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cover of episode Audio long read: The ‘breakthrough’ obesity drugs that have stunned researchers

Audio long read: The ‘breakthrough’ obesity drugs that have stunned researchers

2023/1/30
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A new generation of anti-obesity medications are displaying striking results: drastically diminishing weight, without the serious side effects of previous medications.

These drugs have raised hopes the weight can be pharmacologically altered in a safe way, but some researchers are concerned about the drugs' high cost, and that these medications could feed into some societies' obsessions with thinness.

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