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Alejandra Barunda

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
116 total appearances

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Up First from NPR
Palisades Fire Expands, 2024 Hottest On Record, TikTok Arguments Pro And Con

And that could actually make up about half of the mystery heat. And scientists think decreases in other clouds that were also formerly caused by pollution might make up another chunk.

Up First from NPR
Palisades Fire Expands, 2024 Hottest On Record, TikTok Arguments Pro And Con

And that could actually make up about half of the mystery heat. And scientists think decreases in other clouds that were also formerly caused by pollution might make up another chunk.

Up First from NPR
Palisades Fire Expands, 2024 Hottest On Record, TikTok Arguments Pro And Con

And that could actually make up about half of the mystery heat. And scientists think decreases in other clouds that were also formerly caused by pollution might make up another chunk.

Up First from NPR
Palisades Fire Expands, 2024 Hottest On Record, TikTok Arguments Pro And Con

Yeah, it's not ideal. But scientists like Schmidt say that that just means cutting fossil fuel emissions is even more important to get at that main driver of climate change.

Up First from NPR
Palisades Fire Expands, 2024 Hottest On Record, TikTok Arguments Pro And Con

Yeah, it's not ideal. But scientists like Schmidt say that that just means cutting fossil fuel emissions is even more important to get at that main driver of climate change.

Up First from NPR
Palisades Fire Expands, 2024 Hottest On Record, TikTok Arguments Pro And Con

Yeah, it's not ideal. But scientists like Schmidt say that that just means cutting fossil fuel emissions is even more important to get at that main driver of climate change.

Up First from NPR
Palisades Fire Expands, 2024 Hottest On Record, TikTok Arguments Pro And Con

Yeah, glad to be here. Thanks.

Up First from NPR
Palisades Fire Expands, 2024 Hottest On Record, TikTok Arguments Pro And Con

Yeah, glad to be here. Thanks.

Up First from NPR
Palisades Fire Expands, 2024 Hottest On Record, TikTok Arguments Pro And Con

Yeah, glad to be here. Thanks.

Short Wave
The Biggest Health Stories of 2024

Yeah, even though, as we'll get into later, Ozempic is a diabetes drug.

Short Wave
The Biggest Health Stories of 2024

Yeah, even though, as we'll get into later, Ozempic is a diabetes drug.

Short Wave
The Biggest Health Stories of 2024

Yeah, even though, as we'll get into later, Ozempic is a diabetes drug.

Short Wave
The Biggest Health Stories of 2024

I mean, because it kind of is everywhere and there's data to back that up. Brand name Wegovi sales have been increasing, for example, and the companies that make these drugs have been ramping up production to deal with the fact that they initially weren't able to meet this huge demand. And ZocDoc says more patients are trying to book appointments to ask about these drugs than really ever before.

Short Wave
The Biggest Health Stories of 2024

I mean, because it kind of is everywhere and there's data to back that up. Brand name Wegovi sales have been increasing, for example, and the companies that make these drugs have been ramping up production to deal with the fact that they initially weren't able to meet this huge demand. And ZocDoc says more patients are trying to book appointments to ask about these drugs than really ever before.

Short Wave
The Biggest Health Stories of 2024

I mean, because it kind of is everywhere and there's data to back that up. Brand name Wegovi sales have been increasing, for example, and the companies that make these drugs have been ramping up production to deal with the fact that they initially weren't able to meet this huge demand. And ZocDoc says more patients are trying to book appointments to ask about these drugs than really ever before.

Short Wave
The Biggest Health Stories of 2024

Yeah, sure. So that's a fair question. So they work basically by mimicking a hormone in the body that tells the pancreas to make more insulin, and that lowers blood sugar, and that keeps you feeling full, things like that. So it started as a diabetes drug, but it has been super effective at helping people lose weight. Mm-hmm.

Short Wave
The Biggest Health Stories of 2024

Yeah, sure. So that's a fair question. So they work basically by mimicking a hormone in the body that tells the pancreas to make more insulin, and that lowers blood sugar, and that keeps you feeling full, things like that. So it started as a diabetes drug, but it has been super effective at helping people lose weight. Mm-hmm.

Short Wave
The Biggest Health Stories of 2024

Yeah, sure. So that's a fair question. So they work basically by mimicking a hormone in the body that tells the pancreas to make more insulin, and that lowers blood sugar, and that keeps you feeling full, things like that. So it started as a diabetes drug, but it has been super effective at helping people lose weight. Mm-hmm.

Short Wave
The Biggest Health Stories of 2024

But the drugs have been in short supply thanks to really unprecedented demand, which has allowed this sort of strange thing to happen, which is that pharmacies can essentially make copies of brand-name drugs when those medicines are in short supply. And that process, which is different from the production of generic drugs, is called compounding. That's so cool.

Short Wave
The Biggest Health Stories of 2024

But the drugs have been in short supply thanks to really unprecedented demand, which has allowed this sort of strange thing to happen, which is that pharmacies can essentially make copies of brand-name drugs when those medicines are in short supply. And that process, which is different from the production of generic drugs, is called compounding. That's so cool.