BIZARRE: 5 | Mind Blowing Facts

What Skipping Meals Does to Your Gallbladder: Bile, Stones, and the Fasting Risk

The Gallbladder Is Not a Storage Organ You Can IgnoreThe gallbladder's job is timed release. It holds bile produced by the liver and squeezes it into the small intestine the moment fat enters from a meal. That squeeze is triggered by eating. No meal, no squeeze. Bile sits. And bile…

Times Life · Aug 14

New Weight Loss Pills Barely Worked in Mice Until Scientists Uncovered a Brain Circuit Controlling Cravings

Small-molecule GLP-1 drugs barely bind rodent receptors, stalling animal work. A humanized mouse finally revealed a reward circuit they switch off.

Medical Daily · Aug 13

Why Gallstones Are Striking Indian Women Under 40: Diet, Hormones, and Rising Risk

The hormonal connection is directGallstones are forming in Indian women in their twenties and early thirties at rates that would have been unusual a generation ago. A 2018 study published in the Indian Journal of Gastroenterology found gallstone prevalence in Indian women significantly higher than in men, with urban women…

Times Life · Aug 13

Chrissy Metz Before and After Photos: Inside Her Dramatic 100-Pound Weight-Loss Journey and GLP-1 Confession

Chrissy Metz shares her 100-lb weight loss journey, highlighting lifestyle changes and her recent use of GLP-1 medication, while addressing public scrutiny and prioritising long-term health.

International Business Times UK · Aug 11

The Obesity Drug Race Moves Past Ozempic with a Shot Targeting Three Hormones

Eli Lilly's retatrutide produced up to 30.3% average weight loss in phase 3 trials. Approval is not expected before 2027 at the earliest.

Medical Daily · Aug 11

UK first in Europe to approve Eli Lilly oral weight loss drug

Britain has become the first country in Europe to approve orforglipron, the oral weight loss and diabetes treatment developed by US company Eli Lilly, the UK government has revealed. Eli Lilly's Mounjaro weight loss drug, like Wegovy, is injected. bcp/ajb/st

The Economic Times · Aug 11

What we know about Foundayo - the new weight loss pills to be approved in UK

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The Independent UK · Aug 11

Foundayo: The new weight loss pill approved for the UK

Foundayo has been approved for treating weight loss as well as type 2 diabetes

The Independent UK · Aug 11

Semaglutide Was Linked to Fewer Fractures in People with Type 2 Diabetes Despite Greater Weight Loss

A study of nearly 60,000 adults with type 2 diabetes found semaglutide was associated with 15% fewer fractures than other weight-loss medications.

Medical Daily · Aug 10

'Eating Crisco out of the Can': Unrecognisable John Goodman Warns Against Making Him Weight Loss Idol

Hollywood actor John Goodman has shocked fans after being photographed looking drastically unrecognisable at a Los Angeles supermarket following a 200-pound weight loss.

International Business Times UK · Aug 10