The trial was also not randomized or controlled, two serious marks against it
The investment in body contouring both financial and physical can provide life-changing results when approached thoughtfully
The addition of phentermine, a stimulant, helps reduce hunger by influencing certain brain chemicals involved in appetite control
If you spend any time on TikTok or in wellness corners of the internet, youve probably heard about the microdosing of GLP-1 medications like semaglutide (Wegovy/Ozempic) and tirzepatide (Zepbound/Mounjaro)
The conversation covers how our understanding of obesity as a chronic, relapsing disease has changed over the past 30 years, what the new clinical versus preclinical obesity framework means for how we diagnose and treat it, how GLP-1 drugs work and why they've succeeded where earlier medications failed, what the STEP and SELECT trials revealed about the disease-modifying potential of semaglutide, and how patients and clinicians should be thinking about who these drugs are really for