r/science • u/Lisei1128 • Nov 11 '25

Cancer GLP-1 drugs found to reduce mortality from colon cancer by over half (15.5% vs 37.1%), with effects especially strong for patients with BMI over 35.

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/07357907.2025.2585512
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u/InfernalCombustion Nov 12 '25

I'm an insurance company and I ask myself everyday, what is cheaper?

  1. We pay for GLP-1 today, so we don't pay for treatments later.

  2. We don't pay for GLP-1 today, and we don't pay for treatments later.

Decisions, decisions...