Stan Shandling

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Susan and Nicole, from all of us at Health Chatter, we can't thank you enough for the insights that you have provided us today. And also, most importantly, the work that you do. So thank you for being on Health Chatter with us. For our listening audience, first of all, you can listen

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Hello, everybody. Welcome to Health Chatter. Today's show is on weight loss drugs, which is a really a hot topic. And we have a great guest with us. We'll get to her in just a moment. We have a great crew that always helps us do our illustrious shows. We have Maddy Levine-Wolf, Aaron Collins, Deandra Howard, who help us with our research, our production team.

Hello, everybody. Welcome to Health Chatter. Today's show is on weight loss drugs, which is a really a hot topic. And we have a great guest with us. We'll get to her in just a moment. We have a great crew that always helps us do our illustrious shows. We have Maddy Levine-Wolf, Aaron Collins, Deandra Howard, who help us with our research, our production team.

manager is Matthew Campbell, who gets all the shows out in beautiful form. And then, of course, there's Sheridan Nygaard, who's actually helping us today with our recording, but also she is one of our researchers and also helps us with marketing. So thank you to you guys. You're great. Then, of course, there's Clarence Jones, And he and I are a great tag team and we enjoy working together.

manager is Matthew Campbell, who gets all the shows out in beautiful form. And then, of course, there's Sheridan Nygaard, who's actually helping us today with our recording, but also she is one of our researchers and also helps us with marketing. So thank you to you guys. You're great. Then, of course, there's Clarence Jones, And he and I are a great tag team and we enjoy working together.

So Clarence, it's always great to have you on. And again, our sponsor is Human Partnership. And they're a great community health organization. Do wonderful work in the community to help all of us address all the various different health issues that we all face. Check them out at humanpartnership.org. Check us out at healthchatterpodcast.org.

So Clarence, it's always great to have you on. And again, our sponsor is Human Partnership. And they're a great community health organization. Do wonderful work in the community to help all of us address all the various different health issues that we all face. Check them out at humanpartnership.org. Check us out at healthchatterpodcast.org.

I'm Stan Shandling, one of the hosts, along with Clarence. And we can get on with our show. Clarence, I'll let you introduce our wonderful guest for the day.

I'm Stan Shandling, one of the hosts, along with Clarence. And we can get on with our show. Clarence, I'll let you introduce our wonderful guest for the day.

So, Sarah, you know, it seems to me, you know, you kind of hear about these weight loss drugs. And, you know, our research crew has done, you know, some great background research for us. So give us a little bit of history on this. You know, more than anything, it's like all of a sudden it kind of hit the scene. And it almost seemed at least,

So, Sarah, you know, it seems to me, you know, you kind of hear about these weight loss drugs. And, you know, our research crew has done, you know, some great background research for us. So give us a little bit of history on this. You know, more than anything, it's like all of a sudden it kind of hit the scene. And it almost seemed at least,

to me as a healthcare professional, is almost like it came across as almost like a fad. Something, oh my God, you know, wow, this is something I could just take and I don't have to worry about getting fat or obese or whatever. So help us with that kind of conversation and then also the history of it a little bit.

to me as a healthcare professional, is almost like it came across as almost like a fad. Something, oh my God, you know, wow, this is something I could just take and I don't have to worry about getting fat or obese or whatever. So help us with that kind of conversation and then also the history of it a little bit.

All right. So let me, let me ask you a quick follow-up clearance. Um, First of all, for our listening, this isn't an over-the-counter medication. It's got to be prescribed. So give me a little bit of a sense of who's prescribing it and for what specific reason? very specific, not just, is there a health condition that has to be linked with it? And then the other one that I was thinking about is,

All right. So let me, let me ask you a quick follow-up clearance. Um, First of all, for our listening, this isn't an over-the-counter medication. It's got to be prescribed. So give me a little bit of a sense of who's prescribing it and for what specific reason? very specific, not just, is there a health condition that has to be linked with it? And then the other one that I was thinking about is,

Is it higher risk for certain ages? You know, like if you're over, say, like 65, for instance. Okay, so first of all, prescribing and for what specifically? Because like you said, we have had weight loss medications before. So why this now?

Is it higher risk for certain ages? You know, like if you're over, say, like 65, for instance. Okay, so first of all, prescribing and for what specifically? Because like you said, we have had weight loss medications before. So why this now?