GLP-1 drugs linked to dramatically lower death rates in colon cancer patients

Published Date: 12 Nov 2025

A new University of California San Diego study offers compelling evidence that glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonists—the class of drugs behind Ozempic, Wegovy and Mounjaro, for example—may do more than regulate ...

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