Tag: Obesity
Weight-Loss Surgery Benefits Blood Pressure Management
Benefits include remission and control of hypertension while cutting dependence on antihypertensive medications
Interleukin-6 May Boost Prediction of Obesity-Related Cancers
Findings seen among patients with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes
Semaglutide Reduces Risk for MACE in Patients With Obesity and Heart Failure
MACE, heart failure composite end point, cardiovascular death, and all-cause death all improved with semaglutide for patients with versus without heart failure
Weight-Loss Drug Zepbound Now in Single-Dose Vials at Half the Price
Risk for Sudden Unexpected Infant Death Increased With Maternal Obesity
Progressively increasing risks for SUID seen for infants of mothers with class I, class II, and class III obesity
Preop Lab Values May ID Risk of Postarthroplasty Joint Infection in Morbid Obesity
Findings for preoperative anemia, abnormal platelet count, and elevated systemic immune-inflammation index
Adiposity in Adulthood Linked to Adverse Cardiac Structure, Function
Increased BMI from age 20 onward linked to greater left ventricular mass, LV internal diameter in diastole
Parents’ Weight Status at Age 17 Correlates to Offspring Weight at 17
Maternal, paternal obesity at age 17 years tied to fivefold higher odds of offspring obesity at age 17 years
GLP-1 RAs May Reduce Risk for Some Obesity-Linked Cancers Versus Insulin in T2D
Risk reduced for 10 of 13 obesity-associated cancers with GLP-1 RA use versus insulin in individuals with type 2 diabetes
Bariatric Surgery Tied to Lower Risk of MACE, Death in Obesity, Sleep Apnea
Significantly lower risk of major adverse cardiovascular events, all-cause mortality seen in metabolic surgery group
