The GLP-1 PR has been a little too good. Everyone knows the drugs lead to rapid weight loss — including participants in ...

The companies have identified an initial set of genetic biomarkers to predict drug response and will validate the findings in ...

Phenomix's MyPhenome test continues to demonstrate predictive accuracy in identifying which patients are most likely to respond to GLP-1 therapies such as semaglutide. Studies presented at Obesity ...

Dushay is an assistant professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School and an attending endocrinologist at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. It makes my head spin to think about how much GLP-1s ...

Researchers found that GLP-1 medicines caused weight loss mainly through fat reduction, with only modest decreases in absolute muscle mass and no disproportionate loss of muscle function. In mice, ...

A patient of mine, a veteran who had tried to quit smoking for over a decade, told me that after he started a GLP-1 drug for his diabetes, he lost interest in cigarettes. He didn’t use a patch. He ...

At a White House event Thursday, President Trump announced deals with drugmakers Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly to offer their popular GLP-1 obesity and diabetes drugs at lower prices for some Americans, ...

A Stanford study shows simple digital prompts can motivate people taking GLP-1 medications to make lifestyle changes. It's a simple premise: What if something as small as a digital nudge could put ...

Dec 23 (Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on Tuesday unveiled a voluntary program to cover GLP-1 drugs for weight-loss and diabetes under Medicaid and Medicare Part D ...

Boxes for the GLP-1 medications Wegovy and Zepbound on May 8. (JoNel Aleccia/AP) You’re reading The Checkup With Dr. Wen, a newsletter on how to navigate medical and public health challenges. Click ...

Kristen Fischer has written for numerous health publications, hospitals, and medical companies, and is a member of the Association of Health Care Journalists. Nick Blackmer is a librarian, ...