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an estimated 6.7 million americans over the age of 75, and meg tirrell is going to join us now.econd drug. talk to us about it. >> yes, a major conference going on right now, and that is where we are seeing the data. a first drug was getting full approval from the fd, and that is lakemba, and the second drug does not have a brand name made by eli lilly also slows the disease. in the trial, it slowed progression, and the loss of memry, and the ability to think clearly slowed down 35%. put it a different way, it is gaining 4 to 7 months over a placebo over an 18-month trial. it is not stopping the disease or reverse the losses of the memories, and it is a start. it comes with the risks, and the main things that doctors are looking out for brain bleeds and swelling, and they saw it in a percentage of the patients in the trial, and most concerningly, they saw three deaths in the patients on the medicine. this is something that the patients will have to weigh with the doctors here, but it is showing some progress finally in this disease, john. >> meg, some news out today about geogra

cnn medical correspondent meg tirrell is here with more. ow big of a concern is this going forward? >> yeah, right now, they appear to be very rare. and it's not clear that this is linked to the medicines. but we know the way these drugs work they mimic a hormone in the gut calls glp-1 which can stimulate the body to produce insulin and curb hunger and slow stomach emptying. it's that effect of the medicine that have doctors saying you need to take a look at this, our reporter brenda godman talked to three patients who had slowing of stomach empties which their doctor said was stomach paralysis or severe gastro pa parise. we no gi side effects come with this it's didn't documented. 24 for more ozempic and wegovy. now the makers of these does list the emptying of the stomach in the label in if you're taking other medicines at the same time. the fda has told cnn it has heard of cases but casualty from the medicines haven't improved. and it doesn't resolve after the patients stop taking the medicine and that's what our reporter brenda heard as

let's get straight to cnn medical correspondent meg tirrell. s like a fairly seismic development. tell us about this pill and who can take it. >> yeah, jake, doctors i've been talking with today are really broeled over by the news. i talked with one doctor who said she had tears in her eyes. this is the end of a 30-year quest to make this pill more available to people. this is a similar version to what has been available by prescription since 1973. it's a once daily oral contraceptive pill. it's similar to knowns at the mini pill which essentially only uses the hormone progestin. when you use it it's 898% effective in preventin pregnancies. if you're not perfect at taking it at the exact same time every y. importantly the fda put no restriction on this here, and that is sothing that doctors tell me iso important because it is especially younger people who can often have trouble getting prescription contracept the only people for whom it's contraindicated who should not take it are those who have breast cancer or a history of breast cancer becaus

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meg tirrell joining us. so should people look at how much aspartame they are consuming?g daily limit for safety, and this is a product that is found from diet sodas to breakfast cereals and even cough medicines and chewable vitamins, and what the w.h.o. has said is that the director of safety says that while safety is not a concern of the dosages used, but the potential effects have been described that need to be prescribed by better studies. the studies they have been relying on are problematic at proving a cancer link, and what they are trying to do is to spur better research by making this classification. but to provide a context thafrfor this, they are putting it in the third risk and that also includes al low vera, exposure to dry cleaning, asian pickled vegetables, and so to compare that with the highest risk of cancer like cigarettes and asbestos and even hot dogs in that category, so this is nowhere near the highest risk of cancer. as for the daily limits, if you are looking what w.h.o. recommends, the avperson weighing 180 pounds would have to drink 33 cans of d

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