Ian Storch, DO, an osteopathic physician specializing in gastroenterology and internal medicine and an American Osteopathic Association member, who was also not involved in the study, explained to MNT: MASH (Metabolic Associated Hepatitis) is such an important disease, which didnt get much attention in the past for two reasons, one being our deficiency in cost-effective noninvasive imaging modalities to assess fibrosis and the second being our lack of treatment modalities
1 Even in the absence of a previous heart attack or stroke, adults with [T2D] face an increased risk of cardiovascular events, underscoring the need for therapies that go beyond managing blood sugar, John Buse, MD, PhD, distinguished professor of medicine, director of the UNC Diabetes Care Center, and Steering Committee Co-Chair of the SOUL trial, said in a statement
You can also reduce cardiovascular risk with consistency
Despite that caution, nausea still appears in a meaningful subset of patients during week 1
3 There are also strict guidelines for who qualifies for these medications, and theres a spectrum of little-talked-about weight-loss medications available on the market that arent GLP-1s
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