{"id":3560,"date":"2025-10-24T14:08:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-24T14:08:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/24\/fat-jabs-can-stop-heart-attacks\/"},"modified":"2025-10-24T14:08:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T14:08:09","slug":"fat-jabs-can-stop-heart-attacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/24\/fat-jabs-can-stop-heart-attacks\/","title":{"rendered":"Fat jabs can stop heart attacks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>2025-10-24 14:08:07<\/b><br \/>\n<BR>Weight-loss injections such as Ozempic and Wegovy could help prevent heart attacks and strokes \u2014 even if users don\u2019t shed the pounds.<BR><br \/>\nScientists at University College London found that semaglutide, the active ingredient in both drugs, reduces the risk of serious cardiovascular events by 20 per cent, regardless of weight loss. <BR><br \/>\nThe breakthrough indicates that the injections offer heart benefits beyond their fat-burning effects.<BR><br \/>\nProfessor John Deanfield, who led the study, said the results could change how doctors view the drug\u2019s potential. <BR><br \/>\nHe explained: &#8220;These findings reframe what we think this medication is doing.<BR><br \/>\n&#8220;It is labelled as a weight loss jab but its benefits for the heart are not directly related to the amount of weight lost. In fact, it is a drug that directly affects heart disease and other diseases of ageing.&#8221;<BR><br \/>\nResearchers say the findings could pave the way for semaglutide to be prescribed more widely \u2014 including to people who are not obese but face high cardiovascular risks.<BR><br \/>\nThe study adds to growing evidence that so-called &#8220;fat jabs&#8221; may have far-reaching health effects, with other research suggesting they could also lower the risk of dementia and cancer.<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"> Visit Bang Bizarre (main website) <\/a><br \/>\n<br \/><script src=\"https:\/\/geo.dailymotion.com\/player\/xtbac.js\" data-video=\"\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2025-10-24 14:08:07 Weight-loss injections such as Ozempic and Wegovy could help prevent heart attacks and strokes \u2014 even if users don\u2019t shed the pounds. Scientists at University College London found&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2407,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3560","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bizarre"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3560","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3560"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3560\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3561,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3560\/revisions\/3561"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2407"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3560"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3560"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3560"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}