New Female Crash Dummy Aims to Make Cars Safer for Women

For decades, car safety tests were built around the body of an average man from the 1970s. Now, federal officials are taking a step to better protect women behind the wheel.

The U.S. Transportation Department has approved a new female crash test dummy called THOR-05F, designed to better reflect how women’s bodies respond in a car cra...

GLP-1 Weight-Loss Drug in Pill Form Shows Promise in Trial

New clinical trial results bode well for what could be the first GLP-1 weight loss drug taken as a pill, not by injection.

The daily pill, orforglipron, is currently under investigation by drugmaker Eli Lilly, which funded the study.

In the 18-month trial, people with type 2 diabetes and obesity who took the highest (36 milligram) d...

Untreated Sleep Apnea Could Greatly Raise Odds for Parkinson's

Add one more malady to the potential risks from untreated sleep apnea: Parkinson’s disease.

A new study involving 11 million U.S. veterans finds that a person’s odds of developing Parkinson’s nearly doubled if they were diagnosed with sleep apnea but hadn’t used a continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) device to...

Most Americans Believe Obesity Is A Disease That Deserves Insurance Coverage, Poll Finds

A large majority of Americans now view obesity as a disease whose management, surgical or pharmaceutical, should be covered by insurance, according to a new poll.

The online Harris poll was conducted in October among nearly 4,200 U.S. adults. The study was supported by the American Gastroenterological Association (AGA), which represents t...

Quitting a GLP-1 Before Pregnancy Linked to Higher Weight Gain, Complications

Women who stop taking a GLP-1 weight loss/diabetes medication just prior to a pregnancy appear to be at higher odds for excess weight gain and complications while pregnant, new research shows.

As the study authors pointed out, potential risks to the fetus of using a GLP-1 while pregnant remain unclear, so current recommendations advise dis...

Your Butt's Shape Might Predict Frailty, Diabetes Risk

Researchers are standing behind new data on how people’s posteriors reflect changes linked to aging and diabetes.

Shrinkage or inflammation of the gluteus maximus muscles of the buttocks may reflect frailty, sitting time, fat deposition and diabetes risk, and these changes may occur differently among men and women, the British team s...