The AHRQ, Mayo Clinic, AMA, and National Academy of Medicine each recommend actions steps for all organizational levels to help build more supportive environments.
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For persons diagnosed with obesity, a prescription antiobesity medication is just one part of optimal care that includes significant lifestyle change as well, says Caroline Apovian, MD.
In gummy products with melatonin, the actual amount ranged from 74% to 347% of the labeled quantity, according to a new analysis.
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The First Antiobesity Medications to Simulate Human Physiology are Indicated for Long-term Treatment
Apovian: GLP-1 receptor agonists are the first antiobesity medications to simulate human physiology, which is why they sustain weight loss and are meant for long-term use.
In our latest episode, an obesity medicine physician explains the importance of a comprehensive plan to manage chronic pain in patients with obesity.
More than two-thirds of patients not receiving OAC were open to beginning treatment but many of their physicians were not, according to a study of PINNACLE Registry participants.
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Women with prior HC-associated depression had a higher risk of developing a depressive episode during pregnancy and postpartum than women with non-HC-associated depression.
Aida Vega, MD, and Fernando Carnavali, MD, discuss the limitations of the tools available to clinicians to screen for DKD, such as Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO).
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Fernando Carnavali, MD, comments on the prevalence of diabetic kidney disease (DKD) in the United States, the financial burden on patients and the healthcare system, as well as the importance of early detection of kidney disease in patients with diabetes.
Women with ischemic heart disease who were metabolically unhealthy but fit were more than 50% more likely to experience a major adverse cardiovascular event.
Results from a prospective birth cohort study show an age-dependent association between RSV infection during infancy and childhood asthma.
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The wearable tubeless insulin delivery device provides a fixed rate of continuous long-acting insulin for 72 hours, requiring no needles or injections.
In persons with biopsy-confirmed NASH, the probability of disease resolution was more than 3X greater after RGB or SG vs lifestyle intervention at 52 weeks.
Caroline Apovian, MD, highlights how drugs like semaglutide 2.4 mg treat the chronic relapsing disease of obesity and why a distinction from "weight-loss drugs" is critical.
When combined, fluvoxamine and inhaled budesonide appear more likely than either agent alone to reduce risk of early COVID-19 becoming severe, say TOGETHER investigators.
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Race- and ethnicity-specific starting ages for screening would help prevent early breast cancer mortality among Black women, according to authors of a new study.
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