If you feel like you can’t even step into a grocery store without a GLP-1 jingle hijacking your brain, you’re not imagining it. Weight loss drugs are everywhere, and now, so is a new underground trend: microdosing. A new survey from Tebra shows that plenty of people are quietly hacking their doses, often without a … Read more
After attracting criticism for admitting that she uses a GLP-1 medication to help lose weight, Janelle Rohner claimed she refunded fans who purchased her health programs. In a TikTok video shared by the wellness influencer, 37, on Sunday, April 27, Rohner responded to a fan who asked, “Have you refunded anyone yet?” in the comments … Read more
The future of the weight-loss industry is now in President Donald Trump’s hands — and pharma companies are mobilizing to ensure the craze for highly effective anti-obesity drugs keeps spreading. The Trump administration is under heavy pressure to decide how widely available the medications should be and whether Medicare should cover them. So far, it … Read more
Pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly announced promising clinical trial results this week for a daily pill to treat obesity and diabetes. Besides the good news of minimal side effects and impressive results, though, the pill has an extremely unfortunate quality: its name. The drug, which was first discovered by Chugai Pharmaceutical and licensed to Eli Lilly … Read more
by Jennifer H Hwang, DO; Neda Laiteerapong, MD; Elbert S. Huang, MD; David D. Kim, PhDJAMA Health Forum: 2025 Mar 7;6(3):e245586. doi: 10.1001/jamahealthforum.2024.5586. Published March 14, 2025 This research evaluates the cost-effectiveness of four different antiobesity medications compared to lifestyle modification alone for US adults. Using a microsimulation model, the study projected the lifetime health benefits and costs of these treatments for … Read more