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A patient of mine, a veteran who had tried to quit smoking for over a decade, told me that after he started a GLP-1 drug for his diabetes, he lost interest in cigarettes. He didn’t use a patch. He didn’t set a quit date. He simply lost interest. It happened without effort.Another patient on one of these drugs for weight loss told me that alcohol had lost its pull – after years of failed attempts to quit.People struggling with many addictions, ranging from opioids to gambling, are reporting similar experiences in clinics, on social media and around dinner tables. None…
The blockbuster GLP-1 drugs that have reshaped the treatment of diabetes and obesity may help prevent multiple substance use disorders — and reduce the tragic outcomes they cause, a large new study finds.An analysis published Wednesday in a medical journal looked at electronic health records from more than 600,000 U.S. Veterans Affairs patients with diabetes. It found that those treated with medications such as Ozempic and Mounjaro were less likely to develop addictions to alcohol, nicotine, cocaine, opioids and other substances than those treated with a different class of drugs.In those already addicted, the GLP-1 drugs were linked to lower…
March 4 (Reuters) – Ozempic, Mounjaro and other GLP-1 drugs for diabetes can prevent the formation of new substance use disorders and alleviate existing addictions, according to findings from a large study of U.S. military veterans.The protective effect was seen across a wide variety of addictive and habit-forming substances, including cocaine, opioids, alcohol, nicotine and cannabis, adding further evidence to a phenomenon previously flagged in smaller studies.“That breadth was quite a surprise,” said Dr. Ziyad Al-Aly of the VA Saint Louis Health Care System in Missouri, who led the study published in The BMJ. “In addiction medicine, there’s not a…
Anthropic co-founder and CEO Dario Amodei is not happy — perhaps predictably so — with OpenAI chief Sam Altman. In a memo to staff, reported by The Information, Amodei referred to OpenAI’s dealings with the Department of Defense as “safety theater.” “The main reason [OpenAI] accepted [the DoD’s deal] and we did not is that they cared about placating employees, and we actually cared about preventing abuses,” Amodei wrote. Last week, Anthropic and the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) failed to come to an agreement over the military’s request for unrestricted access to the AI company’s technology. Anthropic, which already…
It all happened in a flash.A “decoy” Tesla distracted a scrum of photographers trying to get a good shot of Elon Musk as he entered a San Francisco courthouse on Wednesday, two cameramen on the scene told Business Insider.”100% a decoy. 100%,” said David Morris, a frustrated yet impressed Bloomberg News photographer. “They had us. It was done very well, actually.”The Tesla CEO was expected to arrive at the San Francisco federal courthouse on Wednesday to testify in a trial over a lawsuit brought by former Twitter shareholders. They alleged the billionaire violated securities laws in 2022 by driving down…
Apple Music is changing the way that record labels and distributors can flag AI-generated or AI-assisted content when they upload it to the platform. According to Music Business Worldwide, Apple sent a newsletter to industry partners on Wednesday to explain how it will roll out a new set of metadata to promote transparency around how and when AI is used in music. Metadata typically refers to fields like the song title, album title, genre, artist name, and other information that helps keep files organized. Now Apple Music will add the option to include metadata tags that distributors can use to…
The latest mega-sale in Miami — a $51 million waterfront mansion — had been completed, and the deal has ties to Google cofounder Sergey Brin.If Brin is confirmed as the new owner, that would mean four of the five wealthiest people in the world now own homes within about 20 square miles. Three of those purchases — those of Brin, his Google cofounder Larry Page, and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg — were completed over the past few months. Elon Musk, the wealthiest person in the world, is the only holdout.The rush of tech titans buying homes in Miami comes amid…
A frozen food manufacturer is expanding an earlier recall of frozen food sold at Trader Joe’s over potential glass contamination.Portland, Ore.-based Ajinomoto Foods North America, which in February recalled 3.4 million pounds of chicken fried rice meals sold at the retailer, is now recalling nearly 37 million pounds, including ready-to-eat chicken and pork fried rice, ramen, and shu mai dumpling products, according to a notice from the United States Department of Agriculture.The expanded recall, which covers 16 products manufactured between October 2024 and February 2026, affects items under the Ajinomoto, Kroger, Ling Ling, Tai Pei, and Trader Joe’s brands. The…
A recall of Trader Joe’s food products that may contain glass was significantly expanded on Tuesday to more than 36 million pounds nationwide, officials said.The U.S. Department of Agriculture said in a news release that 36,987,575 pounds of various ready-to-eat and frozen chicken and pork fried rice, ramen, and shu mai dumpling products were being pulled from shelves.The recalled products are manufactured by Portland company, Ajinomoto Foods North America, Inc., which makes products for Trader Joe’s retailers across the country, according to the news release.Trader Joe’s said in a news release that its four products affected include its chicken fried…
Amazon cut jobs inside its robotics division this week, the latest reductions in a sweeping cost-cutting campaign.In a message to employees on Tuesday, seen by Business Insider, Amazon Robotics VP Scott Dresser described the changes as “difficult but necessary.” He stressed that robotics remains a “strategic priority” even as the company restructures and pares back certain efforts.It’s unclear how many employees were affected by Tuesday’s cuts. However, the decision underscores that Amazon is still trimming its ranks, even after slashing more than 57,000 corporate roles since late 2022, including rounds of layoffs in October and January.In parallel, Amazon has been…