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Engineers use AI, Reddit to identify potential side effects of unapproved new GLP-1
Retatrutide, a next-generation GLP-1 weight-loss drug, is not yet approved for use. Nevertheless, online forums reveal that people are purchasing unapproved versions of the drug, which are not intended for human consumption, ...
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Study finds a lower cancer risk after obesity surgery regardless of age or sex
Bariatric surgery reduces the risk of obesity-related cancer regardless of sex and age, according to a large Nordic registry study led by researchers at Karolinska Institutet. The results, published in JAMA Surgery, strengthen ...
Oct 15, 2026
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AI misuse and nuclear famine could threaten humanity's survival before 2100
The fate of global health does not rest on any single disease. True preparedness means pairing the fight against illness with strength in finance, climate, defense and security. The COVID-19 pandemic, which brought the world ...
Commonly prescribed blood-pressure drug may stimulate 'healthy' brown fat
Scientists have discovered that the drug losartan, commonly prescribed for high blood pressure, boosts brown adipose tissue activity in mice, enhancing their metabolism. This indicates that repurposing losartan—an angiotensin ...
Oct 14, 2026
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Higher childhood BMI associated with greater body dissatisfaction at age 14 in both boys and girls
Children who follow higher trajectories of body mass index (BMI) and fat mass index across childhood report greater body dissatisfaction at age 14, in both boys and girls, according to a new study published in PLOS One by ...
Oct 14, 2026
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How many daily steps do you need to lose weight?
Staying active is key to staying healthy, and fitness trackers and smartwatches have become popular tools for tracking activity. But just how many steps does someone need to take each day to lose weight? Experts say there's ...
Oct 14, 2026
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Inflammation is already elevated at the earliest stage of cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic syndrome
A new analysis of U.S. national health data finds that high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP), a blood marker of inflammation, rises across the stages of cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic (CKM) syndrome, with the largest ...
Oct 14, 2026
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Triple-action drug retatrutide delivers major weight loss for people with diabetes, Phase III trial finds
A recent Phase III clinical trial, TRIUMPH-2, evaluated the efficacy and safety of retatrutide, a triple receptor agonist and experimental once-weekly injection being developed to treat obesity and type 2 diabetes. What sets ...
Yo-yo dieting may pose different risks depending on starting weight
Is it harmful to your health to lose weight repeatedly and then gain it back again? In a recent article in Nature Reviews Endocrinology, DZD researchers Norbert Stefan and Faidon Magkos of the University of Copenhagen offer ...
Oct 13, 2026
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Technology-assisted approach can help prevent summer weight gain in adolescents
Summer break can bring changes in daily routines that make it harder for adolescents to maintain healthy habits. Researchers from Pennington Biomedical Research Center, FMOL Health | Our Lady of the Lake Children's Health ...
Oct 13, 2026
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General dietary interventions may matter more than specific habits before bariatric surgery, study shows
People preparing for metabolic-bariatric surgery may eat quite differently from one another, but those differences do not necessarily translate into different measures of cardiometabolic health, according to a new Concordia ...
Oct 13, 2026
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Nearly one billion people could live with osteoarthritis by 2050, international experts warn
Almost 1 billion people are projected to be living with osteoarthritis by 2050, up from about 600 million in 2023, and there remains no cure and no drug that can stop or slow the disease, according to a new roadmap published ...
Oct 12, 2026
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What is normal eating behavior? Age, sex and weight all play a role
A study based on data from nearly 9,000 people in northern Finland shows that eating behavior varies with age and differs between sexes and BMI categories. The findings suggest that there is no single threshold that can be ...
Oct 12, 2026
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How 'people power' and business transformed medicine, but created a whole new set of risks
There's been a shift in how some medicines and therapeutic products are accessed and used.
Oct 12, 2026
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After-school-based intervention helps steer children toward healthier BMI scores
While the adult obesity rate appears to be slowing in the United States, childhood obesity remains historically high, affecting nearly 1 in 5 school-age children. Many efforts to address this persistent health crisis have ...
Oct 9, 2026
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Fat-storing gene emerges as possible contributor to anorexia risk
A gene primarily active in fat and muscles could make a person more susceptible to anorexia nervosa, a deadly eating disorder with one of the highest mortality rates of any psychiatric disease.
Oct 8, 2026
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Understanding adult obesity
Obesity is one of the most common health conditions in the world and one of the most misunderstood. Today, it affects about 4 in 10 U.S. adults, and the numbers keep rising.
Oct 8, 2026
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Why muscle health should be a bigger part of clinical nutrition
Muscle health is linked to how well people recover from illness, maintain independence as they age and retain strength and function during weight loss. But it isn't always a central consideration in clinical nutrition.
Oct 8, 2026
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Life-course clinical obesity linked to signs of brain health changes in midlife
New research from the Bogalusa Heart Study has found that greater exposure to clinical obesity during young adulthood is associated with a greater burden of white matter changes in the brain by midlife, providing new insight ...
Oct 8, 2026
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WHO says no obesity drugs, surgery for under-10s
Medicine and surgery are not the answer for overweight children, the World Health Organization said Thursday.
Oct 7, 2026
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Pilot trial suggests structured support may help limit weight regain after GLP-1 treatment
Glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonists are effective treatments for obesity, but discontinuation is common due to cost, insurance coverage limitations, side effects, patient preference and other factors—and often ...
Oct 7, 2026
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Dying fat cells may trigger self-amplifying cycle of inflammation in obesity
A new review examines adipocyte ferroptosis, the breakdown of fat cells due to oxidation from intracellular iron, as an emerging molecular mechanism potentially contributing to adipose tissue dysfunction, chronic inflammation ...
Oct 7, 2026
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Childhood obesity less common under new health-based definition
A new global definition of clinical obesity classifies far fewer children as obese than widely used body mass index (BMI) thresholds, according to a large international study. The findings could lead to changes in how childhood ...
Oct 6, 2026
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Obesity's link to lower risk of death in dementia points to likely importance of nutrition
People who are overweight or obese when they are diagnosed with dementia are likely to live longer than those in a normal weight range, according to a new study by Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health and NYU ...
Oct 6, 2026
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Popular diabetes drug shown to lower inflammation, which may protect the heart
For the first time in a human trial, a class of drugs known as sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 (SGLT2) inhibitors, already known for their weight-loss and glucose-lowering benefits, has also been shown to reduce inflammatory ...
Oct 6, 2026
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