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Degree of Weight Loss Affects Tirzepatide-Linked Cardiometabolic Risk Improvement

Physician's Weekly

Several authors disclosed ties to relevant organizations, including Eli Lilly, the manufacturer of tirzepatide. Bruno Linetzky, M.D., The researchers found that participants who lost at least 35 percent of their body weight from baseline to week 72 had mean changes of up to –14.2 cm for waist circumference, –59.7 All rights reserved.

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How to Get Ozempic & GLP-1’s Covered by Insurance (or Save Big with Plum Health Direct Primary Care): The Ultimate Guide You Can’t Afford to Miss!

Plum Health

Managing diabetes—especially as you get older—can be challenging physically, emotionally, and financially. If you’re living with Type 2 diabetes, you’ve probably heard of Ozempic, Wegovy (semaglutide), Mounjaro or Zepbound (tirzepatide). With Plum Health, managing your diabetes becomes easier, more affordable, and less stressful.

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Maine and Nevada Update Drug Price Transparency Laws

FDA Law

Schlanger — Maine and Nevada previously enacted laws requiring drug manufacturers to report information about the pricing of their products. Both states’ new requirements will become effective in October 2021 and should be considered as manufacturers prepare for state drug price transparency reporting in 2022.

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The Best and Worst Cooking Oils for Managing Cholesterol

Imperial Center Family Medicine

In one study , using sesame oil regularly for 90 days significantly improved blood sugar and cholesterol levels in people with diabetes. Schedule Your Cholesterol Screening Today If you are concerned that your current cholesterol levels are putting your health at risk, Imperial Center Family Medicine is here to help.

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Hearing Loss in Geriatrics and Palliative Care: A Podcast with Nick Reed and Meg Wallhagen

GeriPal

I’d been working with persons who had diabetes and also caregivers and so forth, trying to go at the direction and realize as I look more and more at hearing loss, that it was totally unrecognized in clinical practice. And he liked some of what I was doing, which was really on diabetes and hearing loss. Five big manufacturers.

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Biased research, aggressive sales, harmful drugs

The Health Policy Exchange

Food and Drug Administration to market a new drug is a critical waypoint along the path to profits for pharmaceutical manufacturers. In the meantime, lobbyists working for the drug manufacturers successfully blocked efforts by Medicare administrators to stop paying for the higher (harmful) doses. Could the FDA and other U.S.