When buying GLP-1 weight-loss drugs online, it's easy to bypass doctor consultations, secret shoppers find
Two-thirds of telehealth websites visited by Yale researchers offered GLP-1 weight-loss drugs without requiring medical consultation. The researchers say this indicates a 'drive to prescribe' the…
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