False Positive COVID Tests; Cannabis and Car Accidents Also in TTHealthWatch: diabetes risk among kids with COVID Jan 15, 2022 podcast
Semaglutide vs Liraglutide -- Which Induces More Weight Loss? The GLP-1 receptor agonists go head-to-head Jan 11, 2022
Fat-Bias Could Have Killed This Patient How a patient was misdiagnosed because of his weight Jan 06, 2022
Weight-Loss Drug Wegovy Exceeded Expectations, and Supply Since its June approval, the injectable flew off shelves and into short supply Dec 29, 2021
Bariatric Surgery Linked to Protection Against Severe COVID-19 Obesity is a "modifiable risk factor" for severe COVID-19, researchers say Dec 29, 2021
McDonald's Instagram Ads Zero in on Kids in Poorer Countries Study reveals disturbing pattern of social media advertising Dec 26, 2021
Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Taxes Fizzled for Preventing Obesity in Kids Real-world study found only modest benefit for adolescent girls in Mexico Dec 13, 2021
In America, the Average Young Adult Is Now Overweight Young adult BMI rose to over 27.5 in 2017-2018 Nov 23, 2021
NASH Patients Are Entitled to a 'Bill of Rights' Advocacy group encourages a "partnership" between clinicians and patients Nov 12, 2021
Pecans Appeared to Help Control Lipids in At-Risk Patients Fasting and post-meal cholesterol showed improvement, study found Nov 10, 2021
Some Babies Get Bad Start on Obesity Risk From Mom Obesity plus comorbid conditions linked to greater adiposity, study showed Nov 08, 2021
Paired Anti-Obesity Drugs May Help Teens Shed More Weight After Metabolic Surgery But phentermine/topiramate dose could be limited by side effects, researcher says Nov 07, 2021
Words Matter to People Who Are Overweight New policy statement pushes "people-first" language rather than disease-first Nov 03, 2021
Childhood Obesity Is Soaring to New Levels Kids' weight has spiked during the pandemic, but it's part of a long-term trend Oct 30, 2021
Weight Loss Program for GERD Relief? In patients with BMI over 25, nearly 50% reduced use of acid blockers or stopped altogether Oct 26, 2021
Obesity Made Even Mild COVID Worse Study finds weight played a role in number, duration of symptoms Oct 20, 2021
FDA Nudges Restaurants, Food Manufacturers to Cut Sodium Voluntary guidance aims to reduce Americans' sodium intake by 12% Oct 13, 2021
Obesity Paper Has Diet Researchers Riled Up Nutrition community clashes over perspective piece on obesity mechanism Oct 12, 2021
Are Restaurants Exacerbating the Obesity Epidemic? Poor nutritional profiles and oversized portions are expanding America's waistline Oct 02, 2021
More and More U.S. Kids Being Diagnosed With Diabetes Rises seen in both type 1 and type 2 diabetes Aug 24, 2021
Combo GIP/GLP-1 Injectable Beats Insulin for A1c Reduction All doses of once-weekly tirzepatide better than insulin degludec for HbA1c reduction Aug 11, 2021
U.S. Kids Chowed Down on Highly Processed Foods Majority of energy intake came from ready-to-eat, ultraprocessed foods in 1999-2018 Aug 10, 2021
Third Dose a Charm in Israel? Door-to-Door 'Goons'; Cervids Catch COVID, Too