This Month
Children glued to their phones at meal time face obesity risk
Experts say letting youngsters scroll social media, watch videos or eat in front of the TV is “dangerous” and may be fuelling a growing obesity epidemic.
- Laura Donnelly
Men paid $760 to lose weight in ‘Game of Stones’ health scheme
A trial of a dieting program in which participants potentially lose money has been so successful that it will be rolled out nationally.
- Laura Donnelly
Using Ozempic before surgery may be dangerous
Even if users follow “nil by mouth” instructions before an operation, they may still have food in their stomachs when they are wheeled into the operating theatre.
- Jill Margo
Should doctors prescribe Ozempic for heart disease too?
A landmark study has shown Ozempic can reduce the risk of death in people with serious heart problems who are overweight or obese but do not have diabetes.
- Jill Margo
Ozempic helped after my heart attack, but it’s not the full solution
Tony Mellis knew something untoward was happening in his body, but so much more was happening in his life, he didn’t have time to see his doctor.
- Jill Margo
April
Ozempic ‘oops’ babies spark debate as users fall pregnant
Some women on weight-loss drugs who have struggled with fertility issues are now expecting children, leading to questions about the safety of such medications.
- Madison Muller
ASX stocks at risk from Ozempic – and ResMed isn’t one of them
Morgan Stanley brokers say the explosion of interest in the weight loss drugs will be far bigger than first thought. And these major companies could get hit.
- Joshua Peach
- Exclusive
- Start-ups
Trish lost 25kg on replica Ozempic. She fears for patients like her
Patients like Trish Miller are afraid their weight loss will come to a halt as the regulator mulls a ban on replica anti-obesity drugs made by pharmacists.
- Nick Bonyhady
March
- Opinion
- Investing
Don’t fixate on AI’s boom, a similar revolution is happening elsewhere
At the heart of this is Novo Nordisk, a 100-year-old Danish company, the Nvidia of weight loss drug companies – and SMSFs should take note.
- Tim Mackay
The battle over the trillion-dollar weight-loss bonanza
Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly are making blockbuster drugs. Can they maintain their lead?
- The Economist
Authorities raid pharmacy, plan off-brand Ozempic ban
The Therapeutic Goods Administration is cracking down on the supply of the wildly popular weight loss and diabetes medication.
- Nick Bonyhady
February
How eating cold rice, pasta can help you lose weight
Adding “resistant starch” such as cooked but cold leftover rice or pasta to your diet can facilitate weight loss, according to a new study in Nature Metabolism.
- Jill Margo
The least amount of exercise you can get away with
What’s the solution if you don’t have time for exercise or find it boring?
- Charlotte Lytton
I’ve got the ‘fat gene’ – but at 42 I’ve finally beaten it
Some of us are just genetically inclined to put on weight and keep it on. But that’s no reason for despair.
- Isabel Mohan
Why you can’t keep off the weight you lose
Yo-yo dieting is not only dangerous for your physical health, it can be debilitating to your sense of self-worth.
- Hattie Garlick
January
- Exclusive
- Start-ups
Ozempic seller Eucalyptus’ staff cash out $8m
The company’s tangles with doctors’ groups and drugmakers over the blockbuster treatment have not dented its $560 million valuation.
- Nick Bonyhady
‘On Ozempic I immediately lost all desire for alcohol’
Intriguingly, some users also reported that semaglutide decreased their desire to smoke or vape.
- David Cox
- Opinion
- Diet
Worrying about your post-festive BMI? You may not need to
Body mass index is saddled with scientific and historical baggage – and may not be that useful a measurement of health outcomes, anyway.
- Anjana Ahuja
What’s next for Ozempic?
Scientists are exploring whether the new diabetes and weight-loss drugs could also treat addiction, kidney disease and more.
- Updated
- Dani Blum
December 2023
Core Lithium plunges; The problem with Ozempic replicas; Rich Lister ‘not good enough’ to be waiter
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