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Deleting senescent cells could be game-changer in alleviating diabetes
Eliminating old, dysfunctional cells in human fat also alleviates signs of diabetes, researchers from UConn Health have reported. The...
Diet, the maladaptation of intestinal stem cells and obesity, T2DM and GI cancers
It is known that a long-term diet high of sugar and fat disrupts the ability of the body to constantly renew and develop all types of...
Novo Nordisk to enter RNA market with Dicerna purchase
Denmark's Novo Nordisk, the world's leading insulin maker, has revealed it will buy US-based Dicerna Pharmaceuticals, a developer of RNA...
Researchers uncover subset of cerebellar neurons signalling satiation
People with Prader Willi syndrome who have constant hunger is the result in part to disordered signalling in the brain's cerebellum, a...
Obesity increases the risk of gum disease
Chronic inflammation caused by obesity may trigger the development of cells that break down bone tissue, including the bone that holds...
Why obesity increases risk of cardiovascular complications in COVID-19
Researchers from Brazil has reported that higher BMI can modulate or intensify endothelial damage, a condition in which the blood vessels...
We’re not acting fast enough against diabetes and obesity
In a data packed panel, Dr. Steven Nissen showed how the consequences of not catching up to the obesity and diabetes epidemic are...
Stigma and shame by medical professionals might be as damaging as as obesity itself
On the second day of the 2021 Brazilian Bariatric Surgery Congress, happening in São Paulo, Dr. Francesco Rubino made a powerful critic...
The time to have a less conservative approach to the current obesity treatment is now
In his lecture in this year’s Brazilian Bariatric Surgery Congress, Dr Karl Miller stated the importance that a more modern medical and...
Bariatric surgery significantly decreases future risk of liver disease complications
Patients with obesity and advanced fatty liver disease who had bariatric surgery significantly lowered their future risk of liver disease...
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