Millions of fat Brits could be given fat loss drugs
1 year, 9 months ago

Millions of fat Brits could be given fat loss drugs

Daily Mail  

Millions of Brits could be offered weight loss treatments to tackle the obesity crisis and get more people back to work, it was claimed today. Semaglutide, marketed as Wegovy to those who are overweight or obese, has been approved for use in the NHS Wegovy and Ozempic, which both contain semaglutide, work by triggering the body to produce a hormone called glucagon-like peptide-1 that is released naturally from the intestines after meals Health Secretary Steve Barclay hopes the approach will tackle Britain's obesity epidemic without turning to 'nanny state measures' Health leaders are planning to make pharma giants bid for 'multi-billion-pound contracts' to provide the treatments, according to The Times. Trials suggest it can help people with a BMI above 30 lose more than 20 per cent of their body weight over 16 months Alex Guevara, 46, is a paramedic practitioner from Milton Keynes. Health minister Neil O'Brien said: 'This new generation of drugs have the potential to help people living with obesity lose significant amounts of weight, while also reducing their risk of related conditions like diabetes and cardiovascular disease. 'Weight loss can help people living with obesity to live longer, healthier lives, and semaglutide will provide a new treatment option to help people living with severe obesity, alongside lifestyle interventions, to lose weight.

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Consultations for obesity drug prescriptions are way up over 2023, survey finds
1 week, 5 days ago

Consultations for obesity drug prescriptions are way up over 2023, survey finds

NPR  

Consultations for obesity drug prescriptions are way up over 2023, survey finds Appointments with health professionals for obesity drug consultations are way up, according to data from Zocdoc, a provider of scheduling services. SYDNEY LUPKIN, BYLINE: Doctor Sarah Nosal, a family physician in the South Bronx, New York, says a lot more of her patients have come in asking about …

Doctors weigh societal costs of using drugs to treat obesity crisis
2 weeks, 3 days ago

Doctors weigh societal costs of using drugs to treat obesity crisis

ABC  

It could be one of the most transformative medical advancements since the contraceptive pill: an injection of a peptide that mimics a hormone to suppress appetite. Yet beyond the controversies over side effects — nausea, headaches and even pancreatitis — these drugs mark a pivotal moment in addressing one of the world's most pressing health crises. A national report — …

RFK Jr. Could Tank Biden's Ozempic Decision
3 weeks, 4 days ago

RFK Jr. Could Tank Biden's Ozempic Decision

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING The prospect of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. presiding over the Department of Health and Human Services has sparked a lot of conversation about vaccines. The country’s national health system still covers and supports use of the new anti-obesity drugs, though guidelines urge providers and patients to try cheaper alternatives first. The group is among those that have …

Cheap Ozempic? How millions of Americans with obesity may get access to costly weight-loss drugs
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3 weeks, 6 days ago

Cheap Ozempic? How millions of Americans with obesity may get access to costly weight-loss drugs

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Millions of obese Americans would get access to popular weekly injectables that would help them shed pounds quickly if a $ 35 billion proposal from the Biden administration is blessed by President-elect Donald Trump. The rule, unveiled Tuesday by the Health and Human Services Department, would require Medicare and Medicaid to cover weight-loss drugs like Wegovy or Zepbound …

Biden proposes huge expansion of weight loss drug access
3 weeks, 6 days ago

Biden proposes huge expansion of weight loss drug access

Raw Story  

by Danny KEMP Outgoing U.S. President Joe Biden proposed Tuesday to give millions more Americans access to weight loss drugs -- but Donald Trump's incoming health chief looked set to shoot down the idea. Any plan to increase US public health insurance spending would also likely run foul of Trump's bid to slash government budgets and waste. Trump said last …

Could weight loss drugs fix UK’s unemployment problem?
1 month, 1 week ago

Could weight loss drugs fix UK’s unemployment problem?

Al Jazeera  

US pharmaceuticals group Eli Lilly is to conduct trials of its weight-loss drugs Mounjaro and Zepbound in the UK. The United Kingdom will study whether the use of weight loss drugs could get people back to work. UK Health Minister Wes Streeting announced last month that US drug manufacturer Eli Lilly will begin a five-year trial in Greater Manchester to …

Wes Streeting defends plan to offer Ozempic weight-loss jabs to fat unemployed people to help them back into work but warns the NHS may struggle to meet demand
2 months ago

Wes Streeting defends plan to offer Ozempic weight-loss jabs to fat unemployed people to help them back into work but warns the NHS may struggle to meet demand

Daily Mail  

Giving overweight unemployed people weight-loss drugs could be 'game-changing' for the public's health and its finances, Wes Streeting said today. The Health and Social Care Secretary defended the plan to give out Ozempic and other drugs for free to help solve the UK's workforce crisis. The Health and Social Care Secretary defended the plan to give out Ozempic for free …

