While West Virginia's employee health insurance program covers drugs like Ozempic for people with type 2 diabetes, officials ...

Although bipartisan legislation to provide Medicare coverage for obesity treatments has circulated in Congress for more than ...

HealthDay News — Racial and ethnic disparities are seen in the use of obesity-management medications, according to a study published online Dec. 17 in the Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health ...

Desjardins Insurance is partnering with Constant Health to launch weight management coverage of obesity medications (OMs) in ...

In a recent episode of the global health and wellness show Bloom, host Gayle Guyardo welcomed Dr. Bharti Shetye, MD, MFOMA, a ...

Other research suggests it’s important to target the use of the anti-obesity medications to the BMI range that would get the most benefit. For people just barely above the BMI threshold of 30 ...

Obesity rates in the UK might start falling by the end of 2024 due to the rising use of weight loss medications like Wegovy and Mounjaro, according to Simple Online Pharmacy, Sky News reports.

A systematic review of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) assessed the efficacy and safety of glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RAs) and co-agonists for obesity in adults without ...

She said the state employee pilot program took a responsible approach by requiring that patients be prescribed the medications through obesity specialists, giving them counseling on diet ...

Asians, non-Hispanic Blacks and Hispanics were significantly less likely than whites to use obesity-management medications to lower their weight compared with whites, new research suggests.

West Virginia Patients Are Left in Limbo Over Changing Insurance Coverage of Obesity Medications CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Lory Osborn says the Wegovy she was prescribed 15 months ago did more ...