While the number of smokers and heavy drinkers in the Netherlands continues to fall, obesity remains one of the country’s ...

Health data from people raised during sugar rationing offers insights on chronic disease. It’s hard to escape the fruit ...

Weight loss drugs have surged in popularity. But Gov. Ned Lamont wants CT’s Medicaid program to discontinue covering them for ...

In conclusion, this study shows that being overweight or obese during childhood may increase the chance of developing COPD ...

Body size and excess weight, conventionally assessed using body mass index (BMI), are well-established risk factors for many ...

Body size and excess weight, conventionally assessed using body mass index (BMI), are well-established risk factors for many types of cancer. However, new research to be presented at this year’s ...

Sam Srisatta, a 20-year-old Florida college student, spent a month living inside a government hospital here last fall, ...

Eating a healthy plant-based diet that includes vegetables, tea, and coffee may help people with cardiometabolic ...

Alnylam's Amvuttra enters ATTR-CM drug race, and Expedition Therapeutics seeks to bring Chinese drugs to the U.S.

In 2023, the United States marked a major milestone in the battle against a longstanding public health crisis: adult obesity rates dropped for the first time in a decade. Researchers pointed to GLP-1s ...

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Dose expansion in Phase 1 CARDINAL trial of TERN-701 for chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) expected to initiate in 2Q25 with additional safety and ...