Day 1,940: semaglutide, well-heeled, financier

In the three years since semaglutide was approved for treating obesity, it has taken America by storm.

Image-conscious influencers and well-heeled financiers are not their only users.

It’s not just obesity. Drugs like Ozempic will change the world

Artwork of the day 
Heel, Sit, Stay
Joan_Mitchell
Date: 1977
Style: Abstract Expressionism
Period: Mid Career: 1968–1980
Genre: abstract
Media: oil
Dimensions: 279.4 x 320 cm

Word of the day 
semaglutide: a drug C187H291N45O59 that selectively binds to and activates cell receptors for glucagon-like peptide 1 acting to stimulate insulin secretion and decrease glucagon secretion and that is administered orally or by injection for the management of type 2 diabetes or for the promotion of weight loss in obese patients or in overweight patients with a comorbidity
NOTE: Semaglutide is marketed under the trademarks Ozempic, Rybelsus, and Wegovy.
well-heeled: rich
financier: a person who has control of a large amount of money and can give or lend it to people or organizations

Quote of the day
“And if I strike out? At least I’ll go down swinging. If I crash and burn and she grinds my ashes into the dirty with her heel? So be it. But I have to try. Because…

Well, because she’s worth it.”

― Emma Chase, Tangled