'Weight loss' jabs could slow ageing
Daily Mirror UK|August 31, 2024
'Weight loss' jabs could slow ageing
MARTIN BAGOT
'Weight loss' jabs could slow ageing

A DRUG used by celebrities that can aid weight loss could boost all-round health and even combat ageing, scientists have discovered.

The European Society of Cardiology congress, being held in London, heard how semaglutide had a range of benefits.

These include tackling untreatable high blood pressure, cutting Covid-19 deaths, reversing kidney disease and cutting risk of heart attack and strokes.

Currently it is injected and sold under brands such as Wegovy and Ozempic, both semaglutide at different doses.

This story is from the August 31, 2024 edition of Daily Mirror UK.

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