Topic guide
Articles and reference material connected to this topic, organised for clear reading.
Reading path
NEW You can now listen to Fox News articles! The peptide boom is under scrutiny as the FDA weighs easing restrictions on several drugs in the category. Peptides, which are short chains of amino acids that serv…
Read guide →More Americans are injecting themselves with unapproved chemicals that are pitched as ways to build muscle, rejuvenate skin and extend life, the latest example of the nation’s fascination with alternative ther…
Read guide →Unapproved peptide drugs have become a trendy new hack among wellness influencers, fitness coaches and celebrities, pitched as a way to build muscle, shed pounds and look younger. Online stores will offer inje…
Read guide →In fielding questions recently from patients and physician colleagues about peptides, I was prompted to look into the field at more depth. There’s no question that the use of many of these has surged, in part …
Read guide →The latest wellness craze to take social media by storm is fuelling a growing grey market of injectable peptides in Australia, and it has experts worried. Promises of tanned youthful skin, weight loss and bigg…
Read guide →Droves of wellness enthusiasts, biohackers, social-media influencers, and celebrities are injecting experimental “anti-aging” peptides in the hopes of boosting energy, losing weight, sleeping better, healing i…
Read guide →1 March 2026 Ruth Clegg, health and wellbeing reporter and Amy Walker @katiepeptalks Katie carefully takes a syringe out of its packet. She pricks the top of a small jar of blue liquid and pulls up the plunger…
Read guide →Here’s a new trend that sounds unwise: buying unregulated substances from dealers in foreign countries and injecting them into your body. And yet, grey-market injectable peptides – a category of substances wit…
Read guide →The promotion of various peptide injections by some health and fitness influencers, celebrities, and people in the Make America Healthy Again movement – compounds that haven’t been approved as safe and effecti…
Read guide →About a decade ago, a group of competitive CrossFitters in Charleston, South Carolina, went looking for ways to improve their athletic performance without taking steroids. At the time, members of the fitness c…
Read guide →WASHINGTON (AP) — Unapproved peptide drugs have become a trendy new hack among wellness influencers , fitness coaches and celebrities, pitched as a way to build muscle, shed pounds and look younger. Online sto…
Read guide →AMA News Wire What doctors want patients to know about injectable peptides Apr 29, 2026 Interest in injectable peptides is rising as more people see them promoted online through health and wellness influencers…
Read guide →NEW You can now listen to Fox News articles! Peptide therapy has gained popularity as a potential health and longevity booster , but experts are warning of cautions and limitations. Peptides are short chains o…
Read guide →Influencers, wellness gurus and fitness coaches have been talking a lot about peptides these days, touting their ability to help you build muscle, look younger and shed pounds. Even celebrities have joined in …
Read guide →