If you’re considering using medication to reach a healthy body weight, your first question might be: Are weight loss drugs covered by insurance? The short answer: Sometimes, but not always.

As Ohio cuts off state employees' coverage of medications for weight loss, a lawmaker who has benefited from the drugs wants to bring them back.

The shipments have propelled Ireland, a country of only 5.4 million people, to the second-largest goods-trade imbalance with the U.S., trailing only China.

Gone are the days of battling obesity with a limited toolbox. With more weight loss supplements and drugs on the market than ever before, deciding which medication is right for you isn' ...

Dr. Tara Narula takes a look at weight-loss medications and how entire families can benefit when one person starts taking the drugs.

Bariatric surgeries led to about five-times more weight loss than weekly injections of popular GLP-1 drugs, according to data from a real-world comparison study presented on Tuesday at the ...

New Data Shows Just How Powerful the Next Weight-Loss Drugs May Be The drugs in development include a pill that a new trial suggests is about as effective as Ozempic.

A new study suggests that popular weight loss medications could significantly benefit patients awaiting kidney transplants.

Weight loss drugs have been linked to a potential serious side effect, with some deaths, according to data from the UK medicines regulator.

When researchers analyzed weight loss results from patients who took GLP-1 drugs and those who'd undergone bariatric surgery, one method led to much more weight loss.