Obesity drug significantly reduces the risk of infections and serious cardiovascular events

Tirzepatide, marketed under the brand name Mounjaro, could reduce the risk of heart attacks and hospitalizations due to infections in people with type 2 diabetes by by about one-third when compared with a conventional diabetes medication.

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