Some outcomes, like reduced risk of cardiovascular disease and increased chance of nausea, were expected. But others took researchers by surprise.

Breeda O’Donoghue told her GP she was having no problems with the medication as the dose was increased slightly over time.

Losing excess weight would in turn improve health. For example, lower levels of sleep apnoea – when breathing stops and starts while slumbering – is thought to be down to losing weight around the ...

And there could be reasons why some had been prescribed Ozempic or Weygovy ... Prof Sir Stephen O'Rahilly, from the University of Cambridge, said the study needed to be interpreted "carefully ...

Researchers said weight-loss drugs could affect health in eye-opening ways, but other experts say more work needs to be done to confirm this ...

Demand has rocketed for the drugs, with 500,000 Brits currently taking treatments for obesity or diabetes such as Ozempic ... explains Prof Sir Stephen O’Rahilly FRS FMedSci, Professor of ...

NBA legend Shaquille O’Neal teased Charles Barkley about the weight loss drug Ozempic during a broadcast of “Inside the NBA.” The video of the exchange was posted on the X page for NBA on TNT.

At Chuck’s turn, the sneaky Shaquille O’Neal said, “Suspect is wanted by Ozempic cause the drugs don’t work on his fat a–.” Suspect Barkley yelled at Shaq across the studio ...

Columnist Teri Sforza writes that childhood obesity in California is on the rise, state data shows. Free school meals have ...