Day: May 27, 2024

Trump flag to be removed from Albany County Post Office flagpole  WRGB

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Some users of GLP-1 medications like Ozempic have to quit taking the medications.

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• Many people have started taking Ozempic, Wegovy, and other GLP-1 drugs for quick weight loss.
• But some end up having to quit the drugs due to other medical conditions or trouble getting more.
• That puts the patients at risk of gaining back the weight that they lost.

Lots of people have started taking weight loss drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy over the last two years.

But fewer have asked a key question: What happens if they need to stop taking the medications?

It’s a situation many people are facing. Sometimes, patients have to stop taking the drugs because they get pregnant or are preparing for surgery, NPR reported on Monday.

In other cases, the drugs have become hard to find. One patient who used Zepbound, another GLP-1 drug, to lose 35 pounds told NPR that he had to start using a rival drug after he couldn’t find more Zepbound.

“There are going to be scenarios, especially in young people, [where] we will have to come off the medicine, whether they like it or not,” Dr. Rekha Kumar, an endocrinologist who formerly served as medical director of the American Board of Obesity Medicine, told NPR.

GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy have been touted as quick ways to lose weight and avoid health problems associated with obesity, such as heart problems. The medications rely on Semaglutide, an active ingredient that reduces users’ appetites.

Some have even said that widespread use of the drugs could lead to economic growth, as poor health imposes significant economic costs.

But many people who have started using these medicines aren’t obese and turned to them for their short-term effects. If patients stop taking the medicine, they will likely gain back much of the weight that they lost, especially without careful changes to their diet and exercise, NPR reported.

One study released earlier this month suggested that Ozempic and Wegovy users could minimize that weight gain by gradually weaning themselves off of the drugs instead of quitting suddenly. But the single study used a small sample size, indicating that more research is needed to confirm the approach, Bloomberg reported.

Besides drugmakers like Novo Nordisk, which makes Ozempic and Wegovy, food company Nestlé has also gotten in on the weight loss frenzy. The company said last week, that Vital Pursuit, a new frozen food brand from Nestlé, will offer small-portioned meals designed for GLP-1 users starting later this year.

Some people lie because they can. Others lie because they cannot help themselves. Then, you have those who lie for gain-monetary gain, attention, you name it, and you’ll find one name at the top of that list: Donald Trump. Since Trump’s most recent and most egregious lie, Special Counsel Jack Smith wants to shut Trump’s mouth. In a campaign email, Trump claimed: “BREAKING FROM TRUMP: BIDEN’S DOJ WAS AUTHORIZED TO SHOOT ME! It’s just been revealed that Biden’s DOJ was authorized to use DEADLY FORCE for their DESPICABLE raid in Mar-a-Lago. You know they’re just itching to do the unthinkable. Joe Biden was locked & loaded ready to take me out & put my family in danger.” Trump knows this isn’t true, but he’s using words typically included in a warrant to his advantage. Sometimes, however, lies do have consequences, and let’s hope this is one of those times.

All of Trump’s flunkies jumped on the bandwagon, spreading the lie even further, including Marjorie Taylor Greene, Paul Gosar, and Elise Stefanik. One conservative X account shared the post, and it had over 800,000 views. Now, this lie is everywhere, and federal officers are in danger. This is all because Judge Aileen Cannon unsealed documents, one of which contained the FBI’s operational plan for Mar-a-Lago. The statement that includes deadly force is boilerplate for searches, and as NYT reported, the full statement says: “[D]eadly force is allowed only when necessary, that is, when the officer has a reasonable belief that the subject of such force poses an imminent danger of death or serious physical injury to the officer or to another person.” Trump knows damned well this doesn’t apply to execution of the search warrant at Mar-a-Lago. He wasn’t even home. He is merely using it to rile up his supporters to threaten or do harm to federal officers.

Smith almost immediately filed a motion with Judge Cannon, asking for an order barring Trump from mischaracterizing facts that endanger law enforcement officers. As shown by the evidence, the exact same language was included in the search of Joe Biden’s home, even though he consented to the search. This is merely standard language. Trump’s followers don’t know that, and Trump is trying to use it as a tool to make them angry. Former FBI general counsel Andrew Weissman wrote on X: “Smart move by Smith as Judge Cannon won’t be likely to grant the gag order, will show her patent bias, and Smith can then appeal to the 11th Circuit,” at which point, he might have enough grounds to recuse her. Other legal experts agree according to Newsweek.

Will Cannon do the right thing? That is doubtful. Her rulings have blatantly favored Donald Trump and have no basis in law. There is evidence of what Smith says in his motions. Shortly after the search at Mar-a-Lago, Adam Bies threatened to kill “as many FBI agents as possible.” There is no doubt that this could happen again, and the next time, the killer may be successful.

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Ukraine war update: Fighting fiercest on Pokrovsk and Kharkiv axis  Ukrinform