More articles about: Obesity & Weight Management
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My Clinical Training is Fundamental to the Kind of Researcher I Am
A conversation with Dr. Julie Lumeng on pediatrics, nutritional sciences and emerging science in child development and behavior.
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Having clinicians involved in research improves outcomes in diabetes, obesity care
Having clinicians involved in research supports better outcomes and care for patients with diabetes, obesity and related complications.
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Bariatric surgery may reverse diabetes complications for people with obesity
Recent research from the University of Michigan Health suggests that bariatric surgery may reverse diabetes complications for people with obesity. Learn more about this groundbreaking study and its potential implications for diabetes treatment.
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Bariatric endoscopy for weight loss: What is it and how does it work?
A gastroenterologist discusses several non-invasive therapies for treating obesity
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A link between asthma, obesity and the airway microbiome
Variances in the population of microbes may be behind higher risk of asthma
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Sugar is processed differently in the brains of obesity-prone vs. obesity-resistant rats
Molecular insights point to neuronal underpinnings of obesity
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Got questions about weight-loss drugs? These experts have answers
Courtney Weirauch didn’t know what lymphangioleiomyomatosis was – but she quickly learned about the rare lung condition and how it would impact her life.
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Chronic health conditions associated with worse survival rates for patients with metastatic breast cancer
Black women are at the highest risk of death.
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Smoking, diabetes and obesity – not pre-existing heart disease, pose a bigger risk of COVID-19 death
A study finds risk factors for cardiovascular disease like smoking, obesity and diabetes, but not pre-existing cardiovascular disease itself, increased the risk of dying from COVID-19.
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Mapping the brain stem’s control of eating could lead to better treatments for obesity
An atlas of neuronal circuits could help predict targets for medications to control appetite.
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How Obesity Treatment is Changing
What will it take to transform obesity care? New primary care models, increased access to medications and surgery, and more clinical training may help more patients.
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What will it take to transform obesity care?
Although obesity is now known to be a chronic disease that often doesn’t respond to diet and exercise alone, many people with obesity don’t have access to weight loss drugs and operations.
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High blood sugar and suPAR levels independently worsen COVID-19 outcomes
The largest study to investigate the role of inflammatory biomarkers in hospitalized COVID-19 patients uncovers risk factors for worse health outcomes in those with diabetes.
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Connecting obesity, diabetes and the immune system using bioinformatics
Clues suggest anti-inflammatory macrophages are different in people with diabetes.
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Obesity in mice lowered by increasing effects of key weight-regulating hormone
Technique can make the body more sensitive to leptin
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