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One in eight adults in the U.S. has taken Ozempic or another type of GLP-1 drug, surveys show — and now a major new study has revealed a long list of benefits and some little-known risks.
Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor (GLP-1) agonists — which contain either semaglutide or liraglutide — are prescribed to treat type 2 diabetes and obesity, but previous studies have linked the drugs to other, unexpected benefits.
Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and the Veterans Affairs (VA) St. Louis Health Care System studied the health outcomes of more than two million veterans with diabetes who took Ozempic or another type of GLP-1 drug between Oct. 1, 2017 and Dec. 31, 2023, according to a university press release.
OZEMPIC 'MICRODOSING' IS THE NEW WEIGHT-LOSS TREND
They then compared those outcomes to veterans who took non-GLP-1 diabetes medications.
The study, published in the journal Nature on Jan. 20, identified «widespread associations» between Oze..

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Four viruses are circulating in the U.S., sparking concerns of a possible «quademic.»
Influenza, COVID-19, RSV and norovirus are all at «very high levels» around the country, according to Samuel Scarpino, director of AI and life sciences and professor of health sciences at Northeastern University in Boston.
«We are in the middle of a very serious situation with respect to circulating pathogens,» he told Fox News Digital.
ANYONE OVER 50 SHOULD BE GETTING THESE 5 VACCINES, DOCTORS SAY
«Based on data from our national wastewater surveillance system, some parts of the country, such as Boston, seem to be entering the peak for all four diseases, but in other areas, cases are still rising,» Scarpino added.
Dr. Marc Siegel, clinical professor of medicine at NYU Langone Health and Fox News senior medical analyst, noted that it is currently peak respiratory virus season.
«It is not a ‘quad-demic,’ per se, just a lot of respiratory viruses and bacteria at once,» he said to Fox News Digital.
On to..

With President Donald Trump back in the White House, many of America’s doctors are welcoming the new administration’s greater focus on health and wellness.
The Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) initiative — led by incoming Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. — aims to improve nutrition, eliminate toxins, preserve natural habitats and fight the chronic disease epidemic, according to its website.
Several physicians shared with Fox News Digital what they hope and expect to see on the health front during the next four years.
BMI IS WRONG WAY TO MEASURE OBESITY, RESEARCHERS SAY — HERE’S WHAT THEY RECOMMEND INSTEAD
With Trump in the White House again, Dr. Marc Siegel, Fox News senior medical analyst, said he looks forward to a greater focus on mental health.
«The mental health epidemic is worsening, including among our teens,» he told Fox News Digital — a problem that he said is worsened by «social media overreach.»
«The best approach is connectivity, and a return to..

A group of 58 researchers is calling for a new, better way to measure obesity.
The global team’s recommendations were published in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology on Jan. 14.
Body mass index (BMI) has been the international standard for measuring obesity since the 1980s, according to many sources, though some experts have questioned its validity.
OZEMPIC ‘MICRODOSING’ IS THE NEW WEIGHT-LOSS TREND: SHOULD YOU TRY IT?
A person’s BMI is calculated by dividing his or her weight by the square of his or her height in feet.
«Obesity is a complex problem and has different significance at the individual level,» the report's lead author Francesco Rubino, chair of bariatric and metabolic surgery at King’s College London, United Kingdom, told Fox News Digital.
Obesity is a «spectrum,» he said, rather than a «single, distinct clinical entity.»
Rubino went on, «It is impossible to say if obesity is a disease or not, as disease status cannot coincide with body size or mere excess body fat.»..

Ivanka Trump, a daughter of President Trump, has been known to lead an active life.
As the mother of three kids and a lover of outdoor sports, the 43-year-old is always on the move, recently adding jiu-jitsu to her mix of physical activity.
In a recent appearance on «The Skinny Confidential Him & Her» podcast, Trump shared how her daughter, Arabella, expressed interest in learning self-defense when she was 11.
IVANKA TRUMP SHARES THE FITNESS ROUTINE THAT HAS ‘TRANSFORMED’ HER BODY: ‘SAFE AND STEADY’
«I’m just so in awe of [her],» Trump said about her daughter.
«She came to me and said, ‘As a woman, I feel like I need to know how to defend myself, and I don’t have a confidence level yet that I can do that.’»
Trump responded, «At 11 … I was not thinking about how to physically defend myself, and I thought it was the coolest thing.»
After researching self-defense options, Trump enrolled Arabella, now 13, in jiu-jitsu (martial arts) classes with the Valente Brothers in Miami, Florida – an..

