2+ day, 2+ hour ago   (337+ words) Type 1 diabetes can begin long before thirst, weight loss or dangerously high blood glucose reveal that something is wrong. New international guidance sets out how healthcare services could identify that earlier stage, giving families time to prepare rather than facing…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (293+ words) GLP-1 medicines are no longer just diabetes drugs. They are now reshaping obesity treatment, and a new review shows how quickly the field is moving. Researchers reviewed 38 randomised controlled trials involving more than 25,000 adults with overweight or obesity who did…...

2+ mon, 4+ day ago   (938+ words) A tablet version of Wegovy has launched privately in the UK, giving people another way to access semaglutide-based weight loss treatment. The pill is taken once a day and is the first oral GLP-1 weight loss medicine approved in the…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (333+ words) GLP-1 drugs have changed obesity and type 2 diabetes treatment, but they are also creating new risks. A study in JAMA Psychiatry suggests people with eating disorders may be using and misusing these medicines at much higher rates than the general…...

2+ mon, 4+ week ago   (288+ words) A new weekly injection for type 2 diabetes has shown strong results in a phase 3 trial. The drug, retatrutide, is designed to lower blood sugar, reduce appetite and increase energy expenditure. It works differently from current GLP-1 drugs because it targets…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (273+ words) A deep tooth infection may seem like a local problem, but researchers are increasingly looking at how it might affect the rest of the body. The condition in question is apical periodontitis, an infection around the tip of the tooth…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (303+ words) A new trial suggests retatrutide may become the most effective weight loss injection yet tested. In the phase 3 TRIUMPH-1 study, adults taking the highest 12mg dose lost an average of 28.3% of their body weight over 80 weeks. That is more than has…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (277+ words) A major global study suggests obesity trends are starting to split along economic lines. In many high-income countries, especially in western Europe, North America and Australasia, obesity rates appear to be slowing and in some groups may even be plateauing....

4+ mon, 2+ week ago   (322+ words) A new study suggests smoking during pregnancy may leave offspring more vulnerable to metabolic disease later in life, especially if they also adopt a poor diet as adults. Researchers used a mouse model to test what happened when prenatal smoke…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago   (272+ words) Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction, or HFpEF, has long been seen mainly as a problem of stiffness. The heart appears to pump normally on standard measures, but it relaxes poorly and does not fill properly. A new study suggests…...