Obesity
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Bariatric Surgery and Weight Loss Make Brain Say Meh to Sweets
“Our findings suggest that both the brain reward response to and subjective liking of an innately desirable taste decline following bariatric...
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Will New Obesity Drugs Make Bariatric Surgery Obsolete?
“Efficacy of drugs is measured in weeks or months, whereas efficacy of surgery is measured in decades of durability.”
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GI-Targeted Bitter Hop Extract Curbs Hunger, Food Cravings
Both the high-dose and low-dose treatment groups experienced a significant reduction in appetite.
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‘Remarkable’ Weight Loss Seen With Safe, Tolerable Novel Oral Combination
A dual-pathway, oral weight loss drug resulted in up to 13% body weight loss, finds Phase 1 study.
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Genitourinary Symptoms in Men: Canaries in the Coal Mine for Underlying Chronic Disease
Primary care physicians should ask about genitourinary symptoms in men and intervene early to try to get related chronic diseases under control....
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Early vs Late Fast Window: Is One More Effective?
The study found that 8 hours of time-restriced eating — whether early or late in the day — led to a significant improvement in the time spent...
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Ultra-Processed Doesn’t Always Mean Bad — Here’s How to Tell
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Beyond Weight Loss, Limited Bariatric Surgery Benefits in Older Adults
“The findings from this study suggest a limited role of bariatric surgery in older patients for the prevention of obesity-related cancer or...
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Eating the Right Fats May Help Patients Live Longer
Eating high levels of plant-based fat, compared with animal fat, may lead to a longer life, study finds.
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A Simple Blood Test May Predict Cancer Risk in T2D
Can the markers of inflammation IL-6, tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha), and high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hsCRP) be predictive...
Commentary
GLP-1 RA Therapy for Alcohol Use Disorder?
Similar to what we see in obesity, these medications may work by affecting what we call reward processing, or the seeking for addictive drugs,...