Weighing Up Diet Drugs
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BBC
4.3 • 6.6K Ratings
🗓️ 14 May 2024
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
Today, we look a new study which suggests obesity jabs, such as Wegovy and Ozempic, could also cut the risk of heart attacks and strokes.
The drug semaglutide, which suppresses the appetite, is prescribed by the NHS and now has growing use as a “skinny jab”. Researchers have said that weekly shots could benefit the cardiovascular health of millions of adults, but the results have not yet been fully reviewed. Adam is joined by David Aaronovitch, Presenter of Radio 4’s Briefing Room, and Dr Ellie Cannon, GP and author.
And, after three weeks of delays, cancellations and chaos behind the scenes, the new Co-op Live arena is set to open for a gig. What caused the problems? And what does the venue tell us about the music industry of today? Adam speaks to Matt Everitt from Radio 6 music and Anna Foster, BBC news presenter. You can join our Newscast online community here: https://tinyurl.com/newscastcommunityhere Newscast brings you daily analysis of the latest political news stories from the BBC. It was presented by Adam Fleming. It was made by Jack Maclaren with Elliot Ryder and Sam McLaren. The technical producer was Daffyd Evans. The assistant editor is Chris Gray. The editor is Sam Bonham.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, music radio podcasts. |
| 0:04.6 | Hello, in today's episode we're going to be talking about news about that weight |
| 0:09.2 | loss drug, semi-glutide, which is actually designed for for diabetes but there's more news about it today |
| 0:15.1 | and it's just a fascinating subject to talk about but we're also going to talk about |
| 0:19.8 | the Troubled Music Venue in Manchester Co-op Live, which looks like it's finally, finally going to show |
| 0:26.8 | something, having had to cancel loads of gigs for people like Peter Kay and take that. |
| 0:32.4 | But that inspired us to revive an old newscast gimmick. Do you remember |
| 0:37.1 | we went through a period where we were asking if you had ever played sport with a politician? We thought we would revive that and do, have you ever |
| 0:45.7 | been to a gig with a politician? And the reason we're doing that is because DeHena |
| 0:49.4 | Davison, the outgoing Conservative MP, has posted some quite dramatic content |
| 0:55.8 | about her seeing her idle Taylor Swift and concert. |
| 0:59.5 | And we want to get more of that stuff on newscast. |
| 1:01.9 | You know where to send it, newscast at BBC. You know where to send it, newscast at BBC.co. |
| 1:04.8 | UK or WhatsApp us on 0.3.30.123.9.80. |
| 1:11.0 | And I'll start us off because I've actually seen Dehanna Davidson at a Taylor Swift tribute club night in East London, |
| 1:17.5 | which was actually the subject of a previous episode of Newscast. |
| 1:20.5 | Anyway, let's get on with this one. |
| 1:22.0 | Newscast. Newscast from the BBC. Anyway, let's get on with this one. Newscast. |
| 1:23.0 | Newscast from the BBC. |
| 1:25.0 | Hundreds of bald men scrapping over a single broken comb. |
| 1:29.0 | He's not a leader, he is a human weather vein. |
| 1:31.0 | Two cheeks of the same backside. |
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