In a study led by researchers at Mass General Brigham, pregnant individuals who stopped taking popular weight loss GLP-1 medications before or early in their pregnancy tended to gain… read more.
Orforglipron , an investigative and oral GLP-1 drug, appears to enable adults with obesity and Type 2 diabetes to achieve significantly more weight loss and improvement in blood… read more.
New research is uncovering how medications targeting the glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) system affect brain circuits involved in nausea, thirst, and pleasurable behaviors. These findings will be presented at… read more.
Obese or overweight non-diabetic adults with atrial fibrillation (Afib) who take the diabetes medication metformin after a catheter ablation are more likely to remain free of AFib for… read more.
At ObesityWeek taking place in Atlanta, US, Novo Nordisk presented new findings from the STEP UP phase IIIb trial. It showed that, in addition to losing an average… read more.
MetaVia Inc. , a clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on transforming cardiometabolic diseases, announced that two abstracts highlighting data on DA-1726, a novel, dual oxyntomodulin (OXM) analog agonist that functions as… read more.
The prevalence of obesity in the United States could rise sharply under a new definition of obesity released earlier this year by the Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology Commission. Researchers… read more.
More than half of all adults without diabetes who began taking semaglutide discontinued treatment within a year, according to new research on Danish patients. The population-wide study was… read more.
The new class of anti-obesity drugs, glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1RAs), is proving remarkably effective at helping individuals lose weight. However, a new population-wide study being presented at… read more.
NICE (UK): Tirzepatide is recommended as an option for managing overweight and obesity, alongside a reduced-calorie diet and increased physical activity in adults, only if they have: i)… read more.
Bariatric surgery is usually effective on its own for weight loss, but an increasing proportion of patients who undergo bariatric surgery start taking one of the new glucagon-like… read more.
Overweight patients waiting for operations could safely use a particular type of weight-loss treatment to reduce the risk of surgical complications linked to their obesity, a new study… read more.
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