Weight loss helps knee arthritis

Recent research shows that people who are overweight can reduce their symptoms of knee arthritis by losing at least 20% of their weight. Millions of...

This surgery better reduces diabetes

In a new study from Washington University in St. Louis, researchers found for people with obesity, a procedure rarely performed in the US more...

This drug may reduce obesity, fatty liver, improve heart function

In a new study from Johns Hopkins Medicine, researchers found that a drug first developed to treat Alzheimer's disease, schizophrenia and sickle cell disease...

This common weight loss surgery is safer but may be less effective

In a new study from the University of Michigan, researchers found compared two of the most common weight-loss surgeries and found that long-term, sleeve...

This supplement may boost brain function in obesity

In a new study from the University of British Columbia, researchers found that ketone supplements may be a new therapeutic strategy for protecting and...

Too much body weight may increase COVID-19 death risk

Links between obesity and mortality have become increasingly evident, since the earliest pandemic of the 21st century. In a new study from The University of...

This weight-loss drug can help protect heart, reduce body fat

In a recent study published in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology, researchers found a commonly prescribed weight-loss drug called liraglutide could benefit heart health. In...

‘healthy’ obese people more likely to develop heart disease

In a new study, researchers found adults who are obese but appear healthy are not at greater risk of heart attack, stroke, or cardiovascular...

People with type 2 diabetes should focus on weight loss, study finds

In a new study from UT Southwestern Medical Center and elsewhere, researchers recommended a pivotal change in the treatment of Type 2 diabetes to...

Whole grain food could help reduce your blood pressure, blood sugar, waist size

In a recent study published in the Journal of Nutrition, researchers found middle- to older-aged adults who ate at least three servings of whole...