{
  "id": 1942456,
  "title": "Weight-loss drug users turn to social media over doctors for advice, study finds",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/weight-loss-drug-users-turn-to-social-media-over-doctors-for-advice",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-08-19T13:00:07.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Medical Xpress",
    "slug": "medical-xpress",
    "url": "https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-08-weight-loss-drug-users-social.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "People using weight-loss drugs are more likely to seek advice from social media than health care professionals, a Coventry University–led study has found. Researchers from the U.K. and Canada found that users of GLP-1 medications—weight-loss drugs such as Ozempic, Wegovy and Mounjaro that help regulate appetite and blood sugar levels—often rely on social media, online forums, friends and family…",
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}