Health Risks and Benefits of Weight-Loss Drugs

Taking Ozempic for weight loss? You might find other benefits, too - and a few risks
A class of drugs designed to fight diabetes and weight loss can help with a host of other problems, but also carry some side effects.
The Health Risks and Benefits of Weight-Loss Drugs
The newest weight-loss drugs, Wegovy and Zepbound, are incredibly popular. But doctors are still learning about all of the ways they affect the body—both helpful and harmful—beyond reducing weight. In report published in Nature Medicine,
Sweeping review suggests weight-loss drugs’ effect on 175 conditions
The findings, based on an analysis of records from 2.5 million VA patients, support much of what scientists already suspected but contain surprises, too.
Weight-loss drugs linked to unexpected benefits and risks
The study revealed that weight-loss drugs significantly benefit neurological and behavioral health, including decreased risks of addiction.
Popular GLP-1 Drugs Are Shaping Health Beyond Weight Loss & Diabetes
In all, researchers found that people taking GLP-1 medications had lower risks for 42 health outcomes, including liver failure, lung failure, cardiac arrest, aspiration pneumonia and shock.
Major Study Exposes New Health Risks of Weight Loss Drugs
A new study uncovers how widely used weight loss drugs like Ozempic impact various health conditions while posing notable risks.
Weight-Loss Drugs Like Ozempic Linked To Lower Risk Of 42 Conditions
Some outcomes, like reduced risk of cardiovascular disease and increased chance of nausea, were expected. But others took researchers by surprise.
Weight-loss drugs may boost health in many ways
The first study to assess how weight-loss drugs affect the whole of human health has discovered an "eye-opening" impact on the body, researchers say. The analysis, involving about two million people,
Weight-loss drugs reduce risk of Alzheimer’s, large study shows
Analysis of drugs such as Ozempic finds a lower health risk for 42 conditions but a higher rate of disorders such as arthritis
Popular GLP-1 medications may have health benefits that extend beyond weight loss and blood sugar control, a new study finds
Popular GLP-1 medications approved for weight loss, diabetes, and heart disease may have untapped potential to reduce the ...
Popular weight loss drugs could be cheaper for some Americans: What you need to know
If successful, the result could be lower Medicare Part D prices for drugs used to create a variety of conditions, such as ...
What’s behind the meteoric rise of weight-loss drugs in Massachusetts?
About 140,400 obese patients in Massachusetts were prescribed medications like Wegovy and Zepbound in 2024, a 255 percent ...
E-sellers of compounded weight-loss drugs fail to reveal risks, research shows
Websites selling compounded versions of popular weight-loss drugs from Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly to U.S. consumers often do ...
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Study: Diabetes drugs show promise beyond weight loss, may offer protections against dementia and cardiovascular diseases, but experts urge caution
A new study highlighted Monday the potential benefits of popular diabetes drugs on a wide range of health issues including ...
A woman regained weight after she stopped taking semaglutide. Now she works two jobs to afford it.
A woman who lost 64 pounds on a compounded form of the weight loss drug semaglutide, marketed as Wegovy and Ozempic, started ...