FDA Warns on Certain Forms of Compounded Semaglutide Some products may not contain the same active ingredient as the approved drugs Jun 01, 2023
Bariatric Surgery in Kids With Obesity Becoming More Common Increased rates observed after a 2019 policy statement from the American Academy of Pediatrics May 30, 2023
Can 'Survivor' Teach Us Something About Health and Weight Loss? Researchers could learn from studying the outcomes May 26, 2023
Oral Semaglutide Sheds Pounds; USPSTF Taking Obesity Comments; Plant Extract for T2D News and commentary from the endocrinology world May 23, 2023
Quarter of Wegovy-Treated Teens With Obesity Return to Normal Weight Overall, nearly half dropped below threshold for obesity May 17, 2023
Obesity Drug's Mid-Stage Win; Endocrine Disease Disparities; Chewing Away Diabetes? News and commentary from the endocrinology world May 16, 2023
Weighing the Consequences of Weight-Loss Drugs We need more discussion of the potential harms May 12, 2023
Insulin Resistance Risk Much Higher for Kids With Obesity Waist-to-hip-ratio, waist circumference can aid in predicting IR, researcher says May 07, 2023
Food 'Swamps' Tied to Elevated Mortality From Obesity-Related Cancers Study suggests diet is not necessarily a modifiable risk factor for all, editorialists say May 05, 2023
Atlanta Hospital Shooting; Copycat Ozempic; DEA Extends Telemedicine Prescribing Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by ·¬ΗΡΙηΗψ staff May 04, 2023
Higher BMI Tied to Other Severe Respiratory Infections Too Along with COVID, increased risks seen with upper and lower respiratory tract infections May 02, 2023
Patients Shed 15% of Body Weight With Tirzepatide, Drugmaker Says With findings from SURMOUNT-2, Eli Lilly plans to finish FDA submission Apr 27, 2023
Bariatric-Metabolic Surgery More Effective Than Lifestyle Change for NASH Roux-en-Y bypass or sleeve gastrectomy resolved NASH without exacerbating liver fibrosis Apr 26, 2023
Weight Loss Giants Going Head-to-Head; FDA OKs Omnipod GO; GLP-1 Drugs for Wolfram? News and commentary from the endocrinology world Apr 25, 2023
Lose Weight, Gain Huge Debt: 300 Bariatric Surgery Patients Sued by Provider A closer look at the rising number of lawsuits in New York Apr 22, 2023
New Reader for FreeStyle Libre 3; COVID Bumps Diabetes Risk; Tepezza Label Expanded News and commentary from the endocrinology world Apr 18, 2023
'Green' Mediterranean Diet Linked to Aortic Stiffness Reversal All healthy diets helped, but one had the biggest impact in post hoc trial analysis Apr 17, 2023
Physicians Struggle to Help Diabetes Patients Get Tirzepatide Popular drug faces supply problems and increased demand Apr 07, 2023
Longer Family Meals Are Healthier Meals for Kids Just 10 minutes made a significant difference in how much fruits, veggies were eaten Apr 03, 2023
Obesity's Impact on Uterine Cancer Risk Greater in Younger Age Groups Overall risk and risk of endometrioid subtype 20- to 30-fold greater in women younger than 35 Mar 30, 2023
Higher Rybelsus Doses More Effective; Insulin Cap for All? Win for GLP-1/GIP Drug News and commentary from the endocrinology world Mar 28, 2023
Obesity Tied to Density of Food Stores Carrying Less Healthy Options, Report Finds Link between obesity and unhealthy food establishments holds in both rural and non-rural areas Mar 21, 2023
Can Mothers Pass Obesity on to Daughters? Approaches to addressing body weight and composition should start early in life, researcher says Mar 21, 2023
Ozempic Back on Shelves; More Positive Fezolinetant Data; Caffeine Cuts Fat? News and commentary from the endocrinology world Mar 21, 2023
Dexcom G7 CGM Covered by Medicare; T1D Off-Label Drug Use; Another Tepezza Lawsuit News and commentary from the endocrinology world Feb 21, 2023
Kids' BMIs Dropped After Federal School Lunch Overhaul The Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 had a quick impact Feb 13, 2023
Kids With High Step Count, Less Screen Time See Lower Obesity Risk But study suggests more steps alone may not be enough to offset effects of higher screen use Feb 09, 2023
Can High-Dose Vitamin D Prevent Diabetes? While three trials found no net benefit, combining them yielded significant risk reduction Feb 06, 2023
Extended BMI Charts Help Address the Pediatric Obesity Crisis They provide an important tool for screening and managing patients Jan 28, 2023
It's Complicated: Hollywood Elites Didn't Use Up Everyone's Diabetes Meds A "perfect storm" of factors led to GLP-1 agonist shortages Jan 24, 2023
Diabetes Patients Also Struggle to Access GLP-1 Agonists Patients are making substitutions, crossing state lines, stopping care because of shortages Jan 24, 2023
Rybelsus Now OK'd in First Line; Menopause Before Transition; Novel T2D Drug Flops News and commentary from the endocrinology world Jan 17, 2023
Higher BMI May Blunt Effects of Vitamin D Supplementation In VITAL study, lower increases in total 25-OHD levels seen for those with greater body weight Jan 17, 2023
Bariatric Surgery May Reduce Risk of Esophageal, Gastric Cancers Cohort study provides "reassurance of the protective clinical benefits of weight loss surgery" Jan 11, 2023
Competitor Poised to Take on Obesity Treatment Giant Wegovy in 2023 Both Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk scramble to rectify supply shortages Dec 28, 2022
New Hypercalcemia Guideline; Untreated Hyperparathyroidism Risky; PFAS Phase-Out News and commentary from the endocrinology world Dec 27, 2022
Fecal Transplant Failed to Boost Effects of Bariatric Surgery No impact on weight loss or metabolism compared with placebo, small study found Dec 16, 2022
Childhood Obesity Crisis Leads CDC to Expand BMI Charts Charts now extend to a BMI of 60 Dec 15, 2022
Don't Mix Alcohol With Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass, Study Suggests Risk of alcohol use disorder-related hospitalizations higher with this procedure vs others Dec 14, 2022
