


Weight Loss Drugs Not Worth High Cost: CDRP JAMA Health Forum paper cited in NY Times
Are GLP-1 drug benefits worth their enormous cost? The answer right now is no, according to a new study published in JAMA Health Forum by CDRP researchers Jennifer Hwang, Neda Laiteerapong, Elbert Huang, and David D. Kim

Cases of Neurosyphilis Rising in Chicago Heterosexual Men Shows New CDC Report
Clinicians should consider NOO syphilis even in persons who do not have HIV and who are not MSM reports CDC Notes from the Field coauthored by PITCH Fellow John “Jack” Flores

CDRP’s Monica Peek discusses barriers to care in Black patients with Type 2 Diabetes on Medscape Care Cues
CDRP faculty affiliate Monica Peek, Ellen H. Block Professor for Health Justice of Medicine and Associate Director of the Chicago Center for Diabetes Translational Research at the University of Chicago, discusses barriers to care for Black patients with Type 2 Diabetes

CDRP director urges support of CDC’s National Diabetes Prevention Program and HRSA’s Health Center Program in LA Times
CDRP director Elbert Huang urged policymakers to find common ground by supporting initiatives like the CDC’s National Diabetes Prevention Program and HRSA’s Health Center Program that both improve healthcare and lower costs in the LA Times. Read more to find out why.