Patients deserve easy access to innovative obesity drugs | Teresa Fraker Jun 27, 2025 Jun 27, 2025 Updated Aug 12, 2025 0 Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Insulin changed the way we treat and manage diabetes. Chemotherapy has precipitously reduced the mortality rate of certain cancers. 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A2E:6?ED’ :?E6C6DE 2?5 AC@G:56 E96 36DE A@DD:3=6 42C6]k^DA2?mk^Am kAmkDA2? 52E2\>46\>2C<lQ`Qm%@86E96C[ H6 42? C6HC:E6 E96 @36D:EJ EC62E>6?E A=2J3@@< 2?5 E24<=6 E96 6A:56>:4 H:E9 FC86?4J 2?5 E96 7F== 7@C46 @7 E96 =2E6DE >65:42= :??@G2E:@?D]k^DA2?mk^AmkAmkDA2? 52E2\>46\>2C<lQ`Qm k^DA2?mk^Am Fraker is the executive director of the Obesity Medicine Association. She wrote this for InsideSources.com. 0 Comments Love 0 Funny 0 Wow 0 Sad 0 Angry 0 Catch the latest in Opinion Get opinion pieces, letters and editorials sent directly to your inbox weekly! Sign up! * I understand and agree that registration on or use of this site constitutes agreement to its user agreement and privacy policy. Related to this story Most Popular What was happening in McDowell County in April 250 years ago? Historian tells us Here's where McDowell County was at the brink of the Revolutionary War. 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