Obesity
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Can a saliva test predict the best way to manage obesity?
“We still don’t have randomized trials where we’re looking at obesity phenotyping yet.”
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Diabetes, cholesterol meds use drops after bariatric surgery
Undergoing bariatric surgery was associated with a substantial and long-lasting reduction in the use of lipid-lowering and antidiabetic...
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Does Ozempic cause hair loss?
“Some of my patients lose hair when they lose weight, generally as a result of the weight loss itself and not as a side effect of these...
Conference Coverage
Tweaking food delivery apps can lower calories purchased
“These studies provide encouraging proof-of-concept evidence that small tweaks in delivery apps could help many people to identify and select...
Conference Coverage
‘Staggering’ weight loss and benefits in body composition with tirzepatide
“Something we have sought for decades, we have finally been able to achieve.”
Conference Coverage
Ear acupuncture with diet aids weight loss
Acupuncture beads, used in Japan to augment weight loss for more than 30 years, are thought to stimulate nerves and organs that regulate appetite...
Conference Coverage
Obesity drug with swallowable balloon boosts weight loss
“In Europe, use of the swallowable gastric balloon is common, the results are good, and it is a safe tool.”
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How BMI over time impacts GI cancer risk
These “important findings highlight the unmet need to identify the critical time window linking adiposity and GI cancer.”
Conference Coverage
BMI has greater impact on survival in younger breast cancer patients
Study of women on endocrine therapy for breast cancer addresses the effects of BMI on survival.
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Boys may carry the weight, or overweight, of adults’ infertility
Plus: The promise of fecal beads and the air of sleep-dieting.