The Yale Center for Weight Management, a collaboration between Yale New Haven Health and Yale School of Medicine, brings together obesity medicine specialists across cardiology, gastroenterology, endocrinology, and orthopaedics, along with dietitians, psychologists, and exercise physiologists
When blood sugar levels rise after eating, GLP-1 drugs stimulate the body to produce more insulin, which helps lower blood sugar levels
While these symptoms typically improve over time, they can be challenging for some patients to tolerate, particularly during the initial stages of treatment
University of Oklahoma researcher Elizabeth Wellberg, Ph.D., is the senior author of a review article in The Journal of Clinical Investigation that gathers current research evidence about the effects of GLP-1 drugs on cancer risk
This begins with the synthesis of preproglucagon (PPG), the single precursor to all of the proglucagon peptides 3
Both medications also help reduce food cravings and suppress appetite to assist with weight loss
