Weight loss jab concerns, and crafty bribing caterpillars

The Naked Scientists Podcast

Dr Chris Smith

Science Radio, Natural Sciences, Engineering, Science, Medicine, Life Sciences, Technology, Health & Fitness, Naked Scientists

4.6 • 893 Ratings

🗓️ 27 June 2025

⏱️ 37 minutes

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In this edition of The Naked Scientists, weight loss jabs being prescribed by GPs in England, but do we know enough about the side effects? Also, a new simple test to replace endoscopies for patients with Barrett's oesophagus. And we hear from one of the engineers at the Vera Rubin Observatory, which is shedding new light on the cosmos... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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1:01.9	and medicine. I'm Chris Smith. And coming up this week, weight loss jabs that are going to be
1:06.2	prescribed by GPs across England, but do we really know enough about these agents and their side effects?
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