In our July 2025 analysis, The Semaglutide Story: Highlighting the Need to Maintain Patent Protection in Canada, we examined the vulnerabilities exposed by the lapse of Novo Nordisks core compound patent (CA 2,601,784) for semaglutidethe active ingredient in blockbuster drugs Ozempic and Wegovy
Levothyroxine requires an acidic gastric environment and roughly 70% absorption in the small intestine to maintain stable serum TSH and free T4 levels
Western diets high in sugar, fat, and n-6 PUFA disrupt the gut barrier by increasing pro-inflammatory mediators, whereas Mediterranean diets rich in dietary fiber, plant polyphenols, and n-3 PUFA enhance microbiota diversity and promote the production of anti-inflammatory metabolites, such as SCFAs, thereby alleviating intestinal inflammation [247,248,249]
As part of its new partnership with Danish drug manufacturer Novo Nordisk, Costco will offer GLP-1s like Wegovy and Ozempic to its members who pay for the medications without insurance coverage at a deep 50% discount through its Costco Member Prescription Program
Your surgeon will examine your face clinically, assessing three separate elements: volume loss (where and how much), skin quality and laxity, and structural descent
One purported explanation in the scientific literature is called adaptive thermogenesis
