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The ‘particularly alarming’ ways that obesity affects teenage brains revealed in new study
I worry about how these changes, which are occurring at the age of 13 or 14, might affect them later in life,” the study’s ...
Session finale, obesity rankings, celeb golfers: Down in Alabama
Alabama has moved up the most recent obesity rankings from U.S. News & World Report. And we’re getting awfully close to the ...
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CVS Drops Obesity Drug; Once-Weekly Growth Hormone; WeightWatchers' Bankruptcy
People prescribed GLP-1 agents liraglutide (Saxenda) or semaglutide for weight loss decreased their alcohol intake by almost ...
Why Patients Are Being Forced to Switch to a 2nd-Choice Obesity Drug
CVS Caremark decided to stop offering Zepbound in favor of Wegovy for weight loss. It’s the latest example of limits imposed ...
Mass. residents who take GLP-1 drugs for obesity tend to be white and affluent. But who needs them most?
The trends worry health experts, who say the medicines have potential to narrow differences in obesity rates among ...
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Novo Nordisk strikes deal with Septerna to develop obesity pills
Novo Nordisk is partnering with the biotech Septerna to develop oral obesity drugs, as it aims for more convenient weight ...
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Obesity Reduces Urate-Lowering Therapy Efficacy in Men With Gout
Men with gout and obesity receiving febuxostat-based ULT were less likely to achieve SU targets and more frequently experienced disease flares.
Child obesity clinics seeing BMIs over 50
Many are from the most deprived areas, and a significant number are neurodivergent or have other health conditions, a study ...