Obesity
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Insurers poised to crack down on off-label Ozempic prescriptions
Insurance companies are pushing back because many do not cover weight loss medications, while they do cover diabetes treatments.
Feature
Popular weight loss drugs can carry some unpleasant side effects
Specialists say starting with low doses and gradually increasing over time helps avoid side effects, but insurance companies often require a...
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WHO advises against nonsugar sweeteners for weight control
“Replacing free sugars with NSS does not help with weight control in the long term. People need to consider other ways to reduce free sugars...
Commentary
Does weight loss surgery up the risk for bone fractures?
It’s important for people undergoing weight loss surgery to be cognizant of this potentially negative outcome and to take appropriate precautions...
Conference Coverage
Phone support helps weight loss in patients with breast cancer
After 6 months, patients who received telephone coaching and health education lost 9.7 pounds.
News from the FDA/CDC
FDA warns people to avoid compounded semaglutide medicines
“Patients should be aware that some products sold as ‘semaglutide’ may not contain the same active ingredient as FDA-approved semaglutide products...
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Weight-control surgery surging among children and teens, report says
Metabolic and bariatric surgeries have been on the rise among youths aged 10-19 since 2016.
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Can a saliva test predict the best way to manage obesity?
“We still don’t have randomized trials where we’re looking at obesity phenotyping yet.”
From the Journals
Diabetes, cholesterol meds use drops after bariatric surgery
Undergoing bariatric surgery was associated with a substantial and long-lasting reduction in the use of lipid-lowering and antidiabetic...
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Does Ozempic cause hair loss?
“Some of my patients lose hair when they lose weight, generally as a result of the weight loss itself and not as a side effect of these...
Conference Coverage
Tweaking food delivery apps can lower calories purchased
“These studies provide encouraging proof-of-concept evidence that small tweaks in delivery apps could help many people to identify and select...