Topic
Weight Loss
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Rivkin Rounds
FDA Approves Lilly’s Oral GLP-1 Therapy for Obesity
By Atara Kahn
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently approved Eli Lilly and Company’s oral GLP-1 receptor agonist, Foundayo (orforglipron), for chronic weight management in adults with obesity or those who…
Inside Consumer Protection
FTC Targets Weight-Loss Membership Program
By Laura Kim, Andrew Siegel, Carter McCants
In July, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) announced that telemedicine company NextMed agreed to pay $150,000 to settle charges that it deceptively advertised its GLP-1 weight-loss membership programs to consumers. The FTC’s…
Future Lawyer
What! Me Exercise?
By rickgeorges
I am always on the lookout for ways to lose weight. I have tried dieting, and other methods. However, I recently read that the best exercise is just walking. It…
The Right Coast
When Americans Lose Weight on Indulgent European Vacations, What Gives? – WSJ
Shelly Wegman enjoyed all the good stuff on a two-week trip to Rome and Tuscany last year, indulging in pasta, wine, bread, fresh fruit and vegetables, and of course, gelato.The…
Aging Parents Blog
Fat To Fit: An 81 Year Old Tells Us How She Lost Over 100 Pounds
She was a heavy smoking, alcoholic, obese woman who reached her first breaking point 40 years ago. After DeEtte Sauer’s friend drank himself to death, she woke up to her…
DC Medical Malpractice & Patient Safety Blog
Diabetes drugs that cause weight loss find plus-size online demand
They’re expensive and often uncovered by health insurance. They’re unfamiliar for now to many doctors, especially those in primary care. But — as expected — patients are hearing a lot…
DC Medical Malpractice & Patient Safety Blog
Calories, not clock watching, are key to weight loss, researchers say
Americans’ obsession with weight control can lead them to embrace diet theories and convert too many of them into conventional wisdom. Alas, when medical researchers put widely accepted notions to…
The Social Media Butterfly
How to Feel Better About Yourself After Gaining Weight During Covid
If you’ve gained weight over the pandemic (like me) and just don’t feel great about yourself, read this post. Many of us are returning to the office or socializing for…
Health Care Law Today
Florida Board of Medicine to Reconsider Telemedicine Weight Loss Rule
The Florida Board of Medicine will hold a rule development workshop to discuss updating the provisions of its rule for prescribing obesity drugs. Under the current rule (Florida Administrative Code…
The Right Coast
Why It Was Easier to Be Skinny in the 1980s
A 2016 study published in the journal Obesity Research & Clinical Practice found that it s harder for adults today to maintain the same weight as those 20 to 30…