Weight-loss drugs on the NHS? That’s just an admission of failure
2 months, 1 week ago

Weight-loss drugs on the NHS? That’s just an admission of failure

The Independent  

Both the prime minister and the health secretary have proposed that weight-loss jabs would help the unemployed return to the workplace. Archbishop Justin Welby has described a parliamentary bill that would give terminally ill people in England and Wales the right to end their lives as “dangerous”. There are many complex discussions to be had around this issue, but do …

Doctors’ warning over Ozempic and Wegovy weight-loss jabs on NHS
2 months, 1 week ago

Doctors’ warning over Ozempic and Wegovy weight-loss jabs on NHS

The Independent  

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Unemployed to be given weight-loss jab to help them back into work, government announces
2 months, 1 week ago

Unemployed to be given weight-loss jab to help them back into work, government announces

The Independent  

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Could ‘jabs for jobs’ be the miracle drug Wes Streeting needs to fix the NHS?
2 months, 1 week ago

Could ‘jabs for jobs’ be the miracle drug Wes Streeting needs to fix the NHS?

The Independent  

The real anxiety about the Labour government’s uncertain start has nothing to do with gifts and hospitality – or that ridiculous story about Taylor Swift’s blue-light escort – but whether it can deliver its central pledges on the NHS and the economy. Wes Streeting, the health secretary, is one of the new government’s brightest stars, with a ruthless focus on …

Weight-loss jabs could ‘overwhelm already stretched’ services, NHS chief warns
2 months, 1 week ago

Weight-loss jabs could ‘overwhelm already stretched’ services, NHS chief warns

The Independent  

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Your employer may start covering weight-loss drugs soon
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Your employer may start covering weight-loss drugs soon

CNN  

CNN — Hoping your company will begin paying for anti-obesity medications like Wegovy? While employers typically cover the medications for diabetes, fewer of them do so for weight loss, in part because of the drugs’ high prices — which have also limited Americans’ access to them. Hollie Adams/Reuters Still, more than a quarter of employers are considering adding coverage for …

Weight loss drugs shouldn’t create ‘dependency culture’, says Health Secretary
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Weight loss drugs shouldn’t create ‘dependency culture’, says Health Secretary

The Independent  

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Cost of weight-loss drugs 'cheaper than doing nothing'
3 months ago

Cost of weight-loss drugs 'cheaper than doing nothing'

China Daily  

Pens for the diabetes drug Ozempic sit on a production line at Danish drugmaker Novo Nordisk's site in Hillerod, Denmark on Sept 26, 2023. New research conducted by ING Bank has found obesity is costing the United Kingdom 100 billion pounds a year in lost productivity and healthcare expenses, The Guardian newspaper reported. ING healthcare analyst Diederik Stadig told the …

Cost of weight-loss drugs 'cheaper than doing nothing'
3 months ago

Cost of weight-loss drugs 'cheaper than doing nothing'

China Daily  

Pens for the diabetes drug Ozempic sit on a production line at Danish drugmaker Novo Nordisk's site in Hillerod, Denmark on Sept 26, 2023. New research conducted by ING Bank has found obesity is costing the United Kingdom 100 billion pounds a year in lost productivity and healthcare expenses, The Guardian newspaper reported. ING healthcare analyst Diederik Stadig told the …

Column: The Ozempic revolution in weight-loss drugs exposes the weakest links in our healthcare system — drug pricing and insurance
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Column: The Ozempic revolution in weight-loss drugs exposes the weakest links in our healthcare system — drug pricing and insurance

LA Times  

The diabetes and weight-loss drug Ozempic. This limits the length of time that health gains can be internalized as reduced claims.’ — David Anderson, University of South Carolina health policy expert Yet millions of Americans are unable to access these drugs, thanks to the two big, interrelated flaws in our healthcare system: unrestrained pricing by drug companies and the economics …

Fat men offered up to £400 to lose weight and given daily texts urging them to 'avoid the kebab shop' in NHS's 'Game of Stones' trial
7 months, 1 week ago

Fat men offered up to £400 to lose weight and given daily texts urging them to 'avoid the kebab shop' in NHS's 'Game of Stones' trial

Daily Mail  

The NHS is paying obese men up to £400 to lose weight while sending text message reminders to shed the pounds. The trial – dubbed Game of Stones – involves men being texted daily tips including 'walk a different route home to avoid the kebab shop' and 'don't treat your body like a skip'. GPs text obese men daily tips …

Do weight loss drugs work for diet industry built on eating less and exercising more?
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Do weight loss drugs work for diet industry built on eating less and exercising more?

Hindustan Times  

Ever since college, Brad Jobling struggled with his weight, fluctuating between a low of 155 pounds when he was in his 30s to as high as 220. Do weight loss drugs work for diet industry built on eating less and exercising more? He's lost 30 pounds, and has started eating healthier food and exercising — the habits behind many commercial …

What do weight loss drugs mean for a diet industry built on eating less and exercising more?
7 months, 4 weeks ago

What do weight loss drugs mean for a diet industry built on eating less and exercising more?

