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Home - OMRF News - Archives for weight loss

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Bodywork: Not so fast on fasting

September 2, 2025

Adam’s Journal Here’s a question from one of our Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation colleagues: One of my friends recently told me they had been fasting for four days, water only, and had read about the many health benefits of long-term fasting for resetting your body. Are there health benefits for this kind of fast?  And […]

Filed Under: Bodywork Tagged With: adam cohen, benefits of fasting, dr. hal scofield, fasting, fasting benefits, Hal Scofield, prolonged fasting, water fast, weight loss

Bodywork: The benefits of weight-loss drugs beyond weight loss

May 13, 2025

Adam’s Journal Here’s a question from an Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation coworker: I’ve seen articles claiming semaglutides like Ozempic and Wegovy can reduce the risk for a rash of conditions, including dementia and alcohol use disorder. Is it the medicine having this impact, or is it the resulting weight loss? Dr. Scofield Prescribes The class […]

Filed Under: Bodywork Tagged With: adam cohen, dr. hal scofield, glp-1, glp-1 drugs, Hal Scofield, Mounjaro, Ozempic, semaglutides, Wegovy, weight loss, weight loss drugs, weight loss injections, Zepbound

Bodywork: Getting the skinny on weight-loss drugs

November 21, 2023

A new weight-loss drug was recently approved. How is it different from the options on the market?

Filed Under: Bodywork Tagged With: diabetes, James, Judith, Mounjaro, Ozempic, scientist-news, Wegovy, weight loss, Zepbound

Bodywork: Getting the skinny on weight-loss drugs

April 11, 2023

I’ve heard a lot about a new generation of weight-loss drugs that have become quite popular. What are they, and how effective are they?

Filed Under: Bodywork Tagged With: diabetes, James, Judith, Mounjaro, OKC, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, OMRF, Ozempic, scientist-news, Wegovy, weight loss

Healthy resolutions that won’t fall short

January 1, 2023

Resolutions for a healthy New Year follow a pretty standard script. And they almost always end up on the cutting-room floor by February.

Filed Under: On Your Health Tagged With: 2023, adam cohen, Andrew Weyrich, andy weyrich, exercise, health, New Year's Eve, new year's resolutions, resolution, routine, sleep, weight loss

Moderate carb intake points to longest lifespans

September 17, 2018

A recent study found that people who stuck to low-carb diets or high-carb diets over a long period of time had shorter life expectancies.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: atkins, carb intake, carbs, dead, death, decades, diet, early, high carb, keto, lancet, life expectancy, low carb, moderate, moderation, news, newsok, OKC, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, OMRF, paleo, period, popular, premature, stephen prescott, steve prescott, time, weight, weight loss, years

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