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Can the Enhanced Games prove it's more than just an infomercial for performance-enhancing drugs? -- Morgan Campbell -- Sports -- |

This Sunday in Las Vegas, Canadian weightlifter Boady Santavy will take to the platform at the inaugural Enhanced Games, where he will attempt to surpass the current world record in the snatch, and perform alongside swimmers and sprinters attempting similarly audacious feats, with a big assist from customized PED programs.

CBC News - Sports - 10 hours ago

Severe drug shortages threaten thousands of patients' lives: Gaza Health Ministry

Gaza: The Gaza Health Ministry warned today of a critical shortage of various medications and medical supplies in the Gaza Strip, exacerbating the hea...

Peninsula Qatar - US News - 16 hours ago

Britney Spears argument, DUI arrest on video -- A newly released video shows the California Highway Patrol's March 4, 2026, DUI arrest of pop star Britney Spears in Ventura County, California. Officers indicated they smelled alcohol on Spears and conducted a field sobriety test before she was placed in the back of a patrol car and taken to a hospital for a blood test to check for drugs. Spears voluntarily checked herself into rehab in April and pleaded guilty to reckless driving. -- May 22

A newly released video shows the California Highway Patrol's March 4, 2026, DUI arrest of pop star Britney Spears in Ventura County, California. Officers indicated they smelled alcohol on Spears and conducted a field sobriety test before she was placed in the back of a patrol car and taken to a hospital for a blood test to check for drugs. Spears voluntarily checked herself into rehab in April and pleaded guilty to reckless driving.

CBS News - Entertainment - 1 day ago

How AI is fast-tracking search for drugs to treat brain conditions

In the rapidly evolving age of artificial intelligence, scientists are using it to expedite drug development, uncovering treatments for neurological conditions that may be hiding in plain sight....

International The News - Health - 1 day ago

AI may speed up search for drugs to treat brain conditions

Researchers hope the work will help identify affordable, effective drugs to treat conditions like MND.

BBC News - Technology - 1 day ago

An SNL 'All Drug Olympics?' Not quite. But these Enhanced Games are no joke

“The Enhanced Games,” featuring 50 athletes who have been free to use performance enhancers of their choice and will compete in track, swimming and weightlifting, is set for Sunday in Las Vegas.

CTV News - Sports - 2 days ago

Enhanced Games: Athletes openly using performance-enhancing drugs to compete in event

Athletes using performance-enhancing drugs will compete this weekend in the first-ever Enhanced Games - a controversial event dubbed by critics as the “Doping Olympics”. Investors are buying in, despite safety concerns and strict regulations in some countries. Mitch McCann reports from New York.

Channel NewsAsia - World - 2 days ago

Luggage-tag switching scheme involves flights from Canada to countries where drug smuggling can carry death penalty

CTV News’ investigative unit W5 identified at least 17 passengers caught up in bag tag switching cases over the past year, as RCMP arrests of Pearson airport workers raise insider corruption alarms.

CTV News - Top Stories - 2 days ago

GLP-1 drugs may reduce the risk of cancer progressing, study suggests

Research from the Cleveland Clinic found that people who started a GLP-1 drug after their diagnosis were less likely to progress to stage 4.

NBC News - Health - 3 days ago

Britney Spears listed drugs taken before DUI arrest as she boasted she could drink '4 bottles of wine'

The pop star displayed "drastic mood swings" and spoke with a British accent at times, according to the police report obtained by Page Six.

New York Post - Entertainment - 3 days ago

A next-generation drug causes dramatic weight loss. Here's how much.

Eli Lilly said on Thursday its experimental obesity drug helped patients lose more than 28 per cent of their weight over a year and a half in a key trial that allows the company to seek regulatory approval and potentially launch the next-generation drug next year.

CTV News - Health - 3 days ago

Trial results of next-gen weight-loss drug retatrutide bring it one step closer to FDA approval

While drugs such as Wegovy target a single gut hormone, retatrutide is among a new class of GLP-1 drugs that aims at three hormone receptors

Scientific American - Top Stories - 3 days ago

People lost up to 85 pounds on Lilly's experimental weight loss drug, company says

The results — the most weight loss ever seen in a medication trial — put the drug’s effectiveness on par with bariatric surgery.

NBC News - Health - 3 days ago

Eli Lilly says next-generation weight loss drug clears crucial obesity trial

The results bring Lilly one step closer to filing for approval of the injection, retatrutide, which works differently from existing injections and pills.

CNBC - Health - 3 days ago

Eli Lilly accuses church bishops, businessmen of fraud in drug rebate scheme

Eli Lilly claims in a civil lawsuit that it's the victim of a $200 million plus drug rebate fraud tied to Pentecostal church bishops and businesses.

CNBC - Health - 3 days ago

Women dying of breast cancer as life-extending drug remains blocked in England

A campaign is calling for Enhertu to be made available on the NHS.

