Semaglutide

Fibroblast growth factor 21 (FGF21) analogs have significant therapeutic potential in metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH) but limited body weight effects in patients with MASH. This study investigated the effect of combined treatm…

Semaglutide, a medication used for type 2 diabetes and weight loss, may have unexpected side effects such as sarcopenia and age-related loss of muscle mass and strength. A 74-year-old male patient with type 2 diabetes and dyslipidemia presented with…

INTRODUCTION: To evaluate real-world hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) and weight change in adults initiating treatment with tirzepatide (dual glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide and glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist [GLP-1 RA]) or injectable se…

Social media can be a platform to spread misinformation and reinforce potentially harmful norms in the interest of commercial actors. There are norms related to obesity that commercial actors promote such as "obesity is an individual problem" and the…

BACKGROUND: Subcutaneous semaglutide has shown kidney-protective effects in people with type 2 diabetes (PWT2D), but data on oral semaglutide remain limited. This multicentre real-world study evaluates the clinical effectiveness of oral semaglutide o…

Acute myocardial infarction, a leading cause of death globally, is often associated with cardiometabolic disorders such as atherosclerosis and metabolic syndrome. Metabolic treatment of these disorders can improve cardiac outcomes, as exemplified by…

The new European clinical practice guidelines from three scientific societies (European Association for the Study of the Liver, European Association for the Study of Diabetes and European Association for the Study of Obesity) on the management of met…

As obesity increases in the global population, it is important to recognize that obesity is not a willpower failure but a chronic disease regulated by genetic, environmental, and hormonal control of energy balance. Obesity is also caused by social an…

Pediatric obesity is a highly prevalent chronic disease, which has traditionally been treated with lifestyle therapy alone. Yet for many youth, lifestyle intervention as a monotherapy is often insufficient for achieving clinically significant and dur…

BACKGROUND: Multiple meta-analyses (MAs) have demonstrated that six pharmacotherapies, including orlistat, liraglutide, phentermine/topiramate, naltrexone/bupropion, semaglutide, and tirzepatide, improve weight loss and weight maintenance. However, f…

Lecanemab, a monoclonal antibody targeting β-amyloid protofibrils, has shown promising results in a Phase III clinical trial for the treatment of early stages of Alzheimer's disease (AD) and has been approved by the European Medicines Agency. An Earl…

Semaglutide (Ozempic, Rybelsus, Wegovy) is a GLP-1 receptor agonist used for the treatment of type 2 diabetes and, more recently, weight management. Due to its efficacy in weight loss, semaglutide has gained worldwide popularity, particularly the bra…

OBJECTIVE: This study aims to systematically evaluate and perform a systematic review and network meta-analysis comparing the comprehensive cardiovascular protective effects of various glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1RAs), focusing on…

Obesity is a well-established risk factor for both the incidence and poorer clinical outcomes of Breast Cancer (BC), particularly among hormone receptor-positive postmenopausal women. However, conventional weight loss interventions have yielded limit…

BACKGROUND: GLP-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RA) reduce major adverse cardiovascular events in patients with diabetes mellitus and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) or increased cardiovascular risk. Recently, the GLP-1 RA semaglutide was r…

BACKGROUND: Exercise function quantified by 6-minute walk distance (6MWD) is severely impaired in patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF). OBJECTIVES: This prespecified secondary analysis of pooled data from the STEP-HFpE…