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What’s happening: Healthy aging platform Bold added Medicare-backed GLP-1s, providing wraparound care to promote efficacy and independence for seniors

Weight-loss jabs are the latest craze for shedding a few pounds. Their effect has been dramatic with drugs such as Ozempic and Wegovy (semaglutide) causing users to lose up to 15% of their body fat on average

The hospital said it would expect to save $19 million dollars each year, but staff are skeptical of the long-term costs

At a weight-loss gym in Beijing’s Tongzhou district, 32-year-old property agent Huang Yajuan laughed as she caught her breath after a spin class

Image Duke researcher Jonathan Campbell is studying what happens when the hormone glucagon joins the mix. Photo by Eamon Queeney.

Adipogenesis, a crucial physiological process, serves to safely sequester lipids, thereby preventing lipotoxicity in peripheral organs and preserving metabolic health during obesity. While insulin signaling plays a pivotal role in adipogenesis, regulating factors, especially the braking mechanism governing this process, warrant further investigation. Our study identified proteasome-dependent degradation of the insulin receptor (IR) during the…

Obesity is a major risk factor for type 2 diabetes, a disease affecting approximately 10% of the global population. Obesity is a heterogeneous condition, with different components exerting distinct, and sometimes opposing, effects on type 2 diabetes risk. Here, we aim to identify molecular mechanisms through which distinct components of obesity influence risk for type…

There is a beautiful stupidity in the next great innovation of the food industry: food designed to make us want less food. Capitalism has finally eaten itself, and now it’s complaining that it feels a bit full

The U.S. obesity rate dropped as use of GLP-1 weight loss drugs surged.A Gallup survey finds the use of GLP-1 weight loss drugs at a new high even as the U.S. obesity rate shows a ‘meaningful’ decline. (U.S. News and World Report)

The cross-border network distributed more than 200,000 counterfeit condoms across the continent