Amazon has officially stepped deeper into the booming weight-loss drug market, launching a new GLP-1 treatment program designed to make obesity care faster, more convenient, and more accessible for patients.

A groundbreaking discovery indicates that Viagra, a drug typically used for erectile dysfunction, might help treat a severe childhood illness.

Novo Nordisk announced Tuesday that its experimental obesity treatment UBT251, a triple agonist targeting the GLP-1, GIP and glucagon receptors, delivered a statistically significant mean weight loss of up to 19.7% after 24 weeks in a clinical trial.

US regulators have approved the first drug treatment for sleep apnea, granting approval for the use of a weight-loss medication to address the condition affecting millions of Americans.