Obesity
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Can Weight Loss Drugs Also Treat Addiction?
The study highlights the importance of interdisciplinary research in understanding the neurobiological links between metabolic disorders and...
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Metformin After Bariatric Surgery: Necessary or Not?
After adjustment for patient variables, no significant association was found between metformin continuation after metabolic bariatric surgery and...
From the Journals
Is BMI Underestimating Breast Cancer Risk in Postmenopausal Women?
Researchers conducted a case-control study including 1,033 breast cancer cases and 1,143 postmenopausal population controls; both BMI and body fat...
Commentary
Unseen Cost of Weight Loss and Aging: Tackling Sarcopenia
Muscle tone decreases with age and can lead to greater risk of falls and injury; GLP-1s could exacerbate muscle loss.
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Obesity Therapies: What Will the Future Bring?
“I believe that obesity won’t be cured in the future, but we will have increasingly better lifelong management with a multidisciplinary approach...
Conference Coverage
Type 2 Diabetes: Insulin-Free for 24 Months After Novel Endoscopic Procedure
At the 24-month follow-up, 11 patients were still insulin-free while maintaining A1c levels below 7.5%.
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Eggs: A Weighty Matter for Postmenopausal Women?
Adding eggs to a Western diet of red meat, high fat, and processed foods can spur weight gain in postmenopausal women.
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Excess Body Weight Tied to Increased Risk for Second Cancers
For every 5-unit increase in BMI, the risk for an obesity-related cancer was considerably higher than the risk for any second cancer.
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Ghost Fat: The Unseen Consequences of Weight Loss
The body dissatisfaction of some people who lose weight may be long-standing, predating the weight loss, or may be new because weight loss has...
News from the FDA/CDC
Tirzepatide Shortage Resolved? FDA Says Yes, Compounders No
The FDA said patients and prescribers may still see “intermittent localized supply disruptions as the products move through the supply chain.”
From the Journals
Weight Loss After Anti-Obesity Medications Linked to Reduced Gout Risk
The 5-year risk for incident gout was the lowest among patients in the fast weight loss group.