As cases of H5N1, also known as avian flu or bird flu, continue to surface across the U.S., safety precautions are ramping up.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced on Thursday its recommendation to test hospitalized influenza A patients more quickly and thoroughly to distinguish between seasonal flu and bird flu.
The accelerated «subtyping» of flu A in hospitalized patients is in response to «sporadic human infections» of avian flu, the CDC wrote in a press release.
ONE STATE LEADS COUNTRY IN HUMAN BIRD FLU WITH NEARLY 40 CONFIRMED CASES
«CDC is recommending a shortened timeline for subtyping all influenza A specimens among hospitalized patients and increasing efforts at clinical laboratories to identify non-seasonal influenza,» the agency wrote.
«Clinicians and laboratorians are reminded to test for influenza in patients with suspected influenza and, going forward, to now expedite the subtyping of influenza A-positive specimens from hospitalized patients..

A surgeon in Austin, Texas, was in the middle of surgery when she was notified of a phone call from the patient’s insurance provider.
Dr. Elisabeth Potter is a board-certified plastic surgeon who specializes in reconstruction for women who have had breast cancer. Last year alone, she did about 520 surgeries for cancer patients.
She recently shared a video of herself talking about the experience.
HEALTH CARE COSTS UP TO 300% HIGHER FOR PRIVATELY INSURED PATIENTS THAN THOSE WITH MEDICARE, REPORT REVEALS
«I just performed two bilateral DIEP flap surgeries and two bilateral tissue expander surgeries,» she said in the now-viral video.
(In DIEP flap surgery reconstruction, skin, fat and blood vessels from the patient's abdominal area are used to rebuild breasts.)
During one of the DIEP cases, while the patient was asleep on the operating table, the doctor was interrupted by a nurse supervisor informing her that a call had come in from UnitedHealthcare, the patient's insurance com..

A major annual cancer report has revealed a mix of good news and points of concern.
Cancer diagnoses are expected to exceed two million in 2025, with approximately 618,120 deaths predicted, according to the American Cancer Society’s annual cancer trends report, which was published today in CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians.
ACS researchers compiled data from central cancer registries and from the National Center for Health Statistics.
ALCOHOL LINKED TO CANCER RISK IN US SURGEON GENERAL'S NEW ADVISORY
While mortality rates have declined, certain groups are seeing a spike in diagnoses, the report noted.
«Continued reductions in cancer mortality because of drops in smoking, better treatment and earlier detection is certainly great news,» said lead author Rebecca Siegel, senior scientific director of surveillance research at the ACS in Georgia, in a press release.
«However, this progress is tempered by rising incidences in young and middle-aged women, who are often the family caregi..

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced a ban this week on red dye No. 3, or erythrosine, from foods and oral medications due to a potential cancer risk.
Food manufacturers have until Jan. 2027 to remove the dye (Red 3) from their products, and drug manufacturers have until Jan. 2028, the Associated Press reported.
The dye was removed from cosmetics nearly 35 years ago for the same cancer-related concerns.
FDA BANS RED FOOD DYE DUE TO POTENTIAL CANCER RISK
Following the Wednesday announcement of the new ban, nutritionists and other health experts applauded the removal of the additives from America's food supply.
Los Angeles-based registered dietitian nutritionist Ilana Muhlstein shared excitement about the FDA «finally» banning the synthetic dye that has been in candy, cereals and strawberry-flavored drinks for «far too long.»
«What is wild is that this decision comes over three decades after the same dye was banned in cosmetics like lipstick because there was enough..