Health Startups Hawking Weight Loss Drugs With Little Oversight

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🗓️ 17 February 2023

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P.M. Edition for Feb. 17. Digital health startups are cashing in on booming demand for a class of diabetes drugs shown to be effective for losing weight. These telemedicine companies appear to be prescribing the drugs with little oversight, and to people who aren't even overweight, an analysis by the Wall Street Journal has found. Digital health reporter Rolfe Winkler joins host Annmarie Fertoli to discuss. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:23.6	Five former Memphis police officers plead not guilty in the death of Tyree Nichols.
0:28.8	Plus, health startups are offering diabetes drugs for weight loss with little oversight.
0:33.9	These drugs could have a major positive impact.
0:39.1	But how much are these companies that are really expert in advertising, prioritizing the
0:45.6	quality of the care they provide?
0:47.9	And some shoppers are trying to skip higher egg prices by shelling out for chickens instead.
0:53.7	It's Friday, February 17th.
0:55.5	I'm Ann Marie for Tolly for the Wall Street Journal.
0:58.2	This is the PM edition of What's News, the top headlines and business stories that moved
1:02.6	the world today.
1:12.4	Five former Memphis police officers charged with second-degree murder in the death of Tyree
1:16.9	Nichols have pleaded not guilty.
1:19.4	Nichols died in a Memphis hospital last month after he was kicked and punched by police
1:23.5	during a traffic stop.
1:25.1	The former officers face other charges, including aggravated assault and official misconduct.
1:30.2	The next hearing is set for May.
1:33.2	We report exclusively that Facebook parent Meta has given thousands of its employees sub-par
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