Weight-Loss Surgeries Decline 25% as More Americans Turn to GLP-1 Meds
While prescriptions for GLP-1 meds more than doubled between 2022 and 2023 (a rise of 132.6%), rates of bariatric surgery declined by 25.6%, the team found. Will these trends last?
TerraHealthRX Review: Convenient Access to Weight Loss Medications Like Ozempic, No Insurance Needed
Weight loss can be a challenging journey, especially when seeking effective and accessible solutions. The rise in popularity of prescription weight-loss medications like Ozempic has offered many individuals a proven way to shed pounds,
Greater Access to New Weight Loss Meds Could Save More Than 40,000 Lives Per Year
More than 40% of U.S. adults are obese, and the research team estimates that about half of all annual deaths in the nation occur among the obese. Helping more people shed their excess weight could save a fair portion of those lives,
Boosting Access to Weight-Loss Drugs Could Save Thousands of Lives
The lives of Americans could be dramatically improved, and in thousands of cases even saved, by increasing access to weight-loss drugs, scientists at Yale and the University of Florida have found. At current access levels,
Expanding access to weight-loss drugs could save thousands of lives a year
Expanding access to new, highly effective weight-loss medications could prevent more than 40,000 deaths a year in the United States, according to a study. The findings highlight the critical need to remove existing barriers that are hindering people's access to effective weight loss treatments and impeding public health efforts to address the national obesity crisis,
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Safe and Effective Prescription Weight Loss: What You Need to Know
Prescription weight loss medications can be a valuable tool in the fight against obesity and overweight when combined with ...
Jack&Jill Health Offers Prescription Weight Loss — No Insurance Required
Accessing high quality healthcare without an insurance plan can be nearly impossible. That's why more telehealth providers ...
Ozempic and other weight loss drugs aren't lowering health care costs yet
GLP-1 drugs like Wegovy (NVO) might help with weight loss, but they aren’t leading to lower health care costs yet, according to a new analysis of U.S. health insurance claims.
Weight-loss drugs didn't curb health costs within two years
Drugs like Wegovy may trim your waistline but not medical costs, according to an analysis of U.S. health insurance claims ...
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A Doctor Reveals How Much Weight You Can Expect to Lose on Ozempic
You’ve probably heard about the dramatic weight loss that can happen when you take Ozempic or Wegovy. These medications mimic ...
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Use of Weight Loss Drug Widespread, and Costly
As obesity rates in the United States soar, insurance companies, including Medicaid and Medicare, are facing financial headwinds to pay for prescription drugs for weight loss. Semaglutide, the generic ...
FDA says this weight loss drug shortage is over, but patients worry about cost and availability
Some patients fear tirzepatide, sold by Eli Lilly under the brand names Zepbound and Mounjaro, will be hard to get and prohibitively expensive once compounding pharmacies are no longer producing it.
Shady drugmaker used code words to sell knockoff weight-loss drug: Lawsuit
Amid ongoing legal battles over coveted GLP-1 therapies, a drug vendor in Washington state is accused of running an ...
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Weighing benefits: Could anti-obesity meds help troops’ weight issues?
Advocates argue that anti-obesity drugs like Ozempic could help overweight troops, but the services have no uniform policy ...
Weight loss drug Ozempic and type 2 diabetes jabs could be used to tackle binge drinking
Doctors and NHS England’s chief warned this week demand for weight-loss jabs could overwhelm the health services ...