Why weight comes back quickly after stopping popular new diet drugs
In recent years, new weight-loss drugs have become very popular. These medicines, known as GLP-1 agonists, are injectables that help people feel less hungry...
What Brazil’s oldest people can live to 110
A new article published in Genomic Psychiatry highlights why Brazil may be one of the best, yet often overlooked, places to study people who...
How common anxiety and sleep drugs may harm your brain
Benzodiazepines are medicines that doctors often give to people who feel very anxious or have trouble sleeping. These drugs work fast and are helpful...
Weight loss surgery 5 times more effective than popular drugs, study finds
A new real-world study shows that people who have weight loss surgery lose much more weight than those who take injectable medications like semaglutide...
Waist size may predict heart failure better than BMI
A new study from Lund University in Malmö, Sweden, suggests that the size of your waist compared to your height could be a better...
Popular weight loss drugs may cause big muscle loss
A new study has found that older adults and women who take the weight-loss drug semaglutide may lose more muscle than others.
But eating more...
Why is obesity linked to irregular heart rhythms? Researchers found 1 potential mechanism
Atrial fibrillation, or A-fib, is an irregular heart rhythm that increases a person’s risk of stroke, heart failure and even premature death.
While many risk...
Weight-loss drugs may also help prevent colon cancer
New research suggests that popular weight-loss and diabetes medications like Ozempic and Wegovy may also help protect people from colon cancer.
These findings were presented...
1 in 4 adults worldwide could benefit from weight loss drugs
Obesity is becoming one of the biggest health problems in the world. In just the past 30 years, the number of people living with...
Stopping weight loss drugs often causes weight regain and health setbacks
A new study published in The BMJ shows that people who stop taking weight loss drugs often gain the weight back and lose many...