Obesity
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Semaglutide for weight loss? A good first STEP, with caveats
“On the face of it, the STEP 1 trial (like its name) is a good beginning,” said the editorialists. More patients in the semaglutide group had...
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Lifestyle coaching for obesity associated with improved cardiometabolic numbers in study
Experts address funding barriers to patients receiving this type of intervention.
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Few outcome differences for younger adolescents after bariatric surgery
Younger adolescents did as well as their older counterparts for most variables.
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Bariatric surgery gives 10-year cure for some advanced diabetes
These results provide “the most robust scientific evidence yet that full-blown type 2 diabetes is a curable disease, not inevitably progressive,...
Conference Coverage
Study flags cardiovascular disease in men with breast cancer
Risk factors for heart disease were also elevated, highlighting the need for early involvement of cardiologists in this unique but growing...
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Obesity ‘clearly’ not tied to worse survival in metastatic breast cancer
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Large study weighs in on ‘fat but fit’ paradox
Physical activity reduced cardiovascular risk factors, compared with inactivity, but risk still increased with BMI.
News
Idiopathic intracranial hypertension is on the rise
“The increasing incidence has important implications for health care professionals and policy makers in addressing the associated comorbidities...
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Severe maternal morbidity promotes long-term mortality
Long-term risk of death persists for women with severe pregnancy complications, especially cardiac, renal, and cerebrovascular.
Commentary
Can ‘big’ be healthy? Yes – and no
We can’t tell very much about a person’s health from their outward appearance, and we should probably stop trying to make such inferences, says...
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Monoclonal antibody drops fat, ups muscle in obesity, diabetes
‘Blockade of the activin receptor with bimagrumab could provide a novel pharmacologic approach for managing patients with type 2 diabetes with...