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Osteoarthritis, Obesity and GLP-1s

By Tom Appleton, MD, PhD

We all know that osteoarthritis is the most common form of arthritis in the world, and that obesity is its most modifiable risk factor. What I really want to focus on is the role that GLP-! receptor agonists might be playing in our management of osteoarthritis. So why does this matter?

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  • Tom Appleton, MD, PhD

  • Tom Appleton, MD, PhD, is division head of rheumatology at St. Joseph’s Health Care London, and associate professor in the departments of medicine and physiology and pharmacology at Western University, in Ontario, Canada. 
    Dr. Appleton leads a translational biology research program investigating pathologic disease mechanisms in various forms of osteoarthritis and other rheumatic diseases. 

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