The social media frenzy around semaglutide may have contributed to dozens of overdoses, says a leading endocrinologist, with poisons information centres seeing a spike in…
Adding semaglutide to standard care cuts the risk of fatal and non-fatal cardiac events by 20% in adults with pre-existing cardiovascular disease but not diabetes,…
Semaglutide may be a new therapeutic option for obesity-related heart failure with preserved ejection fraction, with results from a landmark study showing substantial reductions in…
Novo Nordisk has applied for PBS funding for its subcutaneous weight loss drug Wegovy as a severe obesity treatment. The product contains the GLP-1 receptor…
Australian of the Year and leading body image advocate Taryn Brumfitt has claimed that GPs risk turning patients off seeking care by raising their weight…
Body mass index has long been used by doctors as the standard method for measuring health — and often still is. But earlier this month,…
Healthy older adults who lose more than 10% of their body weight are more than twice as likely to die from any cause compared with…
A GP in the UK has accused his peers of harming patients through ‘weight stigma’, saying obesity does not cause chronic health conditions. “Weight inclusive”…
Cutting-back on as little as two pieces of chocolate per week could save Australia’s health system $373 million a year in foregone knee-replacements, research has…
Weight gain of 5kg increases a woman’s odds of needing total knee replacement surgery by one-third, and a man’s by one-quarter, Australian researchers report. Knee…
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