Glucagon-like peptide-1 agonism - GLP-1, common in obesity medicines - is not essential to weight management, according to preclinical research led by Richard DiMarchi and Matthias Tschöp, with funding from their startup company Bluewater Biosciences.
No shit Sherlock, doesn’t take a fucking genius to see that people have been losing weight by a variety of methods since weight management was even a thing. It’s just fucking easier with GLP-1 agonists. I haven’t read the article, is the blurb supposed to be dripping in sarcasm or something?
No, they actually talk about other drugs that have a similar effect as alternatives.
They just really didn’t think that headline through.
They probably did, they just wanted it to be clickbait as with most things online these days
Yeah that was my suspicion, thanks for clarifying.
Amphetamines? I bet the other drugs are amphetamines. They do work, they used to sell them as diet pills in fact, then some valium to level you off for nightime. Back in the 50s not sure when they shut it down.
As to the headline, it’s clickbait, people see a false statement on the title and want to come onto the thread to correct it. At least sometimes that’s a tactic people use to get engagement on social media, maybe on articles as well for people rage clicking the article.
I read this whole thread thinking I was on /c/TheOnion, not /c/NotTheOnion, and thought the joke just went over your head.
Wow, it’s really not the Onion. What a headline. I gave the article a brief skim and it seems to be sarcasm-free.