3+ day, 9+ hour ago   (248+ words) Infectious Diseases in Children | Find pediatrics news articles, videos, blogs, books, Continuing Medical Education (CME), meeting coverage, and journal articles from the #1 online source for pediatricians, Pediatric Annals. CDC warns clinicians of surge in rabies activity The CDC issued an…...

2+ day, 8+ hour ago   (106+ words) A new scientific statement emphasizes the need for more research on how obesity treatment may impact health outcomes other than body weight or BMI....

3+ day, 5+ hour ago   (45+ words) Adalimumab, a tumor necrosis factor inhibitor, was associated with an early reduction in epicardial adipose tissue in people with psoriasis, according to a post hoc analysis published in Psoriasis: Targets and Therapy. The reduction was independent of weight loss or…...

4+ day, 5+ hour ago   (307+ words) Preoperative GLP-1 receptor agonist use did not impact bariatric surgery outcomes, including weight loss at 1 year, diabetes control and postsurgical complications, according to a research letter published in JAMA Surgery.GLP-1s have become an integral part of obesity care, but…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (984+ words) A retrospective analysis of more than 200,000 adolescents and young adults treated for obesity shows a significant increase in GLP-1 receptor agonist use since 2022, with a corresponding drop in metabolic and bariatric surgery. To investigate treatment trends among adolescents and young…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (69+ words) Women who had a BMI trajectory for overweight or obesity during childhood are less likely to give birth beginning at age 25 years than women who had an average BMI trajectory, researchers reported in JAMA Network Open. In analysis of data…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (143+ words) NCI-supported obesity and cancer research has steadily increased over the past decade.A portfolio analysis revealed NCI funded nearly 350 new grants between 2015 and 2022, most of which focused on mechanisms and/or behaviors....

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (54+ words) Adults with moderate to severe psoriatic disease and overweight or obesity saw sustained or continued improvement in disease activity at 1 year with tirzepatide plus ixekizumab vs. ixekizumab monotherapy, according to a Lilly press release.One-year data from the phase 3b, randomized,…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (67+ words) Nearly 30% of adults with an elevated BMI in the U.S. and more than 97% of those with a high BMI in Japan did not receive a diagnosis for obesity, according to findings from the CALOR study published in Obesity. Deborah B. Horn, DO,…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (236+ words) Among individuals using liraglutide, semaglutide, tirzepatide or naltrexone-bupropion, the risk for respiratory adverse events did not differ from placebo, according to findings published in Annals of the American Thoracic Society.For weight-loss medication use in individuals with asthma, this systematic…...