In line with trial results, real-world data suggest GLP-1 receptor agonists have certain benefits in patients with moderate to severe chronic kidney disease (CKD).

(HealthDay News) — Glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonist (GLP-1 RA) use is not associated with an increased risk for thyroid cancer over the short term, according to a study published online in ...

Sarah M. Baxter, from Queen’s University Belfast in Northern Ireland, and colleagues investigated if GLP-1 RA use compared to use of dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitors (DPP-4is) was associated ...

GLP-1 agonist initiators had a significantly higher likelihood of undergoing thyroid ultrasonography at 6 and 12 months, ...

GLP-1 (glucagon-like peptide-1) discovered in the 1980s functions as a hormone derived from the proglucagon sequence and was found to have a transformative impact on the treatment of diabetes and ...

The good news is that the risk for thyroid cancer linked to GLP-1 drugs appears low, but higher detections in the first year, when a causative role of the drug is implausible, suggested stepped-up ...

Of over 350,000 adults with type 2 diabetes, thyroid cancer risk was significantly higher within the first year after GLP-1 agonist initiation compared with SGLT2 inhibitors, DPP-4 inhibitors ...

The San Diego–based company’s molecules avoid the well-trod GLP-1 pathway in favor of an alternate route in the gut.