Richie is a professor of public health sciences and pharmacology at Penn State College of Medicine, State College, PA
The commonest conditions reported were psoriasis (17.4%), non-melanoma skin cancer (10.8%), infection of the skin (6.7%), hand eczema (6.2%), acne (6.2%), nevi (5.0%), atopic dermatitis (4.5%), benign skin tumors (4.2%), and eczema (contact dermatitis) (4.1%)
These doses are typically effective in lowering blood sugar and can also result in some weight loss as a secondary benefit
Among patients with diabetes, the risk was about 42% lower in those taking GLP-1 medications compared with those taking metformin or insulin
Specifically, lipid and triglyceride accumulated intracellularly, and glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GPDH) activity decreased in ISO-treated cells
This shift prompts critical discussions about how these therapies may be altering care-seeking behaviors and diagnosis timelines