Extremely obese people — those with a body mass index (BMI) greater than 40 kg/m 2 — have higher mortality rates, and most of these additional deaths are caused by cancer, heart disease, and diabetes, ...
Treating extreme obesity involves gradual medically guided weight loss, medication, and sometimes surgery. Support groups and talking with a mental health professional can help. Extreme obesity, also ...
Michigan's new bipartisan state budget will limit Medicaid coverage of a group of weight loss drugs whose use has exploded in popularity in recent years. GLP-1 receptor agonists like Wegovy, Saxenda ...
Viking Therapeutics VKTX announced that it has completed enrolling study participants in the phase III VANQUISH-1 study, ...
Connoisseurs of the original Dr. Now show, “My 600-lb Life” on TLC will likely notice a significant difference between that show and the new obesity docuseries Lifetime introduced this week. The new ...
The common use of the Cockcroft-Gault equation suggests that it will remain the method of choice for drug dosing in patients with renal impairment. In contrast, the MDRD4 equation is likely to remain ...