A GLP-1 receptor agonist approved for type 2 diabetes and chronic weight management.
BACKGROUND: To examine preliminary associations between enlarged perivascular spaces (ePVS) and cerebrovascular small-vessel disease, cortical atrophy, and cognitive impairment among a select cohort of Hispanic and Latino adults. The Hispanic and Lat…
OBJECTIVE: Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RAs) such as semaglutide (SEM) and tirzepatide (TZP) were initially approved for type 2 diabetes management but are increasingly used for weight loss. Limited data exist on real-world use am…
In recent years, semaglutide has repeatedly attracted attention in the press and on social media due to its effects in weight management. The social media hype led to off-label use and global supply shortages. Our goal was to identify differences in…
AIMS: Acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is among the leading causes of mortality in patients with type 2 diabetes (T2DM). This study evaluated whether initiation of glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP1RAs) post-AMI improves cardiovascular…
Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1RAs) have been shown to exert favorable effects on hepatic biomarkers and liver-related conditions, including nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and nonalcoholic steatohepatitis. However, the optimal dosa…
Obesity is a multifactorial metabolic condition characterized by dysregulated lipid accumulation and systemic energy imbalance with escalating global prevalence. This chronic disease drives a spectrum of life-threatening comorbidities, including meta…
AIMS: The aim of this systematic review and meta-analysis was to evaluate the effect of GLP-1RAs on functional walking distance and the risk of major adverse limb events (MALE) or lower extremity amputation (LEA) in people with type 2 diabetes and pe…
BACKGROUND: Abdominoplasty in patients with obesity carries a heightened risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE) due to a proinflammatory and hypercoagulable baseline. Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RAs) are increasingly used for weigh…
BACKGROUND: Individuals with schizophrenia suffer from reduced life expectancy, primarily due to obesity-related metabolic disorders and cardiovascular disease (CVD). The presence of cardiac autonomic neuropathy (CAN) may contribute to CVD, but CAN i…
Glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonists are widely used for the management of obesity; however, respiratory complications are rarely documented. A 40-year-old person without diabetes with obesity (body mass index [BMI] 36 kg/m) developed ex…
Microglial activation driven by NOD-, LRR- and pyrin domain-containing protein 3 (NLRP3) inflammasome signaling exacerbates Alzheimer's disease (AD) pathology through enhanced neuroinflammation and amyloid beta (Aβ) accumulation. Semaglutide (SEM) ha…
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder and the leading cause of dementia in elderly people, marked by the accumulation of amyloid-β plaques and neurofibrillary tangles, resulting in neurodegeneration and cognitive declin…
Pediatric cardiomyopathy is a major cause of diastolic heart failure; yet, its mechanisms remain unclear. Global myocardial transcriptomic and blood lipidomic profiling revealed a distinct metabolic signature of diastolic dysfunction marked by dysreg…
BACKGROUND: Obesity-related heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) is associated with high morbidity and limited therapeutic options. Tirzepatide, a dual agonist of glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide (GIP) and glucagon-like…
OBJECTIVE: We examined whether the addition of GLP-1RA to progestin therapy reduced the risk of hysterectomy in patients with endometrial intraepithelial neoplasia (EIN) and endometrial cancer (EC) in the U.S. managed with fertility-sparing managemen…
The global prevalence of diabetes mellitus (DM) and heart failure (HF) is rapidly increasing. Hyperglycemia, insulin resistance and hyperglycemia-induced oxidative stress in people with DM are the key etiological factors of HF. The factors disrupt sy…
AIMS: This study aims to compare the risk of major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) among United States individuals with type 2 diabetes (T2D) and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) treated with once-weekly semaglutide vs. dulaglutide…
AIMS: To characterize the cardiometabolic profiles of oral and subcutaneous glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor mono-agonists in adults with overweight or obesity, with or without type 2 diabetes (T2D), using network meta-analysis (NMA). MATERIA…