Image credits: lizzobeeating Image credits: lizzobeeating#9 Oprah After years of being "exploited" by the tabloids for her weight, Oprah said she turned to an Ozempic-like medication to trim her waistline.The talk show host, 71, hasn't specified the brand of the GLP-1 medication she used but said it helped her almost hit her goal weight of 160 pounds (72 kg)."Every week [I was] exploited by the tabloids
Both are part of a new class of drugs known as GLP-1 receptor agonists, but they have some key differences in how they work and their overall efficacy
Links: IgNobel prizes: IgNobel Prizes were recently awarded: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40601364 Colchicine for secondary prevention of CHD: Green tea and drug absorption: Episode 189: asthma rescue, exercise for cancer, digitoxin, and minor stroke treatment This week Gary, Kate, Henry and Mark discuss 4 important new studies that are potential POEMs: A new(ish) rescue therapy for asthma, IV thrombolytics for adults with acute minor stroke, whether exercise reduces cancer mortality, and digitoxin (with a t!) as add-on therapy for adults with heart failure
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