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TL;DR Samsung is partnering with the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) to investigate the effects of Ozempic and other GLP-1 RA drugs.
Researchers will use body composition and other features of the Galaxy Watch 8 to study trends in rapid muscle loss during treatment.
The control group will also receive personalized health insights for controlled weight loss.
The Samsung Galaxy Watch offers a wider range of health metrics than most rivals in the Wear OS space. That’s one of the reasons why I also prefer the Galaxy Watch over the Pixel Watch. And Samsung now plans to use those markers to help prevent side effects in patients using Ozempic and other GLP-1 RA medications for weight loss.
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Samsung has announced a joint research with the Diabetes Research Center (DRC) at the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) to study weight loss trends with GLP-1 RA medications. While Samsung does not explicitly mention popular brand names, potentially to avoid legal issues, some of the popular ones include Ozempic and Mounjaro.
Although the GLP-1 RA class of drugs was primarily designed to help lower blood sugar in Type-2 diabetes, they’ve rapidly gained prominence across the world as effective treatments for obesity and aiding with weight loss without much physical activity, which are actually their side effects. However, since GLP-1 also leads to patients losing their appetite, it can often lead to sudden muscle loss, which can not only impact strength and mobility but also impair internal organs, including the heart, kidneys, liver, etc.
The clinical study, as per Samsung, will track rapid muscle mass loss among patients using GLP-1 drugs using the Galaxy Watch. It says the clinicians will closely monitor trends of body composition, which can be measured with Galaxy Watch 4 and later, along with the patient’s activity levels, to prevent excessive muscle loss during their weight loss treatment.
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