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Daily Pill Helps People Lose Weight, Combines GLP-1 With Other Drug

WEDNESDAY, Sept. 11, 2024 – An experimental weight-loss pill appears to help people quickly shed pounds, a new study says. People who took the drug amycretin lost up to 13% of their body weight over...

Abdominal Adipose Tissue Linked to Musculoskeletal Pain

WEDNESDAY, Sept. 11, 2024 – For women and men, abdominal adipose tissue is associated with chronic musculoskeletal pain, according to a study published online Sept. 10 in Regional Anesthesia & Pain...

Weight-Loss Pill Saxenda Helps Kids as Young as 6

WEDNESDAY, Sept. 11, 2024 – The weight-loss drug liraglutide helped obese children lower their BMI and reach a healthier weight, researchers report. The findings, published Tuesday in the New...

Exercising Can Help You Have Healthier Belly Fat

TUESDAY, Sept. 10, 2024 – Annoyed that you still have a bit of tummy even though you work out all the time? Exercise actually is helping you develop healthier belly fat tissue, a new study says....

Obesity Raises Risk of Severe Infection, Especially in People With Diabetes

MONDAY, Sept. 9, 2024 – Losing weight can help a person with obesity – especially those with diabetes – fend off serious infections, new data shows. It's an important finding, since "up to one in...

'Night Owls' More Prone to Type 2 Diabetes

MONDAY, Sept. 9, 2024 – Folks who like to stay up late are nearly 50% more likely to develop type 2 diabetes than those who go to bed earlier, a new study finds. However, it’s not just because they h...

Specific PFAS Differentially Affect Maternal Midlife Adiposity

MONDAY, Sept. 9, 2024 – Specific perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) measured in early pregnancy differentially affect maternal midlife adiposity, according to a study published...

Insulin Resistance Linked to Risk for More Than 30 Diseases

MONDAY, Sept. 9, 2024 – Insulin resistance (IR) is associated with multiple systemic diseases, according a study presented at the annual meeting of the European Association for the Study of...

Wegovy, Ozempic May Someday Be Given as Once-Monthly Injection

MONDAY, Sept. 9, 2024 – A slow-release form of semaglutide could allow people who use Wegovy or Ozempic to get shots once a month, instead of the weekly injections they now take, a new study...

Wegovy, Ozempic May Someday Be Given as Once-Monthly Injection

MONDAY, Sept. 9, 2024 – A slow-release form of semaglutide could allow people who use Wegovy or Ozempic to get shots once a month, instead of the weekly injections they now take, a new study...

Exposure to PFAS 'Forever Chemicals' in Pregnancy Could Boost Long-Term Obesity Risk

FRIDAY, Sept. 6, 2024 – PFAS “forever chemicals” could cause pregnant women to experience long-term weight gain, increasing their risk of obesity in middle age, a new study warns. Women with higher l...

Taking Wegovy, Zepbound? One Expert Has Dietary Advice

TUESDAY, Sept. 3, 2024 – Folks taking weight-loss drugs like Wegovy or Zepbound might think they’ve found a shortcut to better health. But they still need to eat a high-quality diet if they want to m...

Interleukin-6 May Boost Prediction of Obesity-Related Cancers

TUESDAY, Sept. 3, 2024 – In patients with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes, baseline interleukin-6 (IL-6) levels may enhance prediction of new-onset obesity-related cancers, according to a study...

Follow These Steps to Tasty, Healthy School Lunches

SUNDAY, Sept.1, 2024 – Backpacks. Notebooks. Folders. Pencils. These are all essentials for a good start to your children's school year, but what about their nutrition? As summer ends and kids...

Why Breast Feeding May Be Even Healthier for Heavier New Moms

THURSDAY, Aug. 29, 2024 – Breastfeeding helps women shed those extra pounds of "pregnancy weight," a new study finds, and the effect is even more pronounced for moms who were overweight before their...

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