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Released: 26-Feb-2024 12:05 PM EST

2024 Marks the 70th Anniversary of Bariatric Surgery - What’s Next for this Weight Loss Intervention?

New York Institute of Technology, New York Tech

Released: 22-Feb-2024 3:05 PM EST

Physician: Diabetics Should Heed FDA’s Smart Device Warning

Released: 19-Feb-2024 7:30 AM EST

Obesity drugs and mental health: UTSW expert says GLP-1s may exacerbate problems for some patients

Released: 13-Feb-2024 10:05 AM EST

Weight management: "It's not all about willpower." Expert busts myths about obesity, weight loss, and bariatric surgery.

University of Florida

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Released: 2-Feb-2024 10:05 AM EST

Devise a dietary game plan for Super Bowl parties

Football fans who plan to attend food-and-beverage-packed Super Bowl parties should have a dietary game plan to ensure that watching the big game is a healthy affair, according to a lifestyle medicine expert at UT Southwestern Medical Center.

Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso

Released: 18-Dec-2023 10:00 AM EST

Managing Diabetes During the Holidays

Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso

Released: 11-Dec-2023 10:00 AM EST

Keeping Your Body Healthy and Fit During the Winter Months

Released: 16-Nov-2023 10:45 AM EST

Weight loss expert sees potential in new obesity drugs

West Virginia University

Released: 14-Nov-2023 3:05 PM EST

FDA approval for Zepbound: FSU researcher available for context on newly approved weight loss treatment

Florida State University

By: Bill Wellock | Published: November 14, 2023 | 2:43 pm | SHARE: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration recently approved the medication Zepbound for weight management treatment.Tirzepatide, the active ingredient in the Eli Lilly and Company’s trademarked Zepbound, was already approved to help improve blood sugar (glucose) in adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus.

University of California, Irvine

Released: 14-Nov-2023 3:05 PM EST

Expert ready to comment on recent research on the association between consumption of ultra-processed foods and multimorbidity

Released: 10-Nov-2023 12:05 PM EST

Founder of Green Bronx Machine comments on new obesity drug and calls for equitable access to better food

Green Bronx Machine

New York Institute of Technology, New York Tech

Released: 9-Nov-2023 12:05 PM EST

More competition could drive prices of obesity drugs down

Cornell University

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Released: 24-Oct-2023 9:05 AM EDT

Physician Dispels Myths and Shares Insight Ahead of American Diabetes Month

University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Health Sciences

Released: 11-Sep-2023 5:05 PM EDT

Endocrinologist and chair of the UCLA Department of Medicine Dr. E. Dale Abel available on use of orforglipron for weight control

Released: 22-Aug-2023 2:35 PM EDT

MEDIA ADVISORY: Cedars-Sinai Experts Available to Discuss Safety, Benefits of Using Medications to Lose Weight

Cedars-Sinai

The science is unclear on exactly why an increasingly popular new class of federally approved diabetes and obesity medications work, but they do know that they are effective at helping people lose weight.

Released: 29-Jun-2023 11:35 AM EDT

UT Southwestern toxicologist offers tips to keep food safe during summer grilling season

The arrival of summer marks the return of a cherished activity: backyard grilling. A UT Southwestern Medical Center toxicologist offers some cautionary guidelines to help you and your guests avoid food poisoning.

Released: 12-Jun-2023 1:30 PM EDT

Lots of water, small dietary changes can help prevent kidney stones, UTSW expert says

The painful experience of having a kidney stone has become more common in recent years, including in Texas, part of the “Stone Belt” where hot weather can cause dehydration. But small dietary changes as well as drinking lots of water can help avert the discomfort, says a board-certified physician assistant in the Department of Urology at UT Southwestern Medical Center.

Released: 8-Jun-2023 11:05 AM EDT

ENDO 2023: Cedars-Sinai Experts Available for Interviews

Cedars-Sinai

Cedars-Sinai endocrinologists will share their latest medical research and clinical care improvements at ENDO 2023, the Endocrine Society’s annual meeting in Chicago, June 15-18.

Thomas Jefferson University

1-Jun-2023 11:40 AM EDT

How to Decide About Treatment for Teens with Excess Weight?

Released: 30-May-2023 1:20 PM EDT

UC San Diego Health Sheds Light on Stroke Awareness

UC San Diego Health

University of Miami Health System, Miller School of Medicine

Newswise: In newly released study findings, University of Miami cardiologists found that high BMI patients who lost 3% or more of their body weight prior to ablation saw greater freedom from AF post-ablation

Released: 19-May-2023 5:35 PM EDT

In newly released study findings, University of Miami cardiologists found that high BMI patients who lost 3% or more of their body weight prior to ablation saw greater freedom from AF post-ablation

Released: 27-Apr-2023 4:20 PM EDT

Can Working Long Hours Increase Your Risk of a Stroke?

Released: 27-Mar-2023 6:25 PM EDT

A Registered Dietitian's Reaction to the New FDA Proposed Rule on Salt

Stony Brook University

Newswise: March 28 is Diabetes Alert Day -A one-day

Released: 26-Mar-2023 11:05 AM EDT

March 28 is Diabetes Alert Day -A one-day "wake-up call" to the danger of diabetes and the importance of understanding your risk

Released: 3-Mar-2023 3:25 PM EST

World Obesity Day - March 4, 2023 - What Really Works for Weight Loss?

