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Wegovy Can Help Reduce Heart Failure Symptoms Even When People Don't Lose as Much Weight

Semaglutide, a GLP-1 receptor agonist used in diabetes and weight-loss drugs, shows heart-related benefits beyond weight loss, improving symptoms and physical limitations in heart failure patients with preserved ejection fraction and type 2 diabetes. The study highlights semaglutide's potential mechanisms beyond weight loss, including effects on inflammation and insulin resistance.


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Wegovy Can Help Reduce Heart Failure Symptoms Even When People Don't Lose as Much Weight

Semaglutide, a GLP-1 receptor agonist used in diabetes and weight-loss drugs, shows heart-related benefits beyond weight loss, improving symptoms and physical limitations in heart failure patients with preserved ejection fraction and type 2 diabetes. The study highlights semaglutide's potential mechanisms beyond weight loss, including effects on inflammation and insulin resistance.

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