Wednesday, April 17, 2024 – KFF Health News
Cybersecurity, future pandemics, abortion laws, the fentanyl crisis, primary care access, obesity drugs, medical device recall, and more are in the news.
Cybersecurity, future pandemics, abortion laws, the fentanyl crisis, primary care access, obesity drugs, medical device recall, and more are in the news.
Obesity Surgery – Glucagon-like receptor agonists (GLP1-RAs) have raised peri-procedural concerns due to their potential to delay gastric emptying. The American Association of Anesthesiologists has…
Six buildings at the Dorset beauty spot were built eight years ago without planning consent.
Obesity Surgery – Obesity exerts negative effects on pulmonary function through proven mechanical and biochemical pathways. Multiple studies have suggested that bariatric surgery can improve…
Background Blood pressure is a vital hemodynamic marker during the neonatal period. However, normative values are often derived from small observational studies. Understanding the normative…
Nature – Obesity-associated Desulfovibrio gut bacteria suppress the immune system in mice, speeding breast-cancer tumour growth.
OBJECTIVE. Prediabetes, which is a condition characterized by higher-than-normal blood glucose levels that are under the threshold for diabetes, impacts ov
A groundbreaking article describes a promising new therapy for obesity that leads to greater weight loss in mice than existing medications. The approach smuggles molecules…
Nature Communications – Detecting tipping points and predicting extreme events from data remains a challenging problem in complex systems related to climate, ecology and finance.…
The number of under 65s struggling with poor health is rising – and it’s a threat to the economy.
A new study presented this week in Italy suggested that WHO BMI standards for obesity should be lowered for adults between the ages of 40…