Here's what San Antonio doctors say about the widespread use of GLP-1 medications for obesity, diabetes and other conditions.

Some of the most significant changes include what GLP-1 users eat at restaurants. Technomic data shows that one-third of ...

Bariatric surgery is a key offering for many ASCs and gastroenterology practices, despite declines in inpatient surgical volumes for the procedure. Here are five things to know about the recent ...

GLP-1 receptor agonist (RA) prescribing increased from 0.2 to 6.4 per 1000 deliveries predelivery and from 0.3 to 14.6 per 1000 deliveries postdelivery between 2019 and 2024. Among recipients in 2024, ...

GLP-1s are used for type 2 diabetes, as well as weight loss in people with obesity or overweight with a related health condition. Read on for everything you need to know about GLP-1s for weight loss, ...

GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic and Mounjaro have significant health benefits for type 1 diabetes, including weight loss, despite ...

Just before the end of 2025, an oral version of a GLP-1 drug specifically used for weight management moved much closer to reality. On December 22, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved ...

Even though opioid overdoses reached their all-time peak in 2019, opioid prescriptions decreased by 37.1 percent from 2014-19, according to the most recent report from the American Medical Association ...

About one in five U.S. women reported that they misused prescription opioids during pregnancy, a CDC analysis of survey data shows. CDC analyzed data from surveys conducted in 2019 polling 21,488 ...

The class of drugs known as GLP-1 receptor agonists have become renowned for their effects in helping weight loss.