{"id":48575,"date":"2023-08-14T09:28:04","date_gmt":"2023-08-14T09:28:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/?p=48575"},"modified":"2023-08-14T11:24:26","modified_gmt":"2023-08-14T11:24:26","slug":"48575","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/2023\/08\/14\/48575\/","title":{"rendered":"Semaglutide: Wegovy weight loss drug set for use on NHS also cuts heart attack and stroke risk, trial shows"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-41171\" src=\"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/wegovy-300x168.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/wegovy-300x168.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/wegovy-360x202.jpeg 360w, https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/wegovy.jpeg 417w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"dropcap-element-slot\">A <\/span>weight-loss jab which could be available on the NHS by the end of the year can also reduce the risk of a heart attack or stroke by 20 per cent, according\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-gb\/health\/familyhealth\/semaglutide-wegovy-weight-loss-drug-set-for-use-on-nhs-also-cuts-heart-attack-and-stroke-risk-trial-shows\/ar-AA1eXwG7?ocid=msedgntp&amp;cvid=651de348d1d4432985313deeb07a639b&amp;ei=59\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>A weight-loss jab which could be available on the NHS by the end of the year can also reduce the risk of&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":43725,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[154],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-48575","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-health"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/wegovy1.jpeg","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48575","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48575"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48575\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":48593,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48575\/revisions\/48593"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43725"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48575"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48575"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48575"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}