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Prescriptions for Obesity Management Drugs Increasing
THURSDAY, Feb. 6, 2025 – Prescriptions of obesity management drugs (OMDs) have increased, and these increasing trends are associated with online search trends, according to a study published online...
Weight Loss Boosts Long-Term Health of Kids With Obesity
TUESDAY, Jan. 28, 2025 – Helping kids with obesity drop pounds can have a huge impact on their future health. When these children and teens lose weight, they are less likely to have type 2 diabetes,...
Websites Selling Compounded GLP-1 RAs Often Misinform Consumers
TUESDAY, Jan. 21, 2025 – Websites that sell compounded glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RAs) often partially inform or misinform consumers, including with respect to U.S. Food and...
No Link Seen Between GLP-1 Receptor Agonist Use and Thyroid Cancer
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 22, 2025 – Glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonist (GLP-1 RA) use is not associated with an increased risk for thyroid cancer over the short term, according to a study published ...
Popular GLP-1 Drugs Are Shaping Health Beyond Weight Loss & Diabetes
TUESDAY, Jan. 21, 2025 – Popular GLP-1 medications for weight loss and diabetes may have unexpected benefits for reducing risks for conditions such as substance abuse, psychosis, infections and even...
Popular GLP-1 Drugs Are Shaping Health Beyond Weight Loss & Diabetes
TUESDAY, Jan. 21, 2025 – Popular GLP-1 medications for weight loss and diabetes may have unexpected benefits for reducing risks for conditions such as substance abuse, psychosis, infections and even...
The New Definition of Obesity
The way obesity is diagnosed needs to become more sophisticated, an international commission has concluded. Using body-mass index (BMI) to tell who is overweight or obese is not reliable, and can...
Perioperative GLP-1 RA Use Reduces Risk for Complications in Patients With Diabetes
MONDAY, Jan. 13, 2025 – For patients with diabetes undergoing a surgical procedure, an active perioperative glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist (GLP-1 RA) prescription is associated with...
Can Elderberry Juice Help You Lose Weight?
FRIDAY, Jan. 10, 2025 – Ozempic? Wegovy? Zepbound? How about elderberry juice? Elderberry juice might help people lose weight and improve their blood sugar control, a new small-scale study says....
Some GLP-1s Achieve More Weight Loss Than Others: Study
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 8, 2025 – Three GLP-1 drugs are best at helping obese and overweight people drop weight, including one that hasn’t yet been approved for that purpose. A new evidence review published ...
GLP-1 RAs Efficacious for Weight Loss in Overweight, Obesity Without Diabetes
TUESDAY, Jan. 7, 2025 – For adults with overweight or obesity without diabetes, glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RAs) are efficacious for weight loss, according to a review published...
How do GLP-1s Boost Weight Loss, Heart Health?
THURSDAY, Jan. 2, 2024 – Weight loss tops many folks’ list of New Years resolutions, and lots of people are turning to cutting-edge weight-loss drugs like Ozempic to help them drop excess pounds. T...
Weight-Loss Drugs, Wily Viruses, Abortion Pill Under Attack: The Top Health Stories of 2024
MONDAY, Dec. 30, 2024 – It was a year in health news that will be hard to forget. As blockbuster weight-loss drugs known as GLP-1s made a sizable dent in the obesity epidemic, study after study...
FDA Approves Zepbound (tirzepatide) as the First and Only Prescription Medicine for Moderate-to-Severe Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Adults with Obesity
INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 20, 2024 /PRNewswire/ – Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY) today announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Zepbound (tirzepatide) as the first and only...
FDA Approves Zepbound for Sleep Apnea in Patients With Obesity
MONDAY, Dec. 23, 2024 – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Zepbound (tirzepatide) as the first prescription medication for the treatment of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). In a news...
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