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Study: Obesity drug cuts risk of heart attack regardless of weight lost
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2:59Now PlayingMedical experts have hailed a new weight-loss drug as the biggest advance in public health since the introduction of statins in the 1980s.
Wegovy suppresses the appetite of patients by making them feel like they are full up.
A new study suggests the injections could cut the risk of heart attacks or strokes by around 20%.
Over the first two years of the study, the proportion of those who were obese fell sharply from more than 70% to just 43%
After three years of treatment, participants had a 20% lower risk of a heart attack, stroke or dying from cardiovascular disease.
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