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Study: Popular Weight-Loss Drug Ozempic Shrinks Heart Muscles in Recipients [Video]

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Popular weight-loss drug Ozempic is shrinking the human heart and other muscles, according to a disturbing new University of Alberta study.

According to researchers, people should be cautious about taking trendy new weight-loss drugs due to the potentially deadly side effects.

Ualberta.ca reports: “If people have been prescribed these drugs, then the benefits should likely far exceed the risks,” says Jason Dyck, lead author on the study, pediatrics professor in the Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry and a member of the Women and Children’s Health Research Institute.

“However, the growing number of people who may be taking these drugs who do not meet the eligibility criteria and who are not at risk have a different risk-reward calculation that they should be made aware of.”

Dyck and his team set out to study why a reported side-effect of the leading weight-loss drug Ozempic is the loss of skeletal muscle.

Ozempic, known medically as …

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