Weight-loss drugs

Healthcare

2025 is the Year of the Weight Loss Pill

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Traditionally, New Year’s resolutions to lose weight involve getting to the gym more. In a post-GLP-1 world, that’s looking less necessary.

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Healthcare

Study Suggests Weight-Loss Drugs Like Ozempic May Help Alcoholism, Opioid Addiction

A new study suggests increasingly popular GLP-1 drugs could help cut opioid and alcohol abuse nearly in half.

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Healthcare

Weight-Loss Drugs Might Not Tank Medicare After All

New estimates say that Medicare will spend tens of billions of dollars over nine years to cover weight-loss drugs.

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Technology

Obesity Drugmaker Rivus Wants in on the Healthcare IPO Boom

Obesity drugmaker Rivus is working with banks to complete a US public listing that could happen before the end of the year.

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Markets

Coffee and Chocolate Are the Reigning Commodity Kings

The tight supply of both beans meant trading prices were extremely volatile, and the result was that cocoa almost tripled in price last year.

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Alternatives

Collectibles are Fun but Risky Investments

A portfolio doesn’t have to be just stocks and bonds. You can add something a little more fun, say your favorite vintage baseball cards.

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Artificial Intelligence

Biden Administration Eyes Data Center Regulations

Which way Trump will lean on the issue is difficult to say, though tech companies have worked hard to curry the incoming president’s favor.

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