BALTIMORE, Md., Oct. 7 -- The University of Maryland at Baltimore issued the following news release:
She tried going vegan, tried a high-protein diet, she was even walking 20,000 steps a day, but after giving birth to her second child, 23-time tennis grand slam champion Serena Williams finally met an opponent she could not beat: her weight. So, she did what fully 11 percent of Americans are doing about it right now: She turned to medication.
The popular term - GLP-1 - stands for Glucagon-like Peptide-1 Receptor Agonist. GLP-1s are medications that act like a natural gut hormone, triggering the pancreas to release insulin when blood sugar levels increase and suppressing glucagon, a hormone that raises blood sugar. The result is slower dige...