STAT+: Biotechs turn to gene silencing for obesity drugs that can last longer than Wegovy
Enticed by the immense market opened by GLP-1 weight loss drugs Wegovy and Zepbound, a…
Category: The Obesity Revolution
STAT+: What comes after Wegovy? The quest to eradicate obesity
About a decade ago, after becoming obese, Jacob Petersen lost weight so quickly that some…
STAT+: New weight loss drugs have proven their effectiveness. Now researchers want to know how to best use them
LONDON — Starting in the new year, a team of researchers in the U.K. and…
STAT+: Even as Wegovy rides high, interest surges in weight loss drugs that preserve muscle
Have you ever seen a mouse with a set of muscles more appropriate for a…
STAT+: How one scientist’s determination made Novo Nordisk an obesity-drug powerhouse
Lotte Bjerre Knudsen was still getting used to all the empty benches in her lab…
GLP-1 drugs are transforming diabetes, obesity and more. Could a Nobel be next?
Next week, 50 medical experts from the Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm will meet to award…
STAT+: The Ozempic revolution is rooted in the work of Svetlana Mojsov, yet she’s been edged out of the story
On a mild May day in 1993, about 60 scientists and doctors gathered on a…
STAT+: New obesity drugs are in the works trying to out-blockbuster Wegovy and Mounjaro
The exploding popularity of drugs like Wegovy and Mounjaro has propelled dozens of companies to…
STAT+: Here are the dozens of weight loss drugs in development to catch a booming market
The blazing success of weight loss drugs like Wegovy and Mounjaro has electrified the pursuit…
What do new weight loss drugs mean for the future of bariatric surgery?
Over the past year, weight loss drugs have captured the public’s imagination but also raised…
STAT+: Obesity specialists are scarce. Here’s how that’s starting to change
Treatment of obesity has never been more prominent, with the advent of medications like Ozempic…
STAT+: Alarmed by popularity of Ozempic and Wegovy, insurers wage multi-front battle
Patients are bracing for “D-Day,” the date their insurance companies will stop covering the drugs….
For a 9-year-old patient at a Los Angeles obesity clinic, barriers to health are everywhere
This is part of a series about new obesity drugs that are transforming patients’ lives,…
STAT+: The new weight loss drugs are revolutionizing our understanding of desire. Food cravings could be just the beginning
One month it was pizza. Starting in the late afternoon, while he was teaching a…
STAT+: With Wegovy and Ozempic’s success, can device makers keep up in the race to treat obesity?
The makers of minimally invasive surgical devices seemed poised to capture a wide swath of…
STAT+: STAT-Harris Poll: Nearly half of U.S. adults would spend $100 a month for Ozempic, other weight-loss drugs
Almost half of Americans would be willing to spend up to $100 a month for…
STAT+: Novo Nordisk sues spas and clinics for selling versions of Wegovy and Ozempic for weight loss
In the latest fracas over obesity drugs, Novo Nordisk filed lawsuits alleging several medical spas,…
BMI is starting to plateau in rich Western countries. That doesn’t mean obesity is solved
This is part of a series about new obesity drugs that are transforming patients’ lives,…
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STAT+: Beyond Wegovy and Ozempic: Biotechs vie for piece of red-hot weight loss market with novel strategies
This is part of a series about new obesity drugs that are transforming patients’ lives,…
‘There’s a huge fatphobia problem in the eating disorder world’: Even in treatment, weight stigma fails patients
This is part of a series about new obesity drugs that are transforming patients’ lives,…
‘That scares me’: New childhood obesity guidelines still face a long road to consensus
This is part of a series about new obesity drugs that are transforming patients’ lives,…
STAT+: ‘Emotional hunger’ vs. ‘hungry gut’: The attempt to subtype obesity and tailor treatments
This is part of a series about new obesity drugs that are transforming patients’ lives,…
Watch: The troubled history of BMI, the body mass index
The body mass index, or BMI, is the formula that’s used most often to diagnose…