by Madison Muller, Bloomberg News Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainNovo Nordisk A/S and Eli Lilly & Co. are touting pill versions of their blockbuster weight-loss drugs that could come as soon as next year. But if you’re expecting something cheaper and with fewer side effects, think again. Obesity pills under development have some major shortcomings in...
By Bronwyn Thompson August 14, 2023 Some medical professionals are calling for abstaining from weight-loss drugs longer before planned surgery Depositphotos A group of US and Canadian anesthesiologists has sounded the alarm on the new class of weight-loss drugs, this time warning that they can increase the risk of serious complications for patients under sedation...
by Eric Williamson, University of Virginia How safe are the new semaglutide drugs that help with weight loss? A UVA cardiologist gives his take. Credit: Emily Faith Morgan, University Communications The headlines surrounding a new class of weight-loss drugs fluctuate like a patient stepping on and off a scale. The medications, based on the drug semaglutide, are celebrated...
By Bronwyn Thompson August 02, 2023 Sex-specific genetic therapy could make it easier for everybody to lose weight Depositphotos Obesity is a massive global crisis, with around 650 million adults and 124 million children and adolescents impacted. It’s also estimated that up to 70% of body size is directly linked to genetic factors. In addition...
Rachel Pessah-Pollack, MD March 15, 2022 Rachel Pessah-Pollack, MD With #Ozempic and #ozempic weightloss continuing to trend on social media, along with the mainstream media focusing on celebrities who rely on Ozempic (semaglutide) for weight loss, the daily requests for this new medication have been increasing. Accompanying these requests are concerns and questions about potential...
Lindsay Kalter June 13, 2023 Johnna Mendenall had never been “the skinny friend,” she said, but the demands of motherhood – along with a sedentary desk job – made weight management even more difficult. Worried that family type 2 diabetes would catch up with her, she decided to start Wegovy shots for weight loss. She was nervous...
By Julia Landwehr Published on June 5, 2023 Fact checked by Nick Blackmer Drugs that can cause weight loss, like Ozempic and Wegovy, have become increasingly popular in the past year. There are growing concerns over “Ozempic butt” and “Ozempic face”—a potential side effect of the weight loss medications. However, any type of quick and/or significant weight loss—through...
by Wesley Dudgeon, The Conversation Credit: CC0 Public Domain In the past five years, several new drugs have been brought to market that could lead to a profound, if not revolutionary, change in how health care providers—and the public—view weight loss. Three drugs in particular—sold under the brand names Wegovy, Ozempic and Mounjaro—have shown remarkable effects on weight loss in clinical trials. While Wegovy...
By Jennifer Rigby May 15, 2023 LONDON (Reuters) – New highly-effective weight loss drugs such as Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy are not a “silver bullet” for addressing the rapid rise in global obesity rates, the World Health Organization’s nutrition chief told Reuters, as the agency conducts its first review of obesity management guidelines in more than 20 years....
Advice by Silvana Pannain, MD Updated March 13, 2023 at 5:13 p.m. EDT|Published March 13, 2023 at 6:00 a.m. Q. I am hearing good things about weight-loss drugs. Are they effective? A. Jimmy Kimmel joked about widespread use in Hollywood of the weight loss drug Ozempic during his Oscars monologue, and now many people are searching...
