obesity

Give weight-loss jabs to obese children, says top doctor

Give weight-loss jabs to obese children, says top doctor

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Sarah Carter

Obese children should be offered weight-loss jabs to save them from a lifetime of problems, one of the world’s most senior doctors ...

New Systematic Review Unveils the Best Way To Lose Weight

New Systematic Review Unveils the Best Way To Lose Weight

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Sarah Carter

Systematic reviews from 2020 to 2024 indicate that bariatric surgery provides the most sustained and substantial weight loss compared to other treatments, ...

Brain Chemistry Sheds Light on Overeating and Memory

Brain Chemistry Sheds Light on Overeating and Memory

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Sarah Carter

Summary: Fruit flies use the neurotransmitter octopamine to decide whether food memories are stored long-term or short-term. This process, influenced by energy ...

Ozempic Drug Semaglutide Could Protect Kidneys, Study Finds

Ozempic Drug Semaglutide Could Protect Kidneys, Study Finds

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Sarah Carter

Topline Novo Nordisk’s weight loss injection semaglutide — the ingredient inside its wildly popular drugs Ozempic and Wegovy — could also help ...

Groundbreaking New Weight Loss Drug Is More Effective Than Current Treatments

Groundbreaking New Weight Loss Drug Is More Effective Than Current Treatments

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Sarah Carter

By University of Copenhagen – The Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences May 19, 2024 Associate Professor Christoffer Clemmensen from the University ...

GLP-1 and NMDA Targeted Weight-Loss Drug Shows Promise

GLP-1 and NMDA Targeted Weight-Loss Drug Shows Promise

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Sarah Carter

Summary: Researchers have developed a novel weight-loss drug that combines GLP-1 with molecules targeting NMDA receptors in the brain. This “Trojan Horse” ...

High BMI Linked to Weak Smell-Eating Circuit in Brain

High BMI Linked to Weak Smell-Eating Circuit in Brain

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Sarah Carter

Summary: A new study reveals a novel brain circuit linking the sense of smell and eating behavior. The weaker the connection between ...

Obesity drug slashes risk of heart attack or stroke ‘regardless of weight lost’

Obesity drug slashes risk of heart attack or stroke ‘regardless of weight lost’

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Sophie Anderson

A five-year trial investigated whether semaglutide, a drug currently sold under the brand names Ozempic, Wegovy and Rybelsus, could reduce the risk ...

How to keep off the pounds after stopping weight-loss jabs

How to keep off the pounds after stopping weight-loss jabs

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Sarah Carter

Normally, the dose is gradually increased as patients get used to the treatment. But the study of 2,246 Danes, with an average ...

Nearly half of all cancer cases are linked to obesity

Nearly half of all cancer cases are linked to obesity

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Sarah Carter

The study led by Lund University in Malmo, Sweden, involved 4.1 million participants who were monitored for about 40 years, with close ...