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Family says it was obvious grandmother shouldn’t have been discharged after Adib surgery
The Gold Coast woman died days after she was operated on by the prominent weight-loss surgeon, a coroner finding that her path to surgery was rushed.
- Courtney Kruk
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- Healthcare
Amputations, heart attacks, days of vomiting: The horror toll of ‘backyard’ peptides
Victorians are taking peptides for everything from weight loss and body building to skin improvements. Many end up in hospitals with severe side effects.
- Melissa Cunningham and Henrietta Cook
‘Unviable’: 450,000 Australians to miss out on subsidised weight loss drug
Pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly on Friday declined a recommendation to have the government subsidise its Mounjaro drug for Australians with Type 2 diabetes.
- Angus Thomson
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- Science
Forget Ozempic. Aussie scientists found a way to directly attack sugar
A ubiquitous molecule could help treat obesity and heart disease, rewriting half a century of knowledge.
- Angus Dalton
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- Medicine
Ultra-cheap Ozempic is coming. That’s a mixed blessing for Australians
Generic versions of the drug can cost as little as $20 a month overseas, in a glimpse of the future for Australia.
- Nick Bonyhady
Ozempic-style drug in pill form wins key approval
Australian tech health providers say they are keen to offer an oral pill version of the class of medications, which previously required injections.
- Elias Visontay, Leah Douglas and Christy Santhosh
Allira was a fierce ‘body positivity’ advocate. Then the movement soured
Former body positivity influencers are fleeing the movement, while “skinny culture” is making an alarming comeback.
- Nell Geraets
‘Backfired’: Ozempic maker’s disastrous trial and its $US475 billion meltdown
Analysts say Novo Nordisk’s new obesity drug may be obsolete before it hits the shelves, underlining a massive fall from grace for the company behind the weight loss boom.
- Colin Kruger
The five things doctors wish you’d do instead of intermittent fasting
A new major review of research found no evidence to support the method as any better for weight loss than other diets.
- Courtney Thompson
- Opinion
- Opinion
‘Ozempic neck’ is the latest ‘side effect’ of GLP-1s. It’s a symptom of something uglier
Such “conditions” are not medical issues. They’re a way for cosmetic surgeons to sell you something.
- Hannah Vanderheide