The Truth About Weight Loss Drugs
Here's what to know about weight loss drugs such as Wegovy and Zepbound. CR helps you decide whether semaglutide or tirzepatide is right for you.
Big Food Is Learning to Love Weight-Loss Drugs
A new class of weight-loss drugs is changing the food industry, but not in the way many expected at first. They could present just as many opportunities as pitfalls. People taking the drugs do indeed eat less—especially indulgent treats.
Weight-loss drugs didn't curb health costs within two years
Drugs like Wegovy may trim your waistline but not medical costs, according to an analysis of U.S. health insurance claims shared with Reuters.
Greater Access to New Weight Loss Meds Could Save More Than 40,000 Lives Per Year
More than 40% of U.S. adults are obese, and the research team estimates that about half of all annual deaths in the nation occur among the obese. Helping more people shed their excess weight could save a fair portion of those lives,
Boosting Access to Weight-Loss Drugs Could Save Thousands of Lives
The lives of Americans could be dramatically improved, and in thousands of cases even saved, by increasing access to weight-loss drugs, scientists at Yale and the University of Florida have found. At current access levels,
Expanding access to weight-loss drugs could save thousands of lives a year
Expanding access to new, highly effective weight-loss medications could prevent more than 40,000 deaths a year in the United States, according to a study. The findings highlight the critical need to remove existing barriers that are hindering people's access to effective weight loss treatments and impeding public health efforts to address the national obesity crisis,
Weight-loss surgeries decline 25% as GLP-1 drugs grow in popularity
As the popularity of GLP-1 meds like Wegovy and Zepbound grows, fewer Americans are turning to weight-loss surgeries to trim ...
Dealer jailed for 21 years for part in drugs plot
A drug dealer has been jailed for 21 years and nine months for his involvement in the importation of cocaine and cannabis to ...
Gangs dropping drugs into jails using drones that can carry weight of bowling ball
Drones capable of carrying drugs the weight of a bowling ball are being deployed by organised crime gangs in record numbers ...
Drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy are linked to a lower risk of Alzheimer’s disease, new study says
A new study reveals that the active ingredient in drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy could lower the risk of developing ...
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It’s not just obesity. Drugs like Ozempic will change the world
First the drugs tackled diabetes. Then, with just an injection a week, they took on obesity. Now they are being found to ...
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In the era of GLP-1 drugs, demand for bariatric surgery plunges
The findings spell an uncertain future for hospitals and clinics that derive a significant portion of their revenues from ...
Bariatric surgery decline tied to rise in GLP-1 drugs to treat obesity
A new study by researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital in collaboration with researchers at Harvard T.H. Chan School of ...
Low-carb diet may eliminate need for drugs in type 2 diabetes
Adults with mild type 2 diabetes might improve their insulin sensitivity by following a low-carb diet, thus potentially ...
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Semaglutide drugs may help keep Alzheimer's at bay
People with type 2 diabetes who use semaglutide drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy appear to have a lower risk of Alzheimer's ...
Police use chainsaw in Newport drugs raid
Four men have been arrested after a raid, with about 35 officers using a chainsaw to break down the door. Gwent Police ...