wonder drug

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Recent Examples of wonder drug The wonder drug that still has everyone talking is the GLP-1 franchise owned by Eli Lilly , its popular weight-loss treatment Zepbound and type-2 diabetes drug Mounjaro. Jim Cramer, CNBC, 19 Jan. 2025 Waksal had been tipped that the FDA was not going to approve his wonder drug. Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 30 Oct. 2024 With the entire world plunged into panic about a popular wonder drug that’s about to start killing people, Axel and Lazarus’ other operatives are the only people who might be able to find a solution. Charles Pulliam-Moore, The Verge, 18 Oct. 2024 The blockbuster medications have been hailed as wonder drugs for their profound effects on diabetes and weight loss, but a growing number of doctors are concerned that the medications are triggering or worsening eating disorders in some people. Liz Szabo, NBC News, 31 July 2024 See All Example Sentences for wonder drug
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Noun
  • Jurassic World Rebirth focuses on a pharmaceutical company’s attempts to harvest dinosaur blood as part of an attempt to create a miracle drug.
    Keith Phipps, Vulture, 1 July 2025
  • The show is set in 2055, after the disappearance of a doctor who discovered a miracle drug that has no side effects.
    Rafael Motamayor, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The drug has been linked to statistically significant improvements in a number of cognitive exercises.
    Nicholas Florko, The Atlantic, 1 Aug. 2025
  • The next part is the health aspect, making drugs that are clean and in knowable, understandable doses.
    Rolling Stone, Rolling Stone, 1 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Over time, newer treatment medications were discovered, often with NIH research support, allowing a smaller daily pill burden.
    Timothy Holtz, Sun Sentinel, 22 July 2025
  • Each participant underwent a thorough preparation and intake process: screening for mental health conditions, medications, and trauma history, as well as virtual individual and group therapy sessions.
    Essence, Essence, 22 July 2025
Noun
  • Refund and remedy processes typically require proof of disposal.
    Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 July 2025
  • While his diagnosis of overfull streets is correct, his remedy of higher parking requirements is akin to the patient demanding surgical expansion of his stomach to address his obesity.
    Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 28 July 2025
Noun
  • There is no current cure for CTE, and it can only be diagnosed posthumously.
    Caroline Blair, People.com, 29 July 2025
  • Currently, there's no cure for Huntington's, but certain medications, diet changes, and exercise can temporarily manage symptoms.2 Huntington’s Disease Symptoms The symptoms of Huntington’s disease get progressively worse with time.
    Janelle McSwiggin, Health, 27 July 2025

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