Evening Standard - Health - 4 days ago

Surgeon had sex with patient then got 'blackmailed' into giving her drugs

The top neurosurgeon put his own career ahead of the woman's health, a misconduct tribunal heard

WalesOnline - Health - 4 days ago

Two AI-based science assistants succeed with drug-retargeting tasks

Both tools generate hypotheses; one goes on to analyze some of the data.

Ars Technica - Science - 5 days ago

Vaccines -- Scientists race to develop Ebola drugs as outbreak surges

Clinical trials for treatments against Ebola Bundibugyo virus are ‘in a strong position’ to be launched quickly in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda

Scientific American - Health - 5 days ago

Days of 'going through a gauntlet of police lined with drug dogs' are over, says a top cop

More officers are being distributed to train stations to target the supply of drugs rather than the possession at music festivals.

Sydney Morning Herald - Entertainment - 6 days ago

Bristol Myers Squibb turns to China to develop new drugs

U.S. drugmaker Bristol Myers Squibb inked a partnership with a Chinese company that some say could mark the next wave of collaboration across continents.

CNBC - Health - 9 days ago

FDA shuffles top drug, biologics leaders in latest leadership shakeup

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is shuffling its top drug and biologics regulators, days after the departure of former commissioner Marty Makary.

CNBC - Health - 9 days ago

Biotech -- This startup wants to make drugs in orbit. If it succeeds, it could transform the space economy

Varda’s plan to develop medicines in microgravity has its advantages, but it requires a big up-front cost

Scientific American - Technology - 9 days ago

Lower drug prices won't fix cancer care -- Kenneth E. Thorpe

As breakthrough drugs offer critical hope to patients, lawmakers should focus on shoring up the social safety net

Salon - Science - 9 days ago

India's wedding economy driving a weight-loss drug boom

A new weight-loss injection craze is reshaping bridal beauty pressure in India. But behind the quick results, doctors are warning of a growing culture of medical shortcuts.

Deutsche Welle - Entertainment - 9 days ago

U.S. overdose deaths fell again in 2025, but some worry about policy and drug supply changes

It was the third straight annual drop, making it the longest decline in decades, according to federal data released Wednesday.

Los Angeles Times - Health - 11 days ago

Drug counselor who delivered the fatal dose of ketamine to actor Matthew Perry is up for sentencing

A licensed drug addiction counselor who delivered “Friends” star Matthew Perry the doses of ketamine that killed him is set to be sentenced on Wednesday.

One America News Network - Entertainment - 11 days ago

Contributor: Fuel drug development, not Big Pharma's profits

More than 200 drugs in the pipeline for ALS are stuck in a system that favors big, slow-moving pharmaceutical companies.

Los Angeles Times - Science - 12 days ago

Trump's drug strategy aims to bolster addiction services — despite gutting government support

The White House’s strategy for tackling the drug and addiction crisis, released this week, sets lofty public health goals but highlights deep inconsistencies with the administration’s own funding cuts and other policies.

Los Angeles Times - Health - 14 days ago

68-YEAR-OLD WOMAN'S ARMS AND LEGS TURN BLUE AFTER TAKING VERY COMMON DRUG

According to a recent report, a 68-year-old woman developed "blue-gray hyperpigmentation" on her limbs after taking this common medication.

New York Post - Weird - 16 days ago

Promising drug found to double survival rate for pancreatic cancer

Survival time almost doubled among advanced cancer patients after taking new drug

Independent UK - Science - 17 days ago

Diabetes drugs used for weight loss face growing concerns

Drugs developed for the treatment of type 2 diabetes or obesity-related conditions have stood out due to their weight-loss effects, while their possible...

Daily Sabah - Health - 20 days ago

FDA fast-tracks review of three psychedelic drugs after Trump order

The recent moves reflect growing support for the mind-altering substances among Trump’s supporters

Independent UK - Health - 1 month ago

Simple procedure may prevent weight rebound after halting GLP-1 drugs

Minimally invasive endoscopic procedure may offer ‘lasting weight loss maintenance’, scientists say

Independent UK - Science - 1 month ago

Scientists: drug treatment does work

Therapy or counselling help heroin and crack addicts to quit their habit, researchers find

Independent UK - Health - 3 months ago

Weight loss drug shares down after Trump promises Ozempic price cut

The comment from Trump has investors worried about a worst-case scenario for the obesity landscape

Independent UK - Health - 7 months ago

5 Big Questions About Trump's Plan to Lower Drug Prices

Trump’s new executive order doesn’t look very promising.

New York Magazine - Business - 1 year ago

I lost 20 pounds and reversed my prediabetes in just 90 days without drugs — my exact method

Norma Lyons was 40 pounds overweight and considered tortilla a major food group when her doctor broke the news that she was prediabetic.

New York Post - Health - 1 year ago