GLP-1 medications are renowned for their ability to treat type 2 diabetes and aid weight loss. Now, there's a new benefit to ...

Ozempic has been approved to reduce the risk of worsening kidney disease and cardiovascular death in adults with Type 2 ...

Nephrologists jumped on the GLP-1 bandwagon well before Novo Nordisk won FDA approval for Ozempic in chronic kidney disease ...

The FDA has approved Ozempic (semaglutide) to reduce the risk of kidney disease worsening and cardiovascular death in those with T2D and CKD.

A study confirmed that side effects like pancreatitis and kidney damage are possible while taking GLP-1s like Ozempic. Here's ...

Finally, a few studies in mice have found that the medications can reduce the buildup of the protein tau in the brain, which is a key contributor to Alzheimer’s disease. Scaling back tau buildup could ...

Several years ago, a little-known drug named Ozempic — previously used only to treat diabetes — emerged as a promising new ...

The FDA’s approval of Ozempic to battle chronic kidney disease “allows us to more broadly address conditions within cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic syndrome, which affects millions of ...

The FDA has approved popular antiobesity drug Ozempic to help protect patients with type 2 diabetes from kidney disease.

The approval is based on results from the Phase III FLOW trial demonstrating Ozempic reduced the risk of severe kidney outcomes by 24% compared to placebo, including kidney failure, reduction in ...

The US Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday approved Ozempic for adults with type 2 diabetes and chronic kidney disease (CKD). The drug is now indicated specifically to treat kidney failure, ...

Both of these GLP-1 drugs were originally designed for diabetes, but their benefits keep expanding — KSTP health expert Dr.