Obesity

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How Fatty Liver Disease Works—and Why It's Silent Health

How Fatty Liver Disease Works—and Why It's Silent

Fatty liver disease (MASLD) affects nearly 40% of adults worldwide yet rarely shows symptoms until serious damage occurs. Here's how fat infiltrates t...

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How FGF21 Works—the Hormone That Burns Fat Science

How FGF21 Works—the Hormone That Burns Fat

FGF21 is a natural hormone that boosts metabolism, curbs sugar cravings, and may offer a new approach to treating obesity and liver disease—distinct f...

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How GLP-1 Drugs Work—and Why They Do More Than Expected Health

How GLP-1 Drugs Work—and Why They Do More Than Expected

GLP-1 receptor agonists like semaglutide mimic a gut hormone to curb appetite and lower blood sugar, but emerging research shows they may also protect...

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What Is BMI and Why Experts Say It's Flawed Health

What Is BMI and Why Experts Say It's Flawed

Body mass index has guided medical decisions for decades, yet scientists and physicians increasingly warn that this 200-year-old formula misclassifies...

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GLP-1 Drugs Like Ozempic May Sharply Cut Depression and Anxiety Health

GLP-1 Drugs Like Ozempic May Sharply Cut Depression and Anxiety

A landmark Swedish study of over 95,000 patients published in The Lancet Psychiatry finds semaglutide users experienced 42% lower risk of worsening me...

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Sarcopenic Obesity Increases Mortality by 83% Health

Sarcopenic Obesity Increases Mortality by 83%

A 12-year follow-up study has found that the combination of abdominal fat and low muscle mass – sarcopenic obesity – increases the risk of all-cause m...

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What Is Brown Fat and How Does It Burn Calories? Science

What Is Brown Fat and How Does It Burn Calories?

Brown adipose tissue is a special calorie-burning fat packed with mitochondria. Scientists are studying how it generates heat, protects metabolic heal...

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What Is Sarcopenic Obesity and Why Is It So Dangerous? Health

What Is Sarcopenic Obesity and Why Is It So Dangerous?

Sarcopenic obesity combines excess body fat with declining muscle mass, creating a vicious cycle that raises mortality risk by up to 83%. Here is how...

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What Is Fatty Liver Disease and Why Is It So Common? Health

What Is Fatty Liver Disease and Why Is It So Common?

Fatty liver disease, now called MASLD, silently affects nearly one in three adults worldwide. Here is how it develops, why it often goes undetected, a...

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Ozempic Reduces Depression and Anxiety, Major Study Shows Health

Ozempic Reduces Depression and Anxiety, Major Study Shows

A large Swedish study of nearly 95,000 patients published in The Lancet Psychiatry has confirmed that semaglutide (Ozempic) reduces the risk of worsen...

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How GLP-1 Drugs Like Ozempic Work—and Why They Matter Health

How GLP-1 Drugs Like Ozempic Work—and Why They Matter

GLP-1 receptor agonists mimic a natural gut hormone to regulate blood sugar, suppress appetite, and promote weight loss. Originally developed for diab...

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Weight-Loss Injections: Public Health Insurance Refuses Coverage — Parliament Divided Health

Weight-Loss Injections: Public Health Insurance Refuses Coverage — Parliament Divided

Ozempic and Wegovy are hailed as breakthroughs against obesity and heart disease, but millions of publicly insured individuals in Germany remain witho...

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