GPs who prescribe semaglutide should be obliged to also refer those patients on to a dietitian for appropriate counselling, Dietitians Australia says. The organisation’s president…
Semaglutide is a game changer for patients right up until they stop the treatment, when many face the heartbreak of watching the kilos return. That…
BMI can be used to diagnose obesity but only in conjunction with other measures of body fat, according to a landmark international statement. A Lancet…
Pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly is readying a PBAC application for tirzepatide, which if successful, would become the first GLP-1 receptor agonist publicly funded for obesity…
The drug semaglutide, commonly known by the brand names Ozempic or Wegovy, was originally developed to help people with type 2 diabetes manage their blood…
Three founders of Eucalyptus, the telehealth corporate known for prescribing semaglutide at scale, have accrued fortunes of $52 million each, according to the Australian Financial…
A systematic review of PCOS treatment shows that doctors and patients agree on one thing: the current approach is not working. The Australian authors evaluated…
For years, Andrew refused to see a GP. If he developed an infection, he’d often rely on his wife’s repeat antibiotic prescriptions. × Welcome to…
Doctors at telehealth corporates have moved to Wegovy and Mounjaro as weight loss treatments ahead of today’s ban on semaglutide compounding. The Federal Government announced…
Novo Nordisk’s subcutaneous weight-loss drug Wegovy will hit Australian shelves this month, two years after it received TGA approval. The once-weekly injectable semaglutide formulation will…
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