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How weight-loss injections are making obesity a wealth issue

How weight-loss injections are making obesity a wealth issue

Nick TriggleHealth correspondent BBC Three years ago, a fashion editor friend returned from Milan Fashion Week bursting with a story to tell. Most fashion editors stayed at the same hotel, she explained, and each bedroom had its own mini fridge. After checking out, en route to the airport, a stylist in her party cried out that he’d left “an important …

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Loose skin caused by weight-loss injections dents our confidence

Loose skin caused by weight-loss injections dents our confidence

Grace Dean and George Sandeman Emilly Murray @itsanewmeemj Emilly says loose skin “really does get me down” After losing nearly six stone since December with the help of weight-loss injections, Emilly Murray has been left with an unwanted reminder of her former body – loose skin. “I can’t wear what I want to wear,” says the 35-year-old from Liverpool. “I …

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New Pill for Obesity Delivers Major Weight Reduction Without Injections

New Pill for Obesity Delivers Major Weight Reduction Without Injections

Orforglipron, an oral GLP-1 agonist, helped patients with obesity lose up to 11% of their body weight in a major trial, offering a promising alternative to injectable therapies. (Artist’s concept). Credit: Stock The results of this landmark trial are particularly significant, as oral therapies for obesity could improve both access to and affordability of treatment; moreover, many patients prefer oral …

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Fox News host apologizes for proposing lethal injections for mentally ill homeless people

Fox News host apologizes for proposing lethal injections for mentally ill homeless people

“Fox & Friends” co-host Brian Kilmeade apologized Sunday for remarks he made last week that suggested using involuntary lethal injections to get mentally ill homeless people off the streets. Kilmeade’s comments came during a discussion last Wednesday on “Fox & Friends” about the Aug. 22 stabbing death of a 23-year-old Ukrainian refugee, Iryna Zarutska, on a light rail train in …

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Hadassah: 11 patients suffer infections after receiving eye injections

Hadassah: 11 patients suffer infections after receiving eye injections

Hadassah Medical Center reported that 11 patients who received an intravitreal injection developed an eye infection. The hospital clarified that the incident was reported to the Ministry of Health, and immediate treatment was initiated for the patients’ eyes. Several other patients began receiving preventive treatment to avoid the development of inflammation. “The Hadassah Eye Clinic is making immediate phone contact …

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Women Take Peptide Injections at “Age Reversal” Event, End Up Leaving in Ambulances

Women Take Peptide Injections at “Age Reversal” Event, End Up Leaving in Ambulances

Image by Getty / Futurism Two women who attended an event in Las Vegas called “Revolution Against Aging and Death Festival” — please bask in the red flags that have already appeared in this sentence — received peptide injections at a booth organized by an unlicensed physician specializing in “age reversal” therapies. As ProPublica reports, not long after receiving the …

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Peptide Injections: the Latest Gym Trend for Muscle-Building and Fat Loss

Peptide Injections: the Latest Gym Trend for Muscle-Building and Fat Loss

People who want to feel younger, look fitter, or perhaps slough off a little layer of belly fat have been turning to an increasingly popular kind of treatment — one you can get without a prescription. They’ve got obscure names like BPC-157, tesamorelin, and cerebrolysin. All it takes is a tiny needle and a little clear vial filled with injectable …

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