{"id":4359,"date":"2026-04-15T13:40:34","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T13:40:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/15\/fat-jabs-may-be-good-for-the-liver\/"},"modified":"2026-04-15T13:40:35","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T13:40:35","slug":"fat-jabs-may-be-good-for-the-liver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/15\/fat-jabs-may-be-good-for-the-liver\/","title":{"rendered":"Fat jabs may be good for the liver"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>2026-04-15 13:40:33<\/b><br \/>\n<BR>Weight-loss injections may benefit the liver.<BR><br \/>\nScientists have discovered that semaglutide \u2013 the active ingredient in blockbuster jabs used to treat obesity and type 2 diabetes \u2013 can directly improve liver health, even in patients who shed little or no weight.<BR><br \/>\nThe drug &#8211; sold under brand names such as Wegovy and Ozempic &#8211; mimics a gut hormone known as GLP-1. <BR><br \/>\nWhile it is widely used to help people slim down, researchers at Toronto\u2019s Sinai Health say it may also tackle metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH) &#8211; a serious liver disease linked to fat build-up.<BR><br \/>\nThe condition can lead to scarring and long-term damage. <BR><br \/>\nTraditionally, weight loss has been seen as the main way to improve it \u2013 but the new findings challenge that idea.<BR><br \/>\nDr Daniel Drucker, a senior investigator involved in the study, said clinical trials had already hinted at something unusual.<BR><br \/>\nHe explained: &#8220;Patients who lose very little weight see the same reductions in liver inflammation and scarring as those who lose a great deal. Now we know why.&#8221;<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>2026-04-15 13:40:33 Weight-loss injections may benefit the liver. Scientists have discovered that semaglutide \u2013 the active ingredient in blockbuster jabs used to treat obesity and type 2 diabetes \u2013 can&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4360,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4359","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\/4359","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=4359"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4359\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4361,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4359\/revisions\/4361"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4360"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4359"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4359"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4359"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}