Obesity
Feature
BMI, age, and sex affect COVID-19 vaccine antibody response
Study finds that older and heavier men have lower antibody responses to the Pfizer mRNA vaccine than do younger, leaner, and female recipients.
Conference Coverage
Mepolizumab reduced exacerbations in patients with asthma and atopy, depression comorbidities
Few studies have examined the efficacy of mepolizumab therapy for patients with asthma and comorbidities.
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Obesity pegged as diabetes cause in almost half of U.S. cases
Data from two major U.S. epidemiology studies, MESA and NHANES, provide new evidence that obesity is the attributable cause for about 40% of...
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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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AGA Clinical Practice Update: Bariatric surgery in patients with cirrhosis
Obesity heightens risks of portal vein thrombosis, portal hypertension, hepatocellular carcinoma, and liver failure in acute on chronic liver...
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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.
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...