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Medicine
fromIndependent
2 days ago

Luke O'Neill: Weight-loss drugs have been linked to sudden blindness, so how worried should you be?

Semaglutide medications like Ozempic and Wegovy effectively treat diabetes and obesity by reducing blood sugar, decreasing appetite, and slowing digestion, with emerging encouraging findings about addiction despite some reported side effects.
fromInsideHook
1 month ago

Research Suggests GLP-1 Drugs Could Be for the Long Haul

Last month, the World Health Organization updated its guidelines for GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy. Among the guidelines were several conditional recommendations, as well as a perspective that took the long view, temporally speaking. "Our new guidance recognizes that obesity is a chronic disease that can be treated with comprehensive and lifelong care," Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the organization's Director-General, said in a statement.That "lifelong" isn't said lightly.
Public health
fromwww.theguardian.com
7 months ago

Daily pill helps patients lose 12% of body weight in early trial

The drug orforglipron, developed by Eli Lilly, is a GLP-1 agonist that has shown in trials to help patients lose about 12% of their body weight.
Healthcare
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