Top food manufacturers see trouble on the horizon as more people take Ozempic, the diabetes drug that has proven useful for weight loss—despite reports of potentially fatal side effects.
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CHRONIC ILLNESS BLAMED FOR U.S.’s DRAMATIC DROP IN LIFE EXPECTANCY
More Americans are dying earlier, and the U.S. is losing ground to peer countries in its effort to keep its population alive.
OZEMPIC, WEGOVY TIED TO STOMACH PARALYSIS, OTHER HEALTH ISSUES, ACCORDING TO NEW STUDY
New weight loss drugs that have skyrocketed in popularity after being embraced by Hollywood celebrities have been linked to three stomach conditions, including one condition that is not listed on the warning labels, according to a new study from British Columbia.
FORD, GM PAID AVERAGE TAX RATE OF 1 PERCENT ON PRE-TAX INCOME
The top car makers in the U.S.—faced with widespread strikes since 15 September—paid a combined tax rate of just 1 percent on pre-tax income on $42 billion in profits, and insist that they do not have the funding to increase pay for workers by 40 percent over four years and improve retirement standards.
HIGHEST NUMBER OF YOUNG AMERICANS ARE LIVING AT HOME IN DECADES
A newly released survey by Harris Poll for Bloomberg found that about 45 percent of Americans from 18 to 29 are living at home with their families—a number not seen since the 1940s.
SHITTYIT’: REP. JAMAAL BOWMAN CLAIMS HE ACCIDENTALLY PULLED FIRE ALARM IN HOUSE OFFICE, DON’T BELIEVE YOUR LYING EYES
Rep. Jamaal Bowman, D-N.Y., claimed that he accidentally pulled a bright red fire alarm inside the Cannon House Office Building on Saturday while the House debated a stopgap funding measure.
ASPARTAME MAY CAUSE GENETIC CHANGES IN SPERM, AFFECT FUTURE GENERATIONS
A newly released study by Florida State University found that the ingestion of aspartame—a popular artificial sweetener found in “diet” foods, could come with a deleterious impact on not only persons ingesting it but also future generations.
JOURNALISM IS DEAD: GANNETT HIRING REPORTERS TO COVER TAYLOR SWIFT, BEYONCE
While newsrooms across the country are cutting staffers and local news is an essentially dead market, Gannett, the country’s largest newspaper owner, announced earlier this month that it will hire two journalists who will exclusively report on Taylor Swift and Beyonce Knowles.
ULTRA-PROCESSED FOODS—ESPECIALLY WITH ARTIFICIAL SWEETENERS—LINKED TO HIGHER RATES OF DEPRESSION IN WOMEN
A recent study out of the U.K. linked ultra-processed foods to depression in women, especially when the item contained artificial sweeteners.
ULTRA-PROCESSED FOODS LEAD TO INCREASED RISK OF HEART DISEASE
A new study conducted in France found that certain additives in ultra-processed foods could elevate the risk of heart disease in the general population.