Medical Notes: A New Weight Loss Drug Without The Side Effects, How Paternal Drinking Affects Kids, And How To Fix Your Arthritic Knees Without Surgery
Why are weight loss drugs so difficult to take long-term? GIP-1 medications help suppress a person’s appetite, but the various side effects like vomiting and nausea cause a majority of patients to stop using the drugs within a year. Thankfully, a research team has found a new brain region to target that won’t cause these gastro-intestinal symptoms. When tested in mice, the injection helped the animals lose weight without negative side effects. The study is published in the journal Science […]
