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WHO Decision Recognizing Obesity as a Disease Treatable with GLP-1 Drugs Is “Big Deal,” says BU Endocrinologist

December 4, 2025
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Health & Medicine

These Drugs Are Changing the Fight against Obesity

January 19, 2024

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