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Newswise: Study Suggests Body Mass Index Isn’t Obstacle to Chest Masculinization Surgery Eligibility
Released: 7-Nov-2023 9:30 AM EST
Study Suggests Body Mass Index Isn’t Obstacle to Chest Masculinization Surgery Eligibility
Johns Hopkins Medicine

In what is believed to be the largest study of the association between BMI and postoperative complications following chest masculinization surgery, researchers at the Johns Hopkins Center for Transgender and Gender Expansive Health provide evidence that BMI is a poor metric for determining who should be approved for the gender transitioning procedure.

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Released: 3-Nov-2023 11:00 AM EDT
Popular Weight Loss Drug Does Not Appear to Worsen Diabetic Eye Disease in Most Patients, New Study Suggests
American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO)

New study shows that most people taking semaglutide do not develop diabetic retinopathy or experience a worsening of existing diabetic retinopathy.

Released: 27-Oct-2023 5:05 PM EDT
Study: Metformin can help youth manage weight gain side effect of bipolar medications
University of Cincinnati

A new large-scale study led by researchers at the University of Cincinnati and Northwell Health, New York's largest health care provider, found the drug metformin can help prevent or reduce weight gain in youth taking medication to treat bipolar disorder.

25-Oct-2023 11:00 AM EDT
Intermittent fasting is safe, effective for those with Type 2 diabetes
University of Illinois Chicago

More weight lost among people who fasted, compared to calorie restriction

Released: 24-Oct-2023 9:30 AM EDT
After body contouring, bariatric surgery patients regain more weight than non-bariatric patients
Wolters Kluwer Health: Lippincott

Patients with previous bariatric surgery who undergo body contouring (BC) regain more weight at long-term follow-up, compared to BC patients who did not have bariatric surgery, reports a study in the November issue of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery®, the official medical journal of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS).

Released: 19-Oct-2023 2:05 PM EDT
UC Irvine study reveals surge in use of weight loss-linked drugs in California health system
University of California, Irvine

In a first-of-its-kind study, researchers from the University of California, Irvine have discovered an extraordinary surge in the utilization of weight loss-associated GLP-1 receptor agonists, a class of medications commonly used in the treatment of Type 2 diabetes and obesity, that is poised to accelerate, based on emerging clinical evidence.

Newswise: Broken mitochondria are guilty of obesity
Released: 17-Oct-2023 7:05 AM EDT
Broken mitochondria are guilty of obesity
Scientific Project Lomonosov

Scientists from Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University on the base of literary sources have described in detail the connection between intracellular processes in mitochondria and metabolic disorders in human’s organism that lead to obesity and cardiovascular diseases.

Newswise: Hackensack University Medical Center Holds Ribbon Cutting on a new Center for Weight Loss and Metabolic Health
Released: 12-Oct-2023 10:05 AM EDT
Hackensack University Medical Center Holds Ribbon Cutting on a new Center for Weight Loss and Metabolic Health
Hackensack Meridian Health

The Integrated Program is dedicated to helping people lose weight and keep it off in the most healthy and appropriate way.

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Released: 11-Oct-2023 7:00 AM EDT
Metformin Cuts Insulin Resistance and Chances of Kidney Disease in Young, Obese Rats
American Physiological Society (APS)

Improving insulin resistance with metformin, a medication used to treat Type 2 diabetes, reduced the chances of developing kidney disease in a prepubescent obese rat model, according to a new study from the University of Mississippi Medical Center.

10-Oct-2023 6:05 AM EDT
Jet lag disorder associated with shift work can lead to brain changes increasing appetite
University of Bristol

Scientists have uncovered why night shift work is associated with changes in appetite in a new University of Bristol-led study. The findings, published in Communications Biology, could help the millions of people that work through the night and struggle with weight gain.

Released: 9-Oct-2023 6:05 PM EDT
Heart disease risk, prevention and management redefined
American Heart Association (AHA)

Health experts are redefining cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk, prevention and management, according to a new American Heart Association presidential advisory published today in the Association’s flagship journal Circulation.

Newswise: More study needed into the ‘why’ of new weight-loss drugs
Released: 6-Oct-2023 1:05 PM EDT
More study needed into the ‘why’ of new weight-loss drugs
University of Washington School of Medicine

These drugs are not the be-all and end-all to weight-loss therapy, wrote Dr. Michael Schwartz in a commentary published Oct. 2 in The Journal of Clinical Investigation. His co-author was Sophie Yang Gou, a postdoctoral fellow in Schwartz’s lab at the University of Washington School of Medicine. Many experts seem to be saying “OK, we’ve fixed this problem. We’re done,” noted Schwartz, who co-directs the UW Medicine Diabetes Institute. That is simply not the case, he said.

Newswise: Pregnant women offered new hope for safe and effective gestational diabetes treatment
Released: 5-Oct-2023 7:05 AM EDT
Pregnant women offered new hope for safe and effective gestational diabetes treatment
National University of Ireland, Galway (NUI Galway)

Researchers at University of Galway have taken a significant step forward in the management of gestational diabetes mellitus after a clinical trial involving pregnant women provided new hope for expectant mothers suffering the condition.

3-Oct-2023 1:05 PM EDT
A UCLA-led team may have found the key to stimulating human brown adipose tissue into combating obesity
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Health Sciences

A UCLA-led team of researchers has found nerve pathways that supply brown adipose tissue (BAT), a type of tissue that releases chemical energy from fat metabolism as heat – a finding that could pave the way toward using it to treat obesity and related metabolic conditions.

Newswise: UAH Nursing researcher to study cardiometabolic disease among Black women in the Deep South
Released: 3-Oct-2023 3:05 PM EDT
UAH Nursing researcher to study cardiometabolic disease among Black women in the Deep South
University of Alabama Huntsville

A researcher at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) has been awarded a $179,000 subcontract to explore community-based strategies for reducing high-burden chronic disease like obesity, diabetes, heart disease and cancer as part of an overall award totaling $4.2 million.

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Released: 27-Sep-2023 12:50 PM EDT
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