GLP-1 drugs shrink a layer of fat that surrounds the heart — this fat is linked to heart disease, and shrinking it may help protect the heart from damage.

If you're an adult with type 2 diabetes and obesity, taking diabetes drugs like semaglutide or dulaglutide might quickly shrink the fat around your heart—especially if you take a higher dose—and that could help calm down harmful inflammation nearby.

GLP-1 drugs are changing the game for treating obesity because they help people lose more weight and improve heart and metabolic health better than older treatments.

GLP-1 drugs don’t just lower blood sugar — they also make dangerous artery plaques more stable by reducing inflammation and strengthening the plaque’s outer shell, which helps prevent heart attacks and strokes.

Diabetes drugs called GLP-1 agonists might help calm body-wide inflammation and improve how well the heart relaxes, especially in people with a type of heart failure where the heart pumps fine but doesn’t fill properly.

If you're an overweight or obese adult without diabetes, taking GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic might lower your chances of having a heart attack by about 27% compared to taking a fake pill.