Latest Research Suggests Ozempic Can Slow Ageing & Treat Cancer

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A drug used to treat Type 2 diabetes and obesity could also slow down the process of ageing, researchers believe.

Semaglutide, better known as Ozempic, "has far-reaching benefits beyond what we initially imagined," Prof Harlan Krumholz, from the Yale School of Medicine, said following the publication of several new studies.

They found that the drug could be used to treat a wide range of illnesses linked to heart failure, arthritis, Alzheimer's and even cancer.

"It wouldn't surprise me that improving people's health this way actually slows down the ageing process," Prof Krumholz was quoted on Friday as telling the European Society of Cardiology Conference 2024, where the studies were presented.

The new data has been published in a number of medical journals, including the Journal of the American College of Cardiology (JACC), which Prof Krumholz edits.

"These ground-breaking medications are poised to revolutionise cardiovascular care and could dramatically enhance cardiovascular health," he said.

The studies - part of the Select trial - tracked more than 17,600 people, aged 45 or older, as they were given either 2.4 mg of semaglutide or a placebo for more than three years. 

Participants were obese or overweight and had cardiovascular disease but not diabetes.

Those who took the drug died at a lower rate from all causes, including cardiovascular issues and Covid-19, researchers found.

People using the weight-loss drug were just as likely to catch Covid but they were less likely to die from it, with 2.6% dying among those on semaglutide compared with 3.1% on the placebo.

And while women experienced fewer major adverse cardiovascular events, the drug "consistently reduced the risk" of adverse cardiovascular outcomes regardless of sex.

It also improved heart failure symptoms and cut levels of inflammation in the body regardless of whether or not people lost weight.

The medication is a prescription drug offered by the NHS, which supresses appetite and is sold under the brand names Wegovy - used to treat obesity - and Ozempic, for diabetes.

It comes in the form of an injection and mimics the hormone GLP-1, making people feel fuller and less hungry.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce81j919gdjo

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Now, I am sat   

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I need it NOW

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How much does one cost!! I need them now!!

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Is the effect here rather that people eat less overproduced sh*t and therefore have less nutrition-related inflammation, cancer etc. or is it because of the actual drug's influence? 

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12 minutes ago, berlinforme said:

Is the effect here rather that people eat less overproduced sh*t and therefore have less nutrition-related inflammation, cancer etc. or is it because of the actual drug's influence? 

This is actually a great question. If they can prove that it's this drug specifically causing this by testing with other appetite suppressors then I'll be sold.

Well, not sold sold, I'm American, I can't even afford antidepressants

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24 minutes ago, berlinforme said:

Is the effect here rather that people eat less overproduced sh*t and therefore have less nutrition-related inflammation, cancer etc. or is it because of the actual drug's influence? 

Both. Fasting has been proved to have anti-aging benefits as it boost GH and by eating less it consecutively reduces free radicals that cause premature oxidation of cells in general.

It's kind of problematic tho as a wide range of cancer patients are underweight because of chemo and the illness itself 

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okayyyy maybe she is that gorl! 

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Me before reading this; ozempic is such a cheat method of losing weight, what about the diabetics who need it!!??

Me after reading this: how much does it cost?

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so now it will be even more expensive lmao

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Let me get old and just die

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Christina leave some for us

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The research doesn't even mention slowing down aging, and about cancer it just shows that it does NOT cause cancer, as in the patients on it had the same cancer rate as patients not on it.

The only conclusion is:
In patients with preexisting cardiovascular disease and overweight or obesity but without diabetes, weekly subcutaneous semaglutide at a dose of 2.4 mg was superior to placebo in reducing the incidence of death from cardiovascular causes, nonfatal myocardial infarction, or nonfatal stroke at a mean follow-up of 39.8 months.

So yeah it can slow ageing, by allowing people with certain diseases / conditions to live longer.

https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2307563

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1 hour ago, Gohan said:

Both. Fasting has been proved to have anti-aging benefits as it boost GH and by eating less it consecutively reduces free radicals that cause premature oxidation of cells in general.

It's kind of problematic tho as a wide range of cancer patients are underweight because of chemo and the illness itself 

This is only true for the fast-mimicking diet, where 5 days you eat formulated food (you don't fast), and the rest of the 25 days you eat normally.

For other kinds of fasting, such as intermittent fasting, it hasn't been proven in human studies,

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What exactly do they mean by slowing aging? As in slowing cellular aging itself and hence people look younger for longer or just in a sense that they’re not aging prematurely as a result of a bad diet/overeating? I doubt it can boost collagen production and rid the formation of wrinkles or fine lines (that to me is stops aging). Besides if anything I’ve seen celebs lose major face volume from it, which made them look older, Katy for example, given that their body does look snatched. Anyways I think for people like me who already lean skinny, it’ll make me look bad.