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GLP-1 RAs show cardiovascular benefits beyond weight loss

Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RAs) continue to show cardiovascular benefits beyond weight loss, according to several...

Semaglutide reduces COVID-19 related deaths in patients with obesity and CVD

Semaglutide reduced the rates of COVID-19-related adverse events, including death, in those who had overweight or obesity and established...

European Society of Cardiology Obesity Consensus Statement

The European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Clinical Consensus Statement on Obesity and Cardiovascular Disease, presented at this year's ESC...

One in seven Medicare beneficiaries with high BMI and established CVD may qualify for OMMs adding $34 billion to costs

Current federal regulation restricts Medicare from covering obesity management medications (OMMs) prescribed solely for weight loss....

Look AHEAD study: T2DM remission associated with lower rates of heart and kidney disease

Patients that took part in the Look AHEAD study and who subsequently lost weight and experienced remission in T2DM (using diet and...

How bariatric surgery reduces the risk of developing cardiovascular disease

In patients living with obesity, low-density lipoprotein (LDL) does not function normally increasing the risk of cardiovascular disease...

CPAP reduces risk of dying from cardiovascular disease for patients with obstructive sleep apnoea

People suffering with obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) can reduce their risk of dying from cardiovascular disease if they use a continuous...

Obesity-related cardiovascular disease deaths tripled between 1999 and 2020

There has been a three-fold increase in obesity-related deaths from cardiovascular disease in the US between 1999 and 2020, according to...

CVD with obesity associated with more illness, death and medical costs, than obesity alone

Adults at high cardiovascular risk and living with overweight or obesity experience a higher number of cardiovascular events, are at...

Surgery associated with lower risk of incidents of major adverse CV and all-cause mortality

Bariatric surgery was associated with a substantially lower risk of incidents of major adverse cardiovascular (CV) events and all-cause...

Ratioing the resected gastric volume to the number of fired staplers predicts weight loss

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Arrowhead initiates phase 1/2a study of ARO-INHBE for obesity

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Survey finds 93.4% of bariatric patients vs 51.4% of GLP-1 patients have the same treatment again

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