Released: 25-Jan-2023 2:05 PM EST

February is Heart Month: Tips for Heart Health at Any Age

Ochsner Health

Rutgers University-New Brunswick

Released: 21-Dec-2022 9:55 AM EST

Tis the season to manage stress: Winter holiday story ideas and expert commentary

Newswise

Here are some of the latest articles that have been added to the Winter Holidays channel on Newswise.

Expert Pitch LIFE MEDICINE

Released: 27-Jun-2022 2:05 PM EDT

Diabetes Drugs Could Soon Transform the Treatment of Obesity

An obesity specialist from Robert Wood Johnson Medical School discusses a decade of progress in weight-management drugs and a game-changing study.

Released: 6-Apr-2022 12:20 PM EDT

Q&A: Unlocking Genetic Causes of Heart Disease

Cedars-Sinai

Physician-scientists from the Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai are working to identify genetic risk factors for cardiomyopathy—a collection of conditions that reduce the heart’s ability to pump blood to the rest of the body—and how inherited forms of the condition can be detected at earlier stages.

Released: 4-Mar-2022 11:05 AM EST

Post Pandemic Obesity Posing a New Challenge for Americans this World Obesity Day, March 4, 2022

American Physiological Society (APS)

Released: 16-Feb-2022 10:00 AM EST

Critical Research Could Reshape the Fight against Heart Disease

Released: 11-Feb-2022 3:05 PM EST

A Happy & Healthy Valentine’s Day for a Pompton Plains Couple

Released: 30-Dec-2021 10:05 AM EST

New Year, New You

Released: 9-Dec-2021 10:30 AM EST

Post Pandemic Obesity Posing a New Challenge for Americans

Hackensack Meridian Health (Mountainside Medical Center)

Released: 25-Aug-2021 5:00 PM EDT

Treatment and Considerations for Pancreatic Cancer

We spoke with hematology oncologist James Orsini, Jr., M.D., to learn more about pancreatic cancer

Released: 27-Jul-2021 11:45 AM EDT

We Packed on the Pandemic Pounds - Now What?

Released: 6-Jul-2021 1:25 PM EDT

WVU Professor: Personal Desire, Not Shaming, Should Serve as Motivator to Arise From the Unhealthy Pits of COVID

West Virginia University

George Kelley, a professor in West Virginia University's School of Public Health, said he believes the key now is to push forward from the pandemic and into healthier lifestyles.

Feature Expert LIFE

Released: 10-Mar-2021 5:30 PM EST

Alerta dos Especialistas: Conhecer o risco de doença renal crônica é ainda mais necessário devido à pandemia de COVID-19

Mayo Clinic

Estima-se que uma a cada dez pessoas ao redor do mundo tem doença renal crônica, mas a maioria delas não sabe disso. A falta de conhecimento é particularmente preocupante porque as pessoas com doença renal crônica que se infectarem com COVID-19 têm maior risco de apresentar a forma grave da doença.

Released: 10-Mar-2021 2:15 PM EST

Saber si hay riesgo de insuficiencia renal crónica es aún más importante debido a pandemia de COVID-19

Mayo Clinic

Se calcula que 1 de cada 10 personas en el mundo sufre de insuficiencia renal crónica, pero la mayoría de ellas no lo saben. Ese desconocimiento es particularmente preocupante porque cuando alguien con insuficiencia renal crónica se infecta con la COVID-19, tiene mucho más riesgo de enfermar gravemente.

University of Rhode Island

Released: 3-Nov-2020 11:45 AM EST

Tech makes dieting, ‘lifestyle plans’ more accessible than ever

Cornell University

Expert Pitch LIFE

Released: 18-Sep-2020 11:35 AM EDT

Keeping students physically active online or in-person

Texas A&M University

A physical activity expert addresses ways to keep students active in this "new normal."

Feature Expert LIFE MEDICINE

Released: 27-May-2020 12:05 PM EDT

Expert on how to keep motivated and maintain weight during COVID-19

Expert Pitch LIFE MEDICINE

Released: 9-Jan-2020 12:05 PM EST

After bariatric surgery patients have an increased risk of dangerous hypoglycemia. Dr. Mary-Elizabeth Patti, Joslin Diabetes Center/Harvard Medical School is available to discuss causes and treatment options.

Joslin Diabetes Center

Released: 6-Jan-2020 12:00 PM EST

A New Non-surgical Option Helps You Lose Weight and Keep It Off

Beth Israel Lahey Health

Jonah Cohen, MD, a gastroenterologist and Director of the Center for Bariatric Endoscopy at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, discusses a new non-surgical option that helped one of his patients, Laurie, lose and keep her weight off.

Released: 6-Jan-2020 12:00 PM EST

Weight Loss Procedures: Comparing Surgical and Non-surgical Options

Beth Israel Lahey Health

Daniel Jones, MD, Chief of Minimally Invasive Surgical Services and Director of the Bariatric Program at BIDMC, and Jonah Cohen, MD, Director of the Center for Bariatric Endoscopy at BIDMC, compare different surgical and non-surgical weight loss procedures.

Released: 6-Jan-2020 12:00 PM EST

Derron’s Weight Loss Journey: How Surgery Changed His Life

Beth Israel Lahey Health

Derron Golden once weighed 360 pounds. As a result, he suffered from severe obstructive sleep apnea, high cholesterol, back pain, shortness of breath upon exertion and type 2 diabetes. After having weight loss surgery at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) in January 2018, he lost 150 pounds.

Released: 26-Dec-2019 8:00 AM EST

Intermittent Fasting: Live ‘Fast,’ Live longer?

Johns Hopkins Medicine