Ozempic could delay ageing, researchers suggest | BBC News
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A drug used to treat Type 2 diabetes and obesity could also slow down the process of ageing, researchers believe. Semaglutide, better known as Ozempic, "has far-reaching benefits beyond what we initially imagined," Prof Harlan Krumholz, from the Yale School of Medicine, said following the publication of several new studies. They found that the drug could be used to treat a wide range of illnesses linked to heart failure, arthritis, Alzheimer's and even cancer. The new data has been published in a number of medical journals, including the Journal of the American College of Cardiology (JACC), which Prof Krumholz edits. Subscribe here: http://bit.ly/1rbfUog For more news, analysis and features visit: www.bbc.com/news #Ozempic #BBCNews
  • Findom_DeLuise [she/her, they/them]
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    18 days ago

    I mean, yeah, no shit, if it's used by someone who is either hyperglycemic/pre-diabetic or who has full-on type 2 diabetes. Semaglutide helps to clamp down on excessive blood glucose floating around in the body due to insulin resistance. Having chronic high blood glucose like that fucks with everything from your kidneys to your heart, and also causes various issues with circulation and dry skin, which can give the appearance of premature aging.

    Of course, leave it to big pharma capitalist fucksticks (and their cronies at the BBC) to try to pitch it as some kind of miracle drug for every other goddamned thing that plagues humanity while keeping the price artificially inflated for as long as regulators will let them.