Rethinking Addiction 12.20.24
Today's feature story is on Rethinking Addiction ... how new drugs including diabetes drugs like Ozempic might not only help with weight loss but also address substance addictions.
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FEATURE STORY
Study finds drugs like Ozempic could help with substance addiction
New research suggests diabetes drugs like Ozempic, which some people also take to lose weight, may also help patients suffering from substance addiction. CBS News contributor Dr. Celene Gounder has more.
CBS News – October 17, 2024 (03:22)
Leading researcher explains how viewing addiction as a brain disorder improves treatments
This week, we are reporting on some promising treatments for two of the deadliest drugs in America: opioids and alcohol. William Brangham sat down with one of the nation’s leading researchers who is studying America’s addictions and how we can better address them.
PBS NewsHour – December 19, 2024 (07:11)
Ozempic shows promise for alcohol and drug addiction, study finds
Ozempic, Mounjaro and similar medications for Type 2 diabetes and weight loss could also help people struggling with addiction, according to a new study.
Researchers found that people addicted to alcohol who also had a prescription for Ozempic or similar medications had a 50% lower rate of binging on alcohol, compared to people who were not on the medications. And people with opioid use disorder who were taking the medications had a 40% lower rate of opioid overdose.
NPR News, Maria Godoy – October 18, 2024
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Making financial crises great again
But now the incoming Trump administration seems eager to deregulate the financial industry. We’re hearing about the possibility of abolishing the FDIC. Deposit insurance would supposedly remain, although it would be absorbed into the Treasury Department. But the FDIC has a lot of institutional experience in bank regulation, which would presumably be lost. And this comes amid a general push to loosen financial regulation, indeed regulation of all types.
I have no idea how far this stuff will go, although Wall Street types are clearly eager to start taking dangerous risks again.
Krugman wonks out, Paul Krugman – December 20, 2024
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