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Ever since college, Brad Jobling struggled with his weight, fluctuating between a low of 155 pounds when he was in his 30s to as high as 220. He’s lost 30 pounds, and has started eating healthier food and exercising — the habits behind many commercial diet plans and decades of conventional wisdom on sustainable weight loss. “This …

Why weight-loss drugs will reshape the world
8 months ago

Why weight-loss drugs will reshape the world

The Economist  

Listen to this podcast Your browser does not support the <audio> element. Both make the “miracle” drugs that can help people shed up to a fifth of their body weight. Guests: The Economist’s Georgia Banjo; pharmaceuticals analyst Michael Nedelcovych; and John Cawley, a professor of public policy and economics at Cornell University. Subscribers to Economist Podcasts+ can listen to our …

New weight loss drugs are out of reach for millions of older Americans because Medicare won’t pay
11 months, 3 weeks ago

New weight loss drugs are out of reach for millions of older Americans because Medicare won’t pay

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — New obesity drugs are showing promising results in helping some people shed pounds but the injections will remain out of reach for millions of older Americans because Medicare is forbidden to cover such medications. As obesity rates rise among older adults, some lawmakers say the United States cannot afford to keep a decades-old law that prohibits Medicare from …

Just 3% of overweight and obese people referred for NHS programmes – study
1 year, 2 months ago

Just 3% of overweight and obese people referred for NHS programmes – study

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Only around 3% of overweight and obese people in England …

Supply problems and insurance issues make popular weight-loss drugs hard to get
1 year, 3 months ago

Supply problems and insurance issues make popular weight-loss drugs hard to get

Associated Press  

When she prescribes the popular weight-loss drug Wegovy, Dr. Angela Fitch sends patients on a quest she likens to “The Hunger Games.” They will have to call drugstores over several days to find one with the properly sized first dose. Supply problems and insurance complications have made it difficult for people to start — and stay on — Wegovy and …

Can weight loss and diet drugs avoid the mistakes of the past?
1 year, 4 months ago

Can weight loss and diet drugs avoid the mistakes of the past?

ABC  

Ozempic, the trade name for the medication semaglutide, wasn't designed to be a diet drug. "This is really the first major weight loss drug in the age of social media," he tells ABC RN's Rear Vision. "This combination of drugs showed dramatic weight loss results in a small sample but was never evaluated in a clinical study," Professor Cowley says. …

Tory ex-health minister urges Government to 'take action' on £14billion-a-year obesity crisis
1 year, 7 months ago

Tory ex-health minister urges Government to 'take action' on £14billion-a-year obesity crisis

Daily Mail  

A Tory former health minister today criticised the Government for failing to tackle Britain's spiralling obesity crisis. One million patients, who were a healthy weight with a body mass index of 18 to 25, were calculated to cost the NHS an average of £638 each in 2019, the final year of the study. Meanwhile, the NHS spent £979 a year …

UK should stop 'reckless' reliance on weight loss drugs, claims Government's former food tsar
1 year, 8 months ago

UK should stop 'reckless' reliance on weight loss drugs, claims Government's former food tsar

Daily Mail  

Britain should ditch 'reckless' plans to prescribe weight-loss drugs en masse, the government's former food tsar warned today. Henry Dimbleby, the ex-No10 food tsar and founder of 'healthy' fast-food chain Leon, called for bold action on obesity and said he was worried by the 'serious problems' in government plans to prescribe more appetite-suppressant drugs According to the latest global data …

Obese people to lose free fitness coaches and weight loss apps as Government cuts funding
2 years, 8 months ago

Obese people to lose free fitness coaches and weight loss apps as Government cuts funding

The Telegraph  

Obese people will lose access to fitness coaches and weight loss apps, it was warned on Thursday, as it emerged £100 million of funding is being diverted to pay for the “Living with Covid" plan. James Jamieson, chair of the LGA, said: “This decision will result in the closure of some existing weight management programmes, restricting the ability for councils …

Pharmacists can now refer obese people to free weight loss courses to help reduce burden on NHS
2 years, 11 months ago

Pharmacists can now refer obese people to free weight loss courses to help reduce burden on NHS

Daily Mail  

Pharmacists can refer obese people to free weight loss courses from today in a bid to boost their health and reduce their burden on the NHS. The online NHS course includes access to tailored diet and exercise plans, apps and one-to-one training and support. The online NHS course includes access to tailored diet and exercise plans, apps and one-to-one training …

Review finds being overweight increases coronavirus risks as Boris Johnson prepares anti-obesity drive
4 years, 4 months ago

Review finds being overweight increases coronavirus risks as Boris Johnson prepares anti-obesity drive

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The stark findings come as Boris Johnson has called for a “summer of weight loss”, …

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