People with hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) who have overweight or obesity may benefit from adjunctive treatment with the glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) receptor agonist semaglutide (Ozempic, Wegovy), suggests research presented at the annual meeting of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology (EADV). In a small, nonrandomized, observational, retrospective study, semaglutide-aided weight loss was found to...
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Researchers discover genetic locations for increased risk of hidradenitis suppurativa
by Kendall Daniels, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine Histologic image of hidradenitis suppurativa. Credit: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) School of Medicine researchers Christopher Sayed, MD, Yun Li, Ph.D., and Karen Mohlke, Ph.D., discovered the genomic locations that contribute to...