Study reports obesity is a neurodevelopmental disorder
Molecular mechanisms of brain development during early life are likely a major determinant of obesity risk, according to researchers at...
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Bariatric surgery patients could have a higher risk of epilepsy
Researchers from the Western University in London, Canada, have reported that patients with a history of bariatric surgery were at...
Journal Watch 27/09/2023
Welcome to our weekly round-up of the latest bariatric and obesity-related papers published in the medical literature. As ever, we have...
LuCI agent used for the treatment of obesity-associated metabolic disorders
Researchers led by Dr Ali Tavakkoli, Chief of the division of General and GI Surgery and co-director of the Center for Weight Management...
SURPASS-4 trial: Tirzepatide slows rate of eGFR decline and reduces UACR in T2DM patients
An analysis of the SURPASS-4 trial has reported that type 2 diabetics with high cardiovascular risk who took resulted in a slowed the...
SARS-CoV-2 infects fat tissue and creates inflammation
A study by Stanford Medicine investigators shows that SARS-CoV-2 can infect human fat tissue. This phenomenon was seen in laboratory...
LIGHT-UP: GS200 may improve insulin sensitivity and positively impact metabolic syndrome
Outcomes from the LIGHT-UP study that evaluated the safety and efficacy of GS200, an investigational oral hydrogel, has concluded the...
‘Personal fat threshold’ explains the development and remission of T2DM
Everyone has a "personal fat threshold," which if exceeded, will allow type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) to develop, even if they are of a...
ICER finds semaglutide more effective, but more expensive
The Institute for Clinical and Economic Review (ICER) in the US has published its revised Evidence Report assessing the comparative...
Analysis of STEP clinical trials shows semaglutide more than halves risk of T2DM
The risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is more than halved by weekly injections of new obesity drug semaglutide, according to...
