Trump Announces Major Price Cut for Ozempic, Wegovy and Similar Drugs
2025-11-07
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The Way A Man Loses Weight Matters To His Fertility, Review Says
2025-11-05
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 5, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Losing weight is considered one way to improve male fertility, but how guys drop pounds also matters, a new evidence review says. Men who lost weight through diet and exercise did wind up with better sperm quality, even with modest weight loss, researchersContinue Reading
AI Counts Kids’ Bites In Fight Against Obesity
2025-10-20
MONDAY, Oct. 20, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A new AI-driven bite counter is in development to help counter childhood obesity – potentially even tracking kids while they eat and urging them to slow down. The faster a child takes bites during a meal or snack, the greater their risk forContinue Reading
Stronger Muscles Might Fight Organ Damage From Excess Fat, Study Says
2025-10-16
THURSDAY, Oct. 16, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Stronger muscles might be able to ward off some of the organ damage associated with obesity. People with excess body fat who also had stronger handgrip strength were less likely to develop obesity-related heart, liver or kidney damage, researchers reported Oct. 15 inContinue Reading
Millions More Americans Might Be Obese Under New Definition, Experts Say
2025-10-16
THURSDAY, Oct. 16, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A new definition of obesity could dramatically increase the number of Americans considered obese. Under the new definition, the prevalence of obesity rose from around 40% to nearly 70% among more than 300,000 people participating in a long-term health study, researchers reported Oct.Continue Reading
Costco To Sell Ozempic and Wegovy for $499 a Month
2025-10-06
MONDAY, Oct. 6, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Costco shoppers will be able fill prescriptions for Ozempic and Wegovy — two of the most popular weight loss and diabetes drugs — at a discount. Novo Nordisk, the maker of both medications, announced Friday that the warehouse retailer will sell a four-weekContinue Reading
Patients With Severe Obesity Face Medical Discrimination, Study Says
2025-09-30
TUESDAY, Sept. 30, 2025 (HealthDay News) — People with severe obesity are likely to face discrimination when seeking health care, with many clinics outright refusing to see them, a new study says. About 2 in 5 (41%) of clinics refused to schedule an appointment for a hypothetical patient weighing 465Continue Reading
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Mouse Study Offers Cautionary Tale About The Keto Diet
2025-09-28
SUNDAY, Sept. 28, 2025 (HealthDay News) — It sounds counterintuitive: Eat more fat and lose more weight. But it’s the underpinning of a keto diet — a controversial eating regimen designed to retrain the body to rely on something other than sugar for energy. The regimen is rich in meat,Continue Reading
Ozempic Pill Effective For Weight Loss
2025-09-24
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 24, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A pill form of the blockbuster weight-loss drug Ozempic can help overweight or obese folks shed excess pounds, a new clinical trial has concluded. People who took a daily semaglutide pill lost nearly 14% of their body weight over 64 weeks, compared withContinue Reading
Weight-Loss Surgery Outperforms GLP-1 Drugs, Study Argues
2025-09-19
FRIDAY, Sept. 19, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Cutting-edge drugs like Ozempic and Zepbound are all the rage for dropping excess pounds, but weight-loss surgery might have a better impact on people’s health, a new study says. People who had weight-loss surgery lost more weight, lived longer and faced fewer seriousContinue Reading