Overweight & Obesity
No more needles? A daily pill may work as well as Wegovy shots to treat obesity
What if treating obesity could be as easy as popping an effective pill?
Jun 26, 2023
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News tagged with diabetes pill
Surgery
What really works for weight loss?
As a popular diabetes drug takes social media by storm as a quick fix for weight loss, experts warn, not only is there no magic pill when it comes to losing weight, but this off-label use can actually backfire, possibly doubling ...
Mar 6, 2023
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Diabetes
Contraceptive pill can reduce type 2 diabetes risk in women with polycystic ovary syndrome, finds study
A study led by the University of Birmingham has revealed for the first time that the contraceptive pill can reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes by over a quarter in women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS).
Oct 15, 2021
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Medications
Doctors can estimate patient adherence by simply asking about medication routine
A visit to the doctor's office typically begins with a series of questions, including one about medications. An Iowa State University researcher recommends doctors ask a follow up to that question to make sure patients are ...
May 21, 2019
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Other
Merck 1Q net quadruples as cancer drug, vaccine sales soar
Surging sales of vaccines and the cancer immunotherapy drug Keytruda led to a quadrupling of profit at Merck during the first quarter as it blew past Wall Street expectations.
Apr 30, 2019
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Cardiology
What younger women need to know about heart disease
(HealthDay)—Heart disease used to be thought of as a man's issue, but women are unfortunately catching up.
Mar 5, 2018
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Diabetes
Insulin pill may delay type 1 diabetes in some
(HealthDay)—It's often said that timing is everything. New research suggests this may be true when giving an insulin pill to try to prevent or delay type 1 diabetes.
Nov 21, 2017
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Diabetes
Could insulin pills prevent diabetes? Big study seeks answer
For nearly a century, insulin has been a life-saving diabetes treatment. Now scientists are testing a tantalizing question: What if pills containing the same medicine patients inject every day could also prevent the disease?
Jul 3, 2015
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Cardiology
Statin use linked to few side effects
the popular class of cholesterol-lowering drugs used widely to prevent recurrent heart disease or stroke as well as risk for having a first cardiac or stroke event—appear to cause few side effects, according to new research ...
Jul 9, 2013
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Diabetes
Pain reliever lowers blood sugar in type 2 diabetics, study says
(HealthDay)— An aspirin-like drug appears to lower blood sugar in people with type 2 diabetes, according to new research.
Jul 1, 2013
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