A patient of mine asked about losing her hair while on a GLP-1 medication for weight loss. After about 7 months she started to notice a progressive thinning and gradual loss of her hair. I told her that along with fat loss, the GLP-1 medications are related, indirectly, to the loss of 2 other body tissues: hair and lean muscle. GLP-1’s act by decreasing hunger and increasing a sense of fullness that causes a reduced food intake that results in decreased intake of carbohydrates and protein....

The recent surge in the use of the GLP-1 injection medications have shown how effective these agents can be , safe (at least in the short...

It is now evident that obesity is recognized as a medical disease with serious long-term consequences, such as type 2 diabetes,...