{"id":51366,"date":"2025-01-20T16:01:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-20T16:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gulftimes.ae\/ozempic-and-wegovy-may-boost-health-from-addiction-to-dementia\/"},"modified":"2025-01-20T16:01:00","modified_gmt":"2025-01-20T16:01:00","slug":"ozempic-and-wegovy-may-boost-health-from-addiction-to-dementia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gulftimes.ae\/?p=51366","title":{"rendered":"Ozempic and Wegovy may boost health, from addiction to dementia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The study used data on US veterans with type 2 diabetes, some of whom were given Ozempic or Wegovy and some more standard drugs &#8211; to measure their effect on 175 other illnesses.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">There appeared to be a significant boon to heart health, with lower levels of heart attacks, stroke, heart failure and high blood pressure, in those taking the new weight-loss drugs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">They also cut the risk of substance abuse (including alcohol, opioids and cannabis) as well as reducing schizophrenia, suicidal thoughts and seizures.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Despite the study being short, and people taking the drugs for only 3.5 years because of how new they are, it reported a 12% reduction in Alzheimer&#8217;s disease.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">There was also less liver cancer, muscle pain and chronic kidney disease as well as a noted reduction in bacterial infections and fever.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">On the flip side, people were more likely to have problems in their digestive system. 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