Many people taking glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) drugs like Ozempic or Wegovy (semaglutide) and Mounjaro (tirzepatide) experience rapid weight loss. While weight loss can bring about health benefits, losing weight rapidly can also cause a decrease in muscle mass, lessen bone density, and lower your resting metabolic rate, leading to sarcopenia — the gradual loss of muscle mass, strength, and function.
Tag: Medicine
The Switch to Herbal Remedies
It is becoming more apparent that synthetic medicine may not be as great as we originally thought. Nearly all synthetic medicine has some sort of side effect that may just be causing more health problems for you instead of helping you. Those medicines that do not have side effects can still be detrimental to your health in the long run.
Should You Try Oil Pulling?
Ayurveda is an ancient medicinal practice with roots in India that’s been making waves in the West in recent years. One particular Ayurvedic practice that’s cropped up in health-focused communities is the age-old practice of oil pulling, which involves swishing edible oil around your mouth (and then spitting it out) to rid your teeth of plaque and bacteria. While the science surrounding its effectiveness is still new, modern research suggests that it can effectively maintain–and even improve–dental hygiene between dentist visits.
How Diverse Sports Medicine Can Improve Athletes’ Health
Earlier this year, the NFL, together with the NFL Physicians Society and the Professional Football Athletic Trainer Society launched the NFL Diversity in Sports Medicine Pipeline Initiative, a plan that sought to provide medical students at the four Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) medical schools with the opportunity to complete a clinical rotation with NFL club medical staff. The initiative aimed to boost and diversify the pipeline of students interested in pursuing careers in sports medicine to help make a positive impact in the field and, over time, help to diversify NFL club medical staff.
Health Benefits of Turmeric
Following an outbreak of acute hepatitis in young children in 16 countries, the World Health Organization started an investigation into the origin. It found that around 14 percent of the children recently diagnosed also required liver transplants as a result. Liver transplants are usually rather uncommon in cases of autoimmune hepatitis; however, the recent spike draws attention to the larger issue of liver failure among children.
