by Maynooth University Credit: CC0 Public Domain Maynooth University’s Kathleen Londsdale Institute for Human Health Research has just published research into the benefits of the popular obesity treatment drug, GLP-1. Previous research has found that people with obesity are at a greater risk of developing cancer, in part due to their anticancer immune cells—better known as the ‘Natural Killer (NK)’ cell—being rendered...
by American Chemical Society Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Imagine getting the benefits of gastric bypass surgery without going under the knife—a new class of compounds could do just that. In lab animals, these potential treatments reduce weight dramatically and lower blood glucose. The injectable compounds also avoid the side effects of nausea and vomiting that are...
THE OBESITY SOCIETY SILVER SPRING, Md.—Preliminary evidence shows potential for a fully-automated, online behavioral obesity treatment program to serve as a pragmatic resource in the primary care setting, according to a new study in Obesity, The Obesity Society’s (TOS) flagship journal. “Our study shows that primary care clinicians can help their patients seeking to lose weight...
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM IMAGE: METE CIVELEK, PHD, AND HIS TEAM HAVE MADE A DISCOVERY THAT COULD OPEN THE DOOR TO A NEW TREATMENT FOR OBESITY AND TYPE 2 DIABETES IN WOMEN. CREDIT: UVA HEALTH University of Virginia School of Medicine researchers have identified a potential way to battle the health effects of obesity...
By Nick Lavars April 12, 2021 Brown fat cells derived from cells expressing the Trpv1 receptor, seen in green, have opened up interesting new pathways for the treatment of obesity Joslin Diabetes Center The human body carries different types of fat cells, and some of them are more desirable than others. White fat stores our...
