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fromwww.bbc.com
1 week ago

'I thought I was going to die' - Woman calls for tighter weight-loss jabs checks

Emma Dyer remembers the moment she clicked "buy now" on a set of weightloss jabs she found online. She had no medical consultation, no ID checks, and no questions about her history of anorexia and bulimia. "It was just so easy - too easy," she says. "They never asked for my medical history or what medication I was taking. It was like buying groceries."
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fromwww.bbc.com
1 month ago

Could weight-loss jabs be behind rising gallbladder removals?

Specialist doctors call for more research into a possible link between GLP-1 weight-loss injections and rising gallbladder removals and gallstones.
Public health
fromwww.independent.co.uk
1 month ago

One in seven using drugs not licensed for weight loss as 1.6m in UK now on them

About 1.6 million Britons used weight‑loss injections in the past year, with one in seven using medications not licensed for weight loss, raising safety concerns.
Public health
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

India's doctors sound alarm over boom in availability of weight loss jabs

Rapid, unregulated uptake of weight-loss injections in India risks safety concerns and does not solve the growing obesity and diabetes epidemic.
Medicine
fromwww.bbc.com
2 months ago

People fake weight to obtain skinny jabs, says GP

Patients falsify weight measurements to obtain online prescriptions for Wegovy and Mounjaro, prompting calls for tighter checks and raising health and regulation concerns.
Public health
fromwww.independent.co.uk
4 months ago

Warning after King Kong' of weight-loss jabs found being sold on social media

Fake versions of Retatrutide and other weight-loss injections are being sold illegally on social media with false source claims and inconsistent usage instructions.
US politics
fromwww.independent.co.uk
5 months ago

Obese children as young as six could benefit from weight-loss jabs

Weight-loss injections could benefit obese children from age six for obesity and type 2 diabetes, but gastrointestinal side effects are more common.
Public health
fromBusiness Matters
6 months ago

Weight-loss jabs could slash UK sick days and boost productivity, study finds

Wider access to weight-loss injections on the NHS could reduce sick days and alleviate the economic burden of obesity.
fromBusiness Matters
6 months ago

ASA bans online pharmacy adverts for weight loss injections in major enforcement drive

The UK’s Advertising Standards Authority has prohibited online pharmacies from advertising prescription-only weight loss injections, aiming to regulate the online selling culture.
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