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Emerging research suggests that GLP-1 receptor agonists may have far-reaching effects on various organ systems: 1
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A retrospective study on 650 ALS patients and 365 matched healthy controls revealed that 65% of ALS patients have dyslipidemia, mainly hypercholesterolemia, that is correlated with disease severity (Chestowska et al., 2021)