Fight Aging! Newsletter, December 8th 2025
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Star UK chef redesigns menu for dieters on skinny jabs
Chef Heston Blumenthal poses for a portrait outside The Fat Duck restaurant in Bray, west of London. (AFP pic) LONDON: When Michelin-starred UK chef Heston Blumenthal turned to skinny jabs to lose weight, his appetite evaporated and he realised the popularity of such medications risked biting into restaurant sales. So he devised a menu-lite, offering […]
Obesity_Presentation_50_Slides by qasim.pptx
Obesity is multifactorial. Causes serious complications. Managed by diet + exercise + counseling. Drugs (GLP-1 agonists) are effective. Bariatric surgery for selected patients. Prevention through lifestyle + public health.
“Paw-zempic”: Could GLP-1 drugs work for obese cats?
Weight loss drugs for Americans have skyrocketed to success. Now, the GLP-1 frenzy could be heading to a new frontier: your pets. A San Francisco biopharmaceutical company says it is conducting a pilot study on a GLP-1 drug for cats with obesity. OKAVA CEO Michael Klotsman joins CBS News to discuss.
MENU – ORDER AI Announces Global Expansion with New Multilingual Capabilities, Supporting WHO Guidance on Dietary Needs for GLP-1 Users
New multilingual capabilities expand access to real-time GLP-1 dining guidance as WHO highlights the importance of protein-focused nutrition. BOSTON, Dec. 6, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — MENU – ORDER AI, the first real-time GLP-1 dining companion designed to guide users toward High-protein and…
Tai Chi for Insomnia; WHO Guidance on GLP-1 Drugs
(MedPage Today) — TTHealthWatch is a weekly podcast from Texas Tech. In it, Elizabeth Tracey, director of electronic media for Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore, and Rick Lange, MD, president of Texas Tech Health El Paso, look at the top medical…
Saturday links: the new establishment
Autos Why VW is struggling. (ft.com) The Trump administration wants to roll back fuel efficiency standards. (arstechnica.com) Why you should compare Uber and Lyft prices before booking a ride. (yahoo.com) Five insights from “Life After Cars: Freeing Ourselves from the Tyranny of the Automobile” by Sarah Goodyear, Doug Gordon, and Aaron Naparstek. (nextbigideaclub.com) Helsinki went […]
GLP-1 implant may help overweight pets
Weight loss drugs aren’t just for people anymore — they may soon be available for your furry friend.
What Happens At ‘Code Red’ OpenAI
Welcome, Weekenders! First, an exciting announcement: Amy Dockser Marcus, a Pulitzer Prize–winning former Wall Street Journal reporter, is joining The Information to cover health and science for Weekend. She begins next week. Amy has long chronicled those two fields, penning memorable pieces about fertility, DNA testing and how many of you badly want to live […]
Pharma Launches “Ozempic For Cats” Study [VIDEO]
CBS News reports: Popular GLP-1 weight loss drugs could soon be available for pets. Okava Pharmaceuticals, based in San Francisco, just launched MEOW-1 — a clinical study that utilizes a tiny, under-the skin implant in 50 cats to release a GLP-1 medication drug over six months. It has the potential to enhance cats’ quality of […]