Semaglutide

A suboptimal clinical response after metabolic and bariatric surgery (MBS) is common and carries considerable health concerns. Here a double-blinded, randomized (1:1), placebo-controlled trial using semaglutide 2.4 mg weekly (BARI-STEP) recruited adu…

Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RAs) are increasingly prescribed for type 2 diabetes in addition to other conditions such as obesity. As their use expands, understanding potential ocular safety signals is important, particularly in p…

BACKGROUND: Evidence, including animal, clinical, and real-world studies in individuals with type 2 diabetes and/or obesity, suggests reduced risk of dementia and Alzheimer's disease after GLP-1 receptor agonist exposure. The evoke and evoke+ trials…

BACKGROUND: Semaglutide, a glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist, is widely used for the management of type 2 diabetes (T2DM). Recent case reports have raised concerns about a potential association between semaglutide use and the development of no…

OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to assess weight and safety outcomes in a large national cohort of patients with overweight and obesity treated with GLP-1 medications via telehealth. METHODS: Data were obtained from deidentified EHRs for a random sample…

Obesity is a growing global health concern that leads to metabolic imbalances and progressive cardiac remodelling. This study investigated whether semaglutide (SMG) can counteract the disruption to the gut-heart-metabolic axis and associated myocardi…

Background Saudi Arabia has one of the highest global prevalences of diabetes mellitus (39.5%), with cardiovascular disease (CVD) representing the leading cause of mortality among patients with diabetes. Sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT-2) inhibi…

OBJECTIVE: We compared health care spending and utilization associated with semaglutide relative to bariatric surgery in patients with obesity and type 2 diabetes (T2D). METHODS: Using MarketScan insurance claims of patients with BMI ≥ 35 and T2D fro…

BACKGROUND: Risk of non-arteritic anterior ischaemic optic neuropathy (NAION) following exposure to glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1RAs) in people with type 2 diabetes and/or obesity remains unclear. The aim of this study was to inves…

Congenital cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection, due to both nonprimary and primary maternal infection, affects nearly 1% of neonates. In conducting a randomized trial of hyperimmune globulin for prevention of congenital CMV infection, we screened over 20…

AIMS: To evaluate glycemic control, weight management, and patient-reported outcomes (PROs) in adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus who transitioned to oral semaglutide (OS) after inadequate glycemic control on dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitors (DPP-…

BACKGROUND: The combination of cagrilintide and semaglutide has been shown in global studies to induce reductions in bodyweight. We assessed the efficacy and safety of a fixed-dose combination of cagrilintide 2·4 mg and semaglutide 2·4 mg versus sema…

INTRODUCTION: Within the cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic syndrome (CKM) framework, semaglutide has demonstrated benefits beyond glycemic control and weight loss in clinical trials. However, most real-world studies in type 2 diabetes (T2D) have limite…

BACKGROUND: Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease is common among individuals with type 2 diabetes mellitus and substantially increases the risk of liver cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma. Effective therapies that improve meta…

BACKGROUND: Brachial plexus neuritis, or Parsonage–Turner syndrome, is an uncommon neuropathy marked by acute pain followed by weakness, often triggered by infection, vaccination, trauma, or metabolic stress but the exact cause of this disease remain…

BACKGROUND: Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a global health problem, and its mechanisms can be divided into primary and secondary damage. Secondary injuries play a significant role in TBI outcomes. Recent studies have shown that semaglutide, a novel…