View gallery Image Credit: Suzi Pratt/Shutterstock Fat Joe is a celebrated rapper, who signed tons of rappers to his Terror Squad label and released a slew of his own hits. Fat Joe has been very open about his weight loss journey, losing over 200 pounds since the early aughts. Fat Joe revealed that he battled
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Lars Fruergaard Jorgensen, chief executive officer of Novo Nordisk.Christopher Goodney/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesNovo Nordisk’s drug Saxenda is the latest to hit a shortage, as high demand for weight loss drugs sparks supply snags across the industry. Saxenda will have limited availability through the end of the year, according to a notice posted Tuesday on a
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Childhood obesity rates continue to rise in the U.S., affecting nearly 1 in 5 kids and adolescents ages 2 to 19. To combat it, experts are calling for early and intensive treatment. For some children, that may include weight loss medications. The American Academy of Pediatrics included anti-obesity drugs for the first time this year in its
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Millions of people enter later life carrying an extra 10 to 15 pounds, weight they’ve gained after having children, developing joint problems, becoming less active, or making meals the center of their social lives. Should they lose this modest extra weight to optimize their health? This question has come to the fore with a new
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Corlee Morris has dieted throughout her adult life. After her weight began climbing in high school, she spent years losing 50 or 100 pounds then gaining it back. Morris, 78, was at her heaviest in her mid-40s, standing 5 feet 10½ inches and weighing 310 pounds. The Pittsburgh resident has had diabetes for more than
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Packages of the weight-loss drug Wegovy from the pharmaceutical company Novo Nordisk lie on the sales counter in a Danish pharmacy.Stefan Trumpf | Picture Alliance | Getty ImagesU.K. health authorities on Wednesday said they are reviewing obesity and diabetes drugs like Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy and Ozempic after some patients who took the treatments reported thoughts
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From celeb red carpets to local shores, Ozempic is the diabetes drug turned weight loss miracle that has exploded in popularity. A nationwide shortage of the drug has prompted the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) to issue guidelines urging medical practitioners to only prescribe Ozempic for management of type 2 diabetes. But an investigation by The
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This article was originally published on KFF Health News. Corlee Morris has dieted throughout her adult life. After her weight began climbing in high school, she spent years losing 50 or 100 pounds then gaining it back. Morris, 78, was at her heaviest in her mid-40s, standing 5 feet 10½ inches and weighing 310 pounds.
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Weight loss injections can lower the risk of a heart attack or stroke in obese people with cardiovascular disease by a fifth, a new study has suggested. More than 17,600 adults over the age of 45 in 41 countries took part in the five-year study of semaglutide, which is sold as Wegovy. Each patient in the
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Aug. 8, 2023 – Problems in the heart and blood vessels such as heart attacks and strokes were reduced 20% among patients taking the popular but expensive weight loss drug Wegovy, according to a trial of more than 17,000 people with overweight or obesity who also had cardiovascular disease. The finding should fuel improved patient access
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