New words and phrases enter the language in a variety of ways. Many begin life as slang terms (think “mewing” or “goblin mode”), or as shortenings of other words or phrases (as in “nepo baby” or “sus” ...

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Craig Russell receives funding from BBSRC. If you’ve ever tried discussing medicines with friends or family and found yourself stumbling over the pronunciation — or even resorting to snapping a photo ...

Editor's Note: This is an excerpt from WBUR's weekly health newsletter, CommonHealth. If you like what you read and want it in your inbox, sign up here. Scott Piergrossi’s informal motto is “you name ...

The Institute for Safe Medical Practices has revised its list of look-alike drug names that are often confused, adding more than 80 drug pairs to the resource. The list now includes drug names that ...

The rise of GLP-1 drugs such as Ozempic and Mounjaro has been nothing short of meteoric. Originally developed to treat ...

25% of Americans (70 million people) admitted they use illicit drugs, according to the most recent National Survey on Drug Use. 48.7 million people nationwide struggle with substance abuse according ...

The federal government’s newly announced savings on 15 expensive prescriptions include the popular Ozempic family of ...