Weight loss injections are medications that help the user lose weight. These drugs have been increasing in popularity over the last few years, thanks to a combination of their effectiveness and generally growing acceptance among medical and fitness communities.

Three cities in Hawaii, Minnesota, and Texas report the highest usage of injectable weight loss medications. Meanwhile, cities in New Mexico, Minnesota, Kansas, and Utah are leading the pack for cities who are the most open to trying a prescription weight loss medication.

Some oncologists are turning to GLP-1 agents to help patients shed excess pounds, with the goal of improving cancer outcomes. But data on the practice remain limited.

A new national survey shows that, despite intense marketing, most Americans do not want the new weight-loss injectables, such as Wegovy and Ozempic.

Weight-loss jabs will be rolled out across the NHS for the first time in an effort to tackle obesity. Health officials have announced plans to offer injections of Mounjaro - the most effective on the market - to 1.6 million people. NHS England proposed that the jabs should first go to those likely to achieve the greatest clinical benefit.

Only Medical Card holders are to get the weight loss wonder drug Ozempic free in Ireland. Everyone else will have to pay for it out of their own pocket, Health Minister Stephen Donnelly has confirmed.

WeightWatchers will begin selling compounded alternatives to certain weight-loss drugs that are experiencing shortages. Why it matters: Federal law allows companies to sell compounded versions of drugs that are on the FDA's shortages list — which has led to a surge of copycats to the newly popular class of GLP-1 injections.

Lots of people want to lose weight but they don't necessarily want to take regular injections to do it. That's the finding of a new national survey. It fou

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