Influencers and athletes are among those claiming substances can help with injury repair, weight loss and angi-ageing
From influencers to athletes, high-profile figures are hailing peptides as the route to wellness, claiming they help with injury repair, weight loss, anti-ageing and mood. We take a look at what these substances are, and the murky industry surrounding them.
Continue reading...Exclusive: Guardian investigation finds several clinics making potentially unlawful claims about benefits of unregulated therapies
The medicines regulator is investigating whether UK clinics are breaking the law by making claims about the benefits of unregulated, experimental peptide therapies, the Guardian can reveal.
Interest in experimental peptides has boomed in recent years. The substances are delivered by injection and are touted by sellers, influencers and even some medics as aiding everything from anti-ageing to recovery from injury.
Continue reading...Latest research based on animal model trials shows GLP-1 drugs may prevent problem of ‘no-reflow’ in recovery
Weight-loss drugs could help people who have had a heart attack avoid suffering potentially fatal complications afterwards, research has found.
Drugs such as Ozempic and Wegovy reduce the risk of the tissue damage that affects up to half of the 100,000 people a year in the UK who suffer a heart attack, according to the study.
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