Over her three-decade career, weight management physician Dr. Sarah Ro has seen hundreds of patients. Many of them are on Medicaid and have become yo-yo dieters who, despite their best efforts at changing their eating habits and lifestyles,

Given that more than 40% of Indian adults are struggling with obesity and diabetes, affordable weight-loss drugs are expected to significantly disrupt the pharmaceutical landscape in the country this year.

Dr. Mehmet Furkan Burak said people who have lost weight and then gained it again can feel guilt or shame and blame themselves for it.

"Ozempic Santa" Elon Musk revealed he's been using a type 2 diabetes medication to lose weight: "Technically, Mounjaro, but that doesn’t have the same ring to it."

Elon Musk has many speculating that he has used Ozempic to lose weight. The owner of X posted on the platform on Wednesday (Dec. 25). In his post, he shared a picture of him wearing a Santa outfit where he looked slimmer. However, it was his caption that sparked speculation that he was on the weight loss drug Ozempic.

McGill University researchers say their study has found GLP-1 drugs are safe and effective for treating obesity and overweight adults without diabetes. The authors say the findings support using the medication to treat those who are overweight and obese among otherwise healthy patients.

The U.S. FDA has released a new draft guidance for drugmakers to aid them in developing new treatments for obesity. The new document replaces an earlier draft guidance issued in February 2007. The new guidance stated that its focus is on the design of clinical trials and endpoints to demonstrate sustained weight loss,