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Obesity (Page 17)

Could New Weight-Loss Drugs Be Changing Women’s Taste for Sweets?

2024-06-03
By: Exporter
On: June 3, 2024
In: Obesity

MONDAY, June 3, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Ozempic and Wegovy appear to improve people’s sensitivity to tastes, potentially lowering their desire for sweets, a new study suggests. The active ingredient in the weight-loss medications, semaglutide, also appears to affect the way that the tongue and brain respond to sweet tastes,Continue Reading

GLP-1 Weight Loss Meds Might Keep Your Pancreas Healthy

2024-06-03
By: Exporter
On: June 3, 2024
In: Diabetes, Obesity

MONDAY, June 3, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Ozempic and Wegovy might help lower the risk of pancreatitis in patients with obesity and type 2 diabetes, a new study says. Up to now, doctors have been cautious about prescribing semaglutide to patients with a history of pancreatitis, because they feared theContinue Reading

Ozempic Lowers Odds for Death, Illness in People With Kidney Disease and Type 2 Diabetes

2024-05-24
By: Exporter
On: May 24, 2024
In: Obesity, Urinary System

FRIDAY, May 24, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Ozempic provides a wide variety of health benefits for people with kidney disease and type 2 diabetes, a major clinical trial has found. The drug significantly reduces the risk of severe kidney events, heart problems and death from any cause in patients whoContinue Reading

Costs, Side Effects Drive Folks to Quit New Weight-Loss Meds

2024-05-23
By: Exporter
On: May 23, 2024
In: Diabetes, Obesity

THURSDAY, May 23, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Three months after starting one of the new GLP-1 weight-loss drugs, more than a quarter of patients have already quit the medications, and by a year from first use more than a third have stopped, new research shows. Reasons for quitting Wegovy, OzempicContinue Reading

Use of GLP-1 Meds Have Risen 7-Fold Among Young Americans

2024-05-22
By: Exporter
On: May 22, 2024
In: Kids' Health, Obesity

WEDNESDAY, May 22, 2024 (HealthDay News) — The number of American teens and young adults who’ve been prescribed one of the new GLP-1 weight-loss drugs soared nearly seven-fold between 2020 and 2023, a new report finds. That’s compared to an overall decline of about 3% in young Americans’ use ofContinue Reading

‘Hungry Gut’ Gene Test Shows Who’ll Benefit Most From Wegovy

2024-05-21
By: Exporter
On: May 21, 2024
In: Obesity

TUESDAY, May 21, 2024 (HealthDay News) — You’ve watched others shed pounds in a matter of weeks after taking one of the new blockbuster weight-loss drugs, so you decide to try one of the medications yourself, only to discover the needle on your bathroom scale barely budges. Why? New researchContinue Reading

Stomach Paralysis Risk May Rise in People Taking Ozempic and Similar Drugs

2024-05-20
By: Exporter
On: May 20, 2024
In: Gastrointestinal Problems, Obesity

MONDAY, May 20, 2024 (HealthDay News) — New, real-world research confirms that the blockbuster weight-loss drugs that millions of Americans have been taking to shed pounds can trigger stomach paralysis in some patients. “Although these drugs do work and should be used for the right reason, we just want toContinue Reading

Brain’s ‘Food Smell’ Circuitry Might Drive Overeating

2024-05-17
By: Exporter
On: May 17, 2024
In: Mental Health, Neurological, Obesity

FRIDAY, May 17, 2024 (HealthDay News) — The smell of food is appetizing when you’re hungry. At the same time, it can be a turnoff if you’re full. That’s due to the interaction between two different parts of the brain involving sense of smell and behavior motivation, a new studyContinue Reading

One Key to Weight Loss for Men: Competing for Cash

2024-05-15
By: Exporter
On: May 15, 2024
In: Dieting, Obesity

WEDNESDAY, May 15, 2024 (HealthDay News) — A competitive game with a potential cash reward appeared to help overweight British men lose weight, researchers report. The incentive was winning the “Game of Stones” — a stone is a British measurement of body weight equal to 14 pounds — and pocketingContinue Reading

More Studies Support Wegovy’s Long-Term Weight-Loss Benefits

2024-05-14
By: Exporter
On: May 14, 2024
In: Obesity

TUESDAY, May 14, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Semaglutide — the active ingredient in the blockbuster weight-loss drugs Ozempic and Wegovy — can produce long-term weight and heart health benefits, a pair of new studies show. Researchers found that overweight and obese adults lost an average 10% of their body weightContinue Reading

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