Beyond the Scale: The SELECT Trial and Heart Health
What a large trial found about heart attacks, strokes and cardiovascular deaths in people with excess weight and existing heart disease, and what it cannot tell us.
News, research and clear explainers on GLP-1 medications.
What a large trial found about heart attacks, strokes and cardiovascular deaths in people with excess weight and existing heart disease, and what it cannot tell us.
What the two landmark weight-management trials found about nausea, diarrhea and other side effects, and what the FDA label warns about. Education only, not medical advice.
A clear look at how the FDA approves GLP-1 medications, what compounding is, and why the agency treats the two differently. Education only, with no product advice.
Some lean mass is lost with almost any weight loss. Here is what the two main body-composition studies found for GLP-1 medications, and what is still unknown.
Two large trials followed people after they stopped GLP-1 medications. Here is what they found about weight regain and health markers, and what to ask your prescriber.
A Cornell study using real purchase records from about 150,000 households found grocery spending fell about 5% after a household started a GLP-1 medication, mostly on snacks, sweets and fast food.