Rural Health Matters: What are the pros and cons of weight loss drugs?

On this segment of Rural Health Matters, the experts are going to focus on weight loss drugs and their pros and cons.

Many of us have seen them in the news or on social media, but what are the facts?

Dr. Jeffrey Gold, the President of the University of Nebraska, spoke with RFD-TV’s Suzanne Alexander about how drugs like Ozempic work, how safe they are, and if they are the right answer for losing weight.

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