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Ozempic and the heart: what the SELECT trial found
In a trial of 17,604 people who already had heart disease, a weekly semaglutide shot cut heart attacks, strokes and deaths from heart disease by a fifth. Was that only the lost weight, or something more?
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Rono is back to two slices on Fridays. Tonight he tells you what his doctor said about his heart. It comes from a trial that was in the news in 2023.
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The trial was called SELECT. It took 17,604 people who already had heart disease and carried extra weight. People with diabetes were left out of it. They got semaglutide or a placebo for about three years.
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