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“Weight bias is stronger in people who think obesity is easily reversed by just deciding to eat less and exercise more,” says ...
Professor Naveed Sattar, of Glasgow, suggested it is wrong to assume people are 'lazy or greedy', and says that something ...
A recent study that focused on women under 55 years old found an increase in pancreatic cancer cases.Mercy Medical Center Dr.
New research finds that the lifetime risk of dementia after age 55 in Americans is 42%, significantly higher than previous ...
Diabetes is a leading cause of global mortality and disability, and its economic burden is substantial. This Review focuses on type 2 diabetes, which makes up 90–95% of all diabetes cases. Type 2 ...
When it comes to weight loss drugs, Ozempic has become a phenomenon. With nearly $14 billion in sales in 2023, it shows no ...
Variant Bio, a small biotech company based in Seattle, is using genetic information from Indigenous people to develop drugs for obesity and diabetes.
Normal weight obesity can pose similar or even more severe health risks compared to traditional obesity, leading to metabolic ...