Only 13 states currently allow Medicaid to cover treatment of obesity using glucagon-like peptide-1 agonist (GLP-1) ...

Weight loss can be a challenge, even for those who eat healthily and exercise regularly. But injectable type 2 diabetes ...

The FDA is warning that patients taking GLP-1s may be at a higher risk of inhaling fluid into their lungs while under ...

A study noted an average weight loss of 17.6% with Allurion’s device in patients who had no or less than 5% weight loss with ...

Nov. 6, 2024 – The FDA has updated the labels for all GLP-1 weight loss drugs with a warning about pulmonary aspiration ...

Drugs such as Wegovy, Ozempic, and Saxenda have quickly become household names. But are these weight loss medications right ...

A DAD died after taking a weight loss jab for just a few weeks. Tim Ramsay, from South Australia, wanted to shed some pounds so he could confidently walk his daughter down the aisle. The ...

The millennial-skewed telehealth platform Hims & Hers (HIMS) announced Monday that it will start offering customers a generic version of liraglutide, an older GLP-1 weight loss drug, next year. The ...

The FDA warns GLP-1 weight loss drug users of aspiration risks during anaesthesia Learn what this update means and how to ...

The odds for aspiration is greatest in the first weeks after a GLP-1 med is prescribed, since the delay in stomach emptying ...

Newer weight loss drugs are cost effective in the long term only when combined with bariatric weight loss surgery, according ...