The obesity rate has stopped increasing in the U.S., due in part to the growing use of GLP-1s — with one in eight Americans having taken one last year. While it’s certainly good news…
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Direct-to-consumer virtual care company Hims & Hers is receiving backlash to its 60-second commercial dubbed “Sick of the System” that ran during the Super Bowl on Fox.The ad states that “obesity is America’s deadliest…
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Digital weight loss company Noom has confirmed it laid off a portion of its staff.”In an effort to build a more efficient business centered around the needs of our customers, we made the difficult…
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A self-referral service has gone live across North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care System (ICS) to help NHS organisations manage growing demand for weight loss medications.
The online system, provided by digital health company…
DarioHealth, a digital chronic condition management platform, announced it expanded its GLP-1 offering with prescribing capabilities, a move the company said will help it capture a larger share of the weight-loss market space.The company…
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Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a serious, chronic sleep-related breathing disease that impacts an estimated 80 million people in the United States and nearly 1 billion globally. Untreated OSA carries profound health and quality-of-life…
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Digital interventions are increasingly utilized as a lever to promote population health, yet not everyone may equally benefit from them. This umbrella review pooled the insights from available systematic and scoping reviews regarding potential…
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The Unprecedented Rise in Medicaid’s Diabetes Drug Spending
Introduction to the Crisis
Medicaid faces a staggering projection of $29.9 billion in expenditure for type 2 diabetes and weight loss medications, according to a recent report from…
Dr. Robyn Daugherty, a double board-certified female plastic surgeon based in Baton Rouge, LA joins eHealth Radio and the Plastic Surgery Information Channel. With extensive training and experience, Dr. Daugherty provides valuable insight into…
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Culina Health, a digital nutrition company, has secured $7.9 million in Series A funding, which it will use to grow its company and reach more patients, the startup announced Thursday.
Hoboken, New Jersey-based Culina Health…
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