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Dr. Crandall: Drink Coffee for a Healthier Heart
It seems like the news on whether drinking coffee is detrimental, or beneficial, to our health flip flops all the time. But now a new study brings good news to those of us who like to enjoy a hot cup of coffee, or three. Drinking coffee can help protect against heart...
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6 Promising Health Benefits of Weight Loss Drugs
Weight loss drugs, including Ozempic, can help people lose about 15% of their body weight. Semaglutide, the generic name for Wegovy and Ozempic, was designed to treat diabetes, but was found to be help obese men and women shed unwanted pounds. And now, doctors are finding...
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Study: Zepbound Improves Heart Failure Symptoms
A drug used to help patients lose weight and manage diabetes may also help those with heart failure, an international clinical trial shows.The test of tirzepatide, brand named Zepbound, included 731 patients with diastolic heart failure and obesity who were followed for two...
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Diabetes Diagnosis Before 50 Raises Dementia Risk
A Type 2 diabetes diagnosis before age 50 comes with a health risk that patients might not expect. Especially if they are obese, these folks are more likely to develop dementia later, new research warns. "Our study suggests that there may be a cognitive consequences to...
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Half of Americans May Be Candidates for Ozempic
More than half of all American adults, almost 137 million people, could be candidates for the blockbuster GLP-1 drug semaglutide, a new analysis finds. Sold as Ozempic for treating diabetes and Wegovy to spur weight loss, the medication could be indicated for those two...
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Diabetes Cases Have Doubled: Protect Yourself
Diabetes rates have doubled worldwide in the last 30 years, according to new statistics published this week in The Lancet journal. The study authors note that this is the first global analysis of the number of diabetes cases and treatment rates that includes all...
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How GLP-1 Weight Loss Meds Curb Alcohol Abuse
There have been a slew of studies recently supporting the notion that the same mechanisms that help folks lose weight with Ozempic and its kin also work to curb problem drinking. Now, a new study out of Britain adds to that growing pile of evidence. "Our findings show that...
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Lilly Weight-Loss Drug Keeps Patients Diabetes-Free
Eli Lilly said on Wednesday its weight-loss drug helped nearly 99% of patients remain diabetes-free after three years of weekly injections. The results suggest that tirzepatide - the active ingredient in Lilly's diabetes drug Mounjaro and weight-loss treatment Zepbound -...
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Diabetes Rates Have Doubled Worldwide in 30 Years
Fourteen percent of the world's people - more than 800 million - now have diabetes, a doubling of the global rate for the blood sugar disease since 1990, new statistics show. Type 2 diabetes, which makes up 95% of cases, is surging in poorer countries. However, across these...
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US Diabetes Rates Rise to Nearly 1 in 6 Adults
Nearly 16% of American adults - that's close to 1 in 6 - now has diabetes, according to the latest data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Increasing age and widening waistlines greatly increase the odds for the disease, which happens when the body...
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Medicaid Covers GLP-1 Obesity Meds in Just 13 States
Poorer folks' access to blockbuster weight-loss drugs through Medicaid remains limited, a new KFF analysis has found. Only 13 states currently allow Medicaid to cover treatment of obesity using glucagon-like peptide-1 agonist (GLP-1) medications, researchers discovered. Under...
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More Hot Flashes Linked to Higher Diabetes Risk
Menopausal women with frequent hot flashes and night sweats are more likely to develop Type 2 diabetes, a new study warns. Middle-aged women who regularly suffer those well-known symptoms of menopause are 50% more likely to wind up with Type 2 diabetes, researchers reported...
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Trial Finds Wegovy Improves Liver Fibrosis
Novo Nordisk said on Friday its weight-loss drug met the main goal of a late-stage trial by showing improvement in liver fibrosis with no worsening of steatohepatitis. The trial, which studied 2.4 milligram dose of semaglutide, showed a statistically significant improvement...
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Pumpkin Packs a Powerful Nutritional Punch
They're everywhere! Pumpkins are on display in every shape and color in supermarkets across the country. While carving them is lots of fun for the family this Halloween, eating this fruit bestows a myriad of important health benefits. According to Rebecca Kastin, a graduate...
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Eye Color is Linked to Health, Personality Traits
There is a saying, most often attributed to Shakespeare, that "the eyes are the window to the soul," and research now finds that eye color also provides clues about our health and personality traits. According to WebMD, here are some examples: Macular degeneration....
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Ozempic May Lower Alzheimer's Risk With Diabetes
Add Alzheimer's disease to the list of conditions that might benefit from the revolutionary diabetes drug Ozempic, a new study says. People with Type 2 diabetes taking semaglutide appeared to have a significantly lower risk of developing Alzheimer's compared to patients...
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Reducing Carbs Improves Diabetes Patients' Health
Type 2 diabetes is caused in part by the failure of pancreatic beta cells to respond as they should to blood sugar. Now, new research suggests that switching to a low-carbohydrate diet might correct that beta cell dysfunction, boosting patients' health. "People with Type 2...
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Oral Diabetes Drug Cuts Heart Risks by 14 Percent
Novo Nordisk said on Monday an oral version of its drug semaglutide, helped significantly reduce the risk of cardiovascular events in patients in a late-stage study. The drug, Rybelsus, helped reduce the risk of these events, including cardiovascular death, non-fatal heart...
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GLP-1 Weight Loss Meds Effective Against Alcoholism
Weight-loss and diabetes drugs like Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro or Zepbound appear to help people battle alcoholism and opioid addiction, a new study finds. People taking this class of drugs, called glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1), have a 50% lower rate of...
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Taking Metformin Safe for Men's Offspring
Men can take the widely prescribed diabetes drug metformin without fear of causing birth defects in their children, according to results of a large study published on Wednesday. Tracking more than 3 million pregnancies in Norway and Taiwan, researchers found no association...
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Ozempic Plus Intestine 'Zap' May Stop Need for Insulin
Results from a very small study suggest that a combination of the diabetes drug Ozempic and an innovative new intestinal procedure could help erase the need for insulin in folks with Type 2 diabetes. The new trial hasn't yet been published in a peer-reviewed journal and it...
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Don't Drink These Herbal Teas if You Have Diabetes
Herbal teas are typically beneficial to our health, but if you have diabetes, you need to steer clear of certain teas. Experts say that some herbal teas can react with diabetes medication or have a dangerous effect on blood sugar levels. "When you have a chronic health...
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FDA Removes Lilly Weight-Loss Drug From Shortage List
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration removed Eli Lilly's blockbuster weight-loss and diabetes drugs from its shortage list late on Wednesday, likely piling pressure on firms selling cheaper versions known as compounded drugs. Diabetes treatment Mounjaro has been on the...
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Nutritious Ways to Use the Healthiest Frozen Veggies
The fresh summer bounty of vegetables will soon yield to fall's harvest. But you can still get the same nutrients from frozen vegetables, especially these six selections that can also help control blood sugar levels. Frozen vegetables are picked at their nutritional peak and...
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Weight-Loss Meds Could Interfere With Colonoscopy
Food left in the stomach or stool left in the bowel can impede a doctor's ability to successfully perform an endoscopy or colonoscopy.Now, research finds this scenario is more likely if the patient is taking popular new weight-loss meds such as Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro or...