Rival weight loss drugs go head-to-head with clear winner

Rival weight loss drugs go head-to-head with clear winner

Getty Images The first head-to-head trial of two blockbuster weight-loss drugs has shown Mounjaro is more effective than rival Wegovy. Both drugs led to substantial weight loss, but Mounjaro’s 20% weight reduction, after 72 weeks of treatment, exceeded the 14% from Wegovy, according to the trial’s findings. Researchers who led the trial said both drugs … Read more

WeightWatchers bankruptcy: Why weight loss injections like Mounjaro are hurting diet industry

WeightWatchers bankruptcy: Why weight loss injections like Mounjaro are hurting diet industry

Ruth Clegg Health and wellbeing reporter BBC Symone, who used to be a WeightWatchers member, now uses weight loss jab Mounjaro Symone has been using weight loss injections for nearly a year. She says they have done what the diet industry could never do for her – free her from a life controlled by food. … Read more

Pahalgam victims’ in Bengal feel a weight lift after Operation Sindoor attacks

Pahalgam victims’ in Bengal feel a weight lift after Operation Sindoor attacks

Pahalgam terror attack victim Samir Guha’s wife speaks to the media regarding ‘Operation Sindoor’, in Kolkata, on May 7, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI Widows of Pahalgam victims, in West Bengal, have welcomed ‘Operation Sindoor’ even as they come to terms with their grief. Sohini Adhikari, widow of Bitan Adhikari (40) who was killed in … Read more

Weight loss drugs expose women to society’s harsh judgements on their bodies

Weight loss drugs expose women to society’s harsh judgements on their bodies

Jess Phillips and Branneisha Cooper Women like Jess and Branneisha say strangers are more likely to smile at them or strike up a conversation since they lost weight When Branneisha Cooper was overweight, she felt both invisible and like she stood out. Her friends would get attention when they were out together, while she was … Read more

Model by Chennai, Pune team predicts birth weight from routine scans

Model by Chennai, Pune team predicts birth weight from routine scans

Researchers from the Institute of Mathematical Sciences (IMSc) and Seethapathy Clinic and Hospital, both in Chennai, and the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Pune, have developed a model that can predict a newborn’s birth weight using routine scans during pregnancy. Accurate information about birth weight is crucial for maternal and foetal health. … Read more

Weight loss jabs for unemployed not dystopian, says Wes Streeting

Weight loss jabs for unemployed not dystopian, says Wes Streeting

Health Secretary Wes Streeting has dismissed suggestions that plans to provide weight loss jabs to unemployed people with obesity are “dystopian.”. The UK government is launching a five-year trial with pharmaceutical giant Lilly to test if the weight-loss drug Mounjaro can help get more people back to work and ease the strain on the NHS … Read more

Weight loss injections: How do drugs like Wegovy and Mounjaro work?

Weight loss injections: How do drugs like Wegovy and Mounjaro work?

Getty The government has suggested weight-loss drugs could boost the economy by helping obese people in England get back to work. But NHS experts have warned treatment services are already overstretched trying to deal with unprecedented demand from patients wanting these drugs. How do Wegovy and Mounjaro work and how successful are they? There are … Read more