A study says these drugs could prevent 1.5 million cardiac events over 10 years, add in a reduction in alcoholism and governments should be giving away these dr

A study says these drugs could prevent 1.5 million cardiac events over 10 years, add in a reduction in alcoholism and governments should be giving away these drugs to save on healthcare costs... ----- We identified 3999 US adults weighted to an estimated population size of 93.0 million [M] (38% of US adults) who fit STEP 1 eligibility criteria. Applying STEP 1 treatment effects on weight loss resulted in an estimated 69.1% (64.3 M) and 50.5% (47.0 M) showing ≥ 10% and ≥ 15% weight reductions, respectively, translating to a 46.1% (43.0 M) reduction in obesity (BMI ≥ 30 kg/m2) prevalence. Among those without CVD, estimated 10-year CVD risks were 10.15% “before” and 8.34% “after” semaglutide “treatment” reflecting a 1.81% absolute (and 17.8% relative) risk reduction translating to 1.50 million preventable CVD events over 10 years. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37166206 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37166206