This article was reviewed by Craig Primack, MD, FACP, FAAP, FOMA. Semaglutide — the active ingredient in the brand-name meds Ozempic, Wegovy, and Rybelsus — treats type 2 diabetes and obesity or ...

Ozempic, a semaglutide drug originally developed for type-2 diabetes, has been in the news as a fast-track weight-loss solution. A former AIIMS dietitian, took to X (twitter) to reveal that while ...

Simon Spichak finished his MSc at University College Cork, where he studied the interactions between the microbes in the gut and the brain. He became interested in science communication during his ...

A fresh alert has been issued for people taking medications such as Ozempic and Wegovy with health chiefs warning anyone ...

Common semaglutide side effects include nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, and constipation. These should get better with time. Avoid fatty and greasy foods, and eat smaller meals to minimize ...

Health chiefs have issued a warning urging them to be aware of an 'extremely rare' but serious side effect which needs urgent ...

People who took semaglutide over a slower, more flexible schedule were significantly less likely to experience nausea and to discontinue use. Reading time 2 minutes Semaglutide’s ability to help ...

Ozempic has become so embedded in global culture that “Ozempic face” was shortlisted for a prominent dictionary’s word of the year in 2025. Ozempic isn’t the only drug that mimics the natural GLP-1 ...

Those taking GLP-1s had small but significant reductions in their 10-year chances of vertebral fractures, suggesting that the ...

ONE GRAND PRIX THIS WEEKEND. FIVE ON YOUR HEALTH TONIGHT. SEVERE SIDE EFFECTS FROM SEMAGLUTIDE, A NATIONAL STUDY FINDS THEY SENT NEARLY 25,000 PEOPLE TO THE ER FOR TREATMENT. JOINING US NOW IS DOCTOR ...

Taking oral semaglutide may reduce heart-related hospitalizations and deaths among those with a history of heart failure and ...