications have worked to provide a slimming solution that mature adults can count on. Subsequently, reduction drugs such as glucagon-like peptide-1 ...

The diabetes drug Mounjaro will be tested alongside an experimental treatment to study how to maintain muscle mass while losing weight, according to an announcement Thursday—after earlier studies ...

Have you ever seen a mouse with a set of muscles more appropriate for a bodybuilder or comic book superhero? Well, 25 years ago, researchers at Johns Hopkins University made it happen. By silencing a ...

For years, people taking one of the world’s most common heart drugs have described the same nagging side effect: sore, aching muscles that can be bad enough to make them stop treatment. Now ...

Here’s how retatrutide works and how it differs from existing weight management medications.