Should Medicare, Medicaid Cover Anti-Obesity Drugs? Doctors Speak Out
Joe Biden wants diabetes drugs that aid weight loss and treat obesity, such as Wegovy, to fall under Medicare and Medicaid.
7.4 million Americans could gain Medicare or Medicaid coverage for anti-obesity drugs under Biden proposal
Millions more senior citizens and lower-income Americans could obtain coverage for costly anti-obesity drugs under a proposal ...
Fewer Fast Food Outlets Might Help Prevent Childhood Obesity: Study
More than 390 million children and adolescents were overweight or obese as of 2022, according to the World Health ...
New Obesity Drug MariTide Helps Patients Lose Up to 20% of Weight, Early Data Shows
The pharmaceutical manufacturer Amgen announced on Tuesday that an experimental obesity drug helped patients lose up to 20 ...
White House Proposes Big Expansion of Medicare, Medicaid Coverage of Obesity Drugs
More than seven million additional Americans could get coverage for popular drugs such as Zepbound and Wegovy under the ...
Cheap Ozempic? How millions of Americans with obesity may get access to costly weight-loss drugs
Millions of obese Americans would get access to popular weekly injectables that would help them shed pounds quickly if a $35 ...
Biden administration proposes expanding obesity drug coverage under Medicare and Medicaid
The Biden administration has proposed a new rule to “significantly” expand coverage of anti-obesity medications for Americans ...
Biden proposes expanded Medicare, Medicaid coverage of obesity drugs
U.S. President Joe Biden on Tuesday proposed expanding coverage of anti-obesity drugs, like Novo Nordisk's Wegovy, for more ...
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National Trends in Obesity and How It Affects the Brain
States with the lowest number of high school and college graduates also have the highest percentage of obese citizens. This ...
Death rates linked to obesity-related heart disease are up, especially among men
Obesity also contributes to other risk factors for heart disease, including high cholesterol, high blood pressure, Type 2 ...
Canada approves Novo Nordisk's obesity drug to reduce risk of non-fatal heart attack
Canada's health regulator has approved Novo Nordisk's weight loss drug Wegovy to reduce the risk of nonfatal heart attack or ...
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The Connection Between Obesity and the Reward System
Studies have revealed that obesity and eating disorders disrupt the brain's normal response to food entering the stomach and ...