Coverage complications are not unusual in the U.S. healthcare system. But the challenge is magnified for these obesity ...
Patients using GLP-1 medications after joint replacement procedures to lose significant amounts of weight have a much lower risk of requiring revision surgeries, according to a Feb. 24 Medscape report ...
TERN-701 CARDINAL study progressing well; dose expansion expected to initiate in 2Q25 with additional safety and efficacy data in 4Q25New ...
A team of health experts argue that BMI does not capture the whole story of a person's health. So that team is pushing new ...
A recent longitudinal study on Canadian children published in Journal of the American Medical Association has provided ...
The burden of obesity extends beyond its health effects. For example, a 2024 report estimated that obesity-related healthcare costs could reach $9.1 trillion over the next decade. Those living with ...
C Bon Secours. Many people never see a doctor until something is wrong. But when it comes to taking care of your health, ...
Weight loss injections have become incredibly popular in the last year or so. In fact, these medications are so widely used ...
Obesity surgery (also known as bariatric and metabolic surgery) is one of the most common reasons for people to do so called ‘medical tourism’ – where they travel to another country to have the ...
Higher BMI in early adulthood and midlife is linked to better memory performance, particularly in men and Black Americans, challenging traditional views on obesity and cognition.
When it comes to achieving healthy body weight, some men might look to what’s average and use that as their goal. For ...