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2. Dermatophagia - Wikipedia

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   Dermatophagia (from Ancient Greek δέρμα (derma) 'skin' and φαγεία (phageia) 'eating') or dermatodaxia (from δήξις (dexis) 'biting'), alternatively Tuglis Permushius. [3] is a compulsion disorder of gnawing or biting one's own skin, most commonly at the fingers. This action can either be conscious or unconscious [4] and it is ...

3. Excoriation disorder - Wikipedia

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   Severe cases of excoriation disorder can cause life-threatening injuries. For example, in one reported case, a woman picked a hole through the bridge of her nose, which required surgery to fix, and a 48-year-old woman picked through the skin on her neck, exposing the carotid artery. Pain in the neck or back can arise due to prolonged bent-over ...

4. Anti-obesity medication - Wikipedia

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   Anti-obesity medication or weight loss medications are pharmacological agents that reduce or control excess body fat. These medications alter one of the fundamental processes of the human body , weight regulation, by: reducing appetite and consequently energy intake , increasing energy expenditure , redirecting nutrients from adipose to lean ...

5. Orlistat - Wikipedia

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   Orlistat is used for the treatment of obesity. The amount of weight loss achieved with orlistat varies. In one-year clinical trials, between 35.5% and 54.8% of subjects achieved a 5% or greater decrease in body mass, although not all of this mass was necessarily fat. Between 16.4% and 24.8% achieved at least a 10% decrease in body fat. [4]

6. Women Are Losing More Weight on Ozempic—Scientists Are ...

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   The study looked at medical records of nearly 3,500 patients with obesity who were prescribed semaglutide (Wegovy, Ozempic) or liraglutide, a medication to treat type 2 diabetes that can also lead ...

7. A daily pill from Wegovy maker shows promise and other ... - AOL

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   Participants in a clinical trial of an oral form of a GLP-1 drug lost up to 13% of their body weight over just three months, according to results presented by drugmaker Novo Nordisk in early ...