David Shafer, a double board-certified New York City plastic surgeon who specializes in aesthetic and cosmetic surgery, told WWD in the fall
Other cautions include possible worsening of diabetic retinopathy in some people with type 2 diabetes, especially when glucose improves quickly
The best approach is balanced: keep the metabolic benefits, understand the retinal risk, and monitor the eye appropriately
is studying the active ingredient of its diabetes treatment, Mounjaro, and its anti-obesity cousin, Zepbound, with children as young as 6
This protocol follows evidence-based initiation guidelines that minimize gastrointestinal side effects while establishing baseline tolerance to GLP-1 receptor activation
Scientific research published in Diabetes Care confirms that GLP-1 therapies directly delay gastric emptying and reduce the rate at which food moves through the intestines, contributing to digestive symptoms