Dylan Scott

A lot of people are looking for ways to improve, preserve, and prolong their brain’s health. Just look at the seemingly endless amount of self-help books, podcasts, phone apps, TikToks, and Instagr...

The semaglutide revolution took its next leap forward on Wednesday: The Food and Drug Administration has approved Eli Lilly’s GLP-1 oral pill for sale in the United States. The approval for the dru...

We’ve been bringing the 1980s back — including, unfortunately, the cocaine.  While opioid overdose deaths are mercifully on the decline, more Americans are now using and dying from stimulants, part...

The newest Bachelorette season is canceled, right on the cusp of its premiere — and it may inadvertently spell the end of the franchise.  It probably should. This season was slated to debut on Sund...

Maybe this has happened to you: Your doctor is talking to you about your health, saying you need a test or a medication, and suddenly your brain leaps to a question that has nothing to do with your...

Have you ever caught yourself squinting at the acronyms next to your health care provider’s name? MD, DO, NP, PA… The medical workforce has changed. While the United States has long faced a doctor ...

You know what a pink ribbon signifies. Breast cancer, right? Now what about a red dress? Did you come up with heart disease? No? Don’t worry: You’re not alone. Heart disease is the leading killer o...

When I picked up my kids’ birthday cake this week, I felt a tinge of guilt that I’m sure many people will find familiar. Isn’t this thing loaded with sugar?  The health and wellness space is filled...

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Statins are one of modern medicine’s miracles. For every 10,000 people who take these cholesterol-lowering drugs, 1,000 will avoid major cardiovascular events. When you consider that cardiovascular...

The Olympics offer a fascinating window into the diets and workout routines of some of the world’s finest athletes, and it would be easy to feel inadequate in the face of these examples of the huma...

An elixir for keeping our brains and bodies younger may already be sitting on pharmacy shelves across the United States — if only we’d take advantage of it. I’m talking about the shingles vaccine. ...

If there is one universal treatment that Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Make America Healthy Again sees for all of the country’s medical problems, it’s food.   Borrowing a phrase that has become ubiquitou...

You’ve probably heard microplastics are everywhere — in our brains, in our hearts, in possibly every single man on earth’s testicles. Studies published in major medical journals have reported that ...