# Could Ozempic, and other GLP-1 drugs, be changing more than your waistline?

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Podcast: [Newell Normand](https://stenobird.com/podcast/newell-normand-2482167)
Published: 2026-07-10T17:32:23+00:00
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## Resource

New research suggests popular GLP-1 drugs may also affect the brain’s reward and impulse-control systems. What does it mean for patients, and could these medications have uses beyond weight loss? Newell has on Dr. Gil Hebert, Assistant Professor of Medicine at Tulane University, to talk about it.

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