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We may not know exactly how Ozempic impacts sex drive yet, but at least it has got us talking.

Unlocking the key to libido: ‘The idea of normal is so variable’

The urge to have sex waxes and wanes over a lifetime, but talking openly about desire is the first step to greater understanding. Here’s what experts want you to know.

  • Nell Geraets

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Many foods prompt the release of hormones to make you feel full without having to resort to weight-loss drugs.

Five foods that release the same ‘fullness’ hormone as Ozempic

Weight loss drugs come with unpleasant side-effects. But these readily available foods can help weight loss without the need for medication.

  • Sam Rice
Weight loss jabs such as Ozempic have soared in popularity.

Weight-loss jabs could help tackle depression

Studies on more than 25,000 adults have found evidence that weight-loss injections could have a powerful impact on the mind as well as the body.

  • Laura Donnelly
We think of desire as being something intrinsically human. But these drugs seem to indicate that it’s just science.

‘Miracle’ weight-loss drugs shut down desire, but where’s the fun in that?

Drugs such as Ozempic cut our craving for food. But they can’t control our hunger for all the good things in life.

  • Jacqueline Maley
Eli Lilly’s study of its tablet, orforglipron, has raised hopes of an effective and easy-to-use treatment reaching a market dominated by injections.

Weight-loss pill ‘works as well as Ozempic’ in new trial

Pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly’s study of its tablet, orforglipron, has raised hopes of an effective and easy-to-use treatment reaching a market dominated by injections.

  • Deena Beasley and Manas Mishra
Lauren Ash. After stopping semaglutide “everything just came back to the way it was. I got hungry again,” she said.

‘I got hungry again’: What happens when you get off Ozempic?

Some people shed the kilos on semaglutide but regain all the lost weight when they get off the drug. Researchers are working on changing that.

  • Liam Mannix
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Rachael Smith had four kilograms of excess skin removed following major weight loss.

Rachael lost 50 kilograms but still felt overweight. This booming surgery changed that

Surgeons are removing up to 10 kilograms of excess skin from patients who have lost major amounts of weight, amid a booming interest in body-contouring operations.

  • Henrietta Cook
Stella the baboon: not diet books, no problem.

What Stella the baboon taught me about losing weight and living longer

Baboons eat the perfect diet in the wild. There’s one specific “appetite” that could help humans eat well too.

  • Angus Dalton
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Borrowers buy back the pharm

While Ukrainians discover a fate worse than Vlad.

Ozempic ‘alternatives’ are flooding social media.

‘Ozempic alternatives’ are everywhere. Here’s what you should know

Supplements promising similar results to Ozempic have taken over social media, but the TGA and health experts have concerns.

  • Lauren Ironmonger

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