Tag: Diet/Nutritional Drugs

Diet Company Medifast, Once an Ozempic Skeptic, Embraces Weight Loss Drugs With LifeMD Telehealth Deal
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Diet Company Medifast, Once an Ozempic Skeptic, Embraces Weight Loss Drugs With LifeMD Telehealth Deal

Medifast, the weight-loss company that uses coaches and low-calorie shakes and bars to help customers slim down, is diving into the Ozempic and Wegovy market.The company is investing $20 million in LifeMD, a telehealth company that provides access to doctors and nurse practitioners who can prescribe the drugs. Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
How Old Am I, Really? These Tests Measured My Biological Age
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How Old Am I, Really? These Tests Measured My Biological Age

How old am I, really? I spat in a tube, swabbed the inside of my cheek and pricked my finger to find out. I mailed my samples to three companies that promised to tell me my “biological age” based on chemical modifications of my DNA. The results, the companies said, would be based not on when I was born, but on how much my cells and organs had aged. Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8