By week 80, up to half of participants were down to mild apnea. Lead author Ron Grunstein credits weight loss, not a direct effect on breathing.
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A Facebook share says Danish teams found certain bacterial strains may change how the gut tells the brain it is full. The work so far is in animal models only.
Bikman calls the results remarkable, but he argues that bigger drops make it more important to know how much of the lost weight is fat and how much is muscle.
Bikman points out that weight usually returns once the drug is stopped, which makes the question of lifelong use a real one.
Avi Roy flags a preprint that pooled 10,052 people from five semaglutide trials and used a blood test to estimate heart age. It has not yet been peer reviewed.
A legal walkthrough of the 503A rules behind the October 28 policy, the July advisory vote, and the HHS note that it may revisit the policy if safety signals appear.
The ASPS weekly recap opens with GLP-1 drugs versus weight loss surgery, alongside med spa red flags and deep plane neck liposuction.
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