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GLP-1 drugs made a former FDA chief ‘feel ill.’ But he’d take them again
In recent years, Kessler has lost considerable weight himself with the help of the new GLP-1 drugs. He describes his weight ...
Weight-Loss Drugs Aren’t Really About Weight
Ever since the pharmaceutical company Novo Nordisk realized that GLP-1 drugs were useful for more than diabetes, doctors and ...
In a World of Addictive Foods, We Need GLP-1s
This is a mistake. GLP-1s appear to modify addictive brain pathways that are activated by ultraformulated foods, helping ...
You need more than Ozempic to fight food addiction. Here’s how
In 'Diet, Drugs, and Dopamine,' former FDA Commissioner David A. Kessler offers a comprehensive guide to weight loss.
Weight loss drugs have "no end game," former FDA commissioner warns
Former FDA Commissioner David Kessler shared his experience with GLP-1 weight loss drugs on "CBS Mornings Plus." ...
Maddow Blog | Trump is a medical success story. He’s stopping others from achieving the same outcome.
Rachel Maddow says Trump’s physical exam shows he's benefiting from the very same medical infrastructure that he's destroying ...
Junk food is addictive. Drugs like Ozempic treat addiction. But when will we tackle Big Food like we did Big Tobacco?
A former head of the US Food and Drug Administration cut his body fat in half using GLP-1 drugs. In his book, he compares the ...
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Regulating in the Name of Public Health
In a conversation with The Regulatory Review, public health expert Mitch Zeller reflects on his tenure at the U.S. Food and ...
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GLP-1 drugs made a former FDA chief ‘feel ill.’ But he’d take them again.
David Kessler has declared war on what he calls ... a former commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration. “Cardiologists, kidney specialists, oncologists and others are just waking ...