Weight-loss jabs can boost protection against cancer.
Weight-loss jabs increase protection against cancer
A new study has found that treatments such as Wegovy and Ozempic have been found to restore the body's natural killer cells that can fend off and destroy tumours.
Obesity reduces the body's defences against cancer as critical cells are rendered useless but Irish experts found that after six months of weekly jabs - known as GLP-1s - the body's killer cell function was successfully recharged.
Professor Donal O'Shea, of the Irish Health Service Executive, said: "Our findings represent very positive news for people living with obesity on GLP-1 therapy.
"They suggest the benefits of this family of treatments may extend to a reduction in cancer risk. We are finally reaching the point where medical treatments for the disease of obesity are being shown to prevent the complications of obesity."