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Can a new generation of weight-loss drugs finally help patients win at the losing game?

In 1992, a University of Rochester pharmacologist named Michael Weintraub published a study on a drug combination that appeared to produce never-before-seen weight loss. By week 34, his subjects — 121 volunteers — lost, on average, 30 pounds. What’s more, they rated the fenfluramine-plus-phentermine regimen not only more helpful than placebo, but also not terribly “bothersome.” The tiny study… Read More »

The Mountain Gives a Behind-the-Scenes Peek at The Mountain’s Grisly Game of Thrones Look

Warning: The following post contains spoilers for Game of Thrones season 8 episode 5. If you don’t want to know what happens, stop reading! Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson is still the World’s Strongest Man, but he’s no longer the Seven Kingdom’s most fearsome rogue knight/zombie warrior on Game of Thrones. Yes, Cleganebowl finally happened, and in… Read More »