In efforts to fight obesity and enhance drug absorption, scientists have extensively studied how gastric juices in the stomach break
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Obesity increases survival in advanced prostate cancer
Obese patients with a form of advanced prostate cancer survive longer than overweight and normal weight patients, new research has
Continue reading »New Obesity Target? Dopamine Circuit in Brainstem Affects Satiety
Researchers have discovered a new dopaminergic neural circuit leading to the hindbrain that is involved in satiety (feeling full and
Continue reading »COVID-19: Is obesity really more of a risk factor for men than women?
A new US study has added to the evidence that obesity is a risk factor for severe COVID-19. And in
Continue reading »CDC Declares Racism a Serious Public Health Threat
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Thursday declared racism a serious public health threat and outlined steps
Continue reading »Heart failure and stroke are on the rise in men below the age of 40, finds study
Heart failure and stroke are unusual diagnoses among younger people. But they are now clearly on the rise in men
Continue reading »Restricting excessive consumption of added sugars may reduce NAFLD risk in children
A review of more than 20 studies by researchers at Arizona State University and the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen),
Continue reading »Common drugs for type 2 diabetes and obesity do not increase breast cancer risk
Commonly used medications for type 2 diabetes and obesity called glucagon like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RAs), are not associated
Continue reading »Researcher get federal grant to study how gut microbiota and inflammation promote metabolic syndrome
Dr. Andrew Gewirtz, a professor in the Institute for Biomedical Sciences at Georgia State University, has received a four-year federal
Continue reading »Vitamin D for All Over 50s to Prevent Cancer Deaths?
Vitamin D supplementation for older healthy adults has been much debated. Recent attention has been focused on its potential for
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