The warning affects all treatments containing GLP-1 receptor agonists, including semaglutide (Ozempic, Wegovy, Rybelsus), tirzepatide (Mounjaro, Zepbound), dulaglutide (Trulicity), exenatide (Byetta, ...

New data from the Mayo Clinic provide added reassurance that the rate of pulmonary aspiration during upper gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy is low in patients taking a glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) ...

ALAMEDA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Penumbra, Inc. (NYSE: PEN), a global healthcare company focused on innovative therapies, today announced U.S. Food and Drug Administration 510(k) clearance for ...

Patients who are taking GLP-1 medications such as Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro and others could face complications during surgery, recent research has shown. In one study led by UTHealth Houston, more ...

MELVILLE, N.Y., Jan. 23, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- In December 2024, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) formally approved a new quality measure developed by the Quality Team at North ...

Patients using GLP-1 drugs had no difference in the odds of postoperative aspiration pneumonia versus non-users. There was also no significant difference in the odds of acute respiratory failure.

THE association of cardiospasm and respiratory symptoms has been recognized since the beginning of the nineteenth century. Not until relatively recent years, however, has attention been directed to ...

Sarah Murnaghan, the 10-year-old Philadelphia girl who fought a legal battle to be included on the adult lung transplant list, has developed pneumonia in her right lung. Sarah's mother, Janet Ruddock ...

Meconium aspiration and birth asphyxia are both separately connected to significant pulmonary and systemic hemodynamic changes in newborns, but, although these insults frequently coexist, their ...

Pulmonary embolism, or PE, is a deadly condition causing blood clots within a patient’s lungs that has grown in prevalence during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Indigo Aspiration System with Lightning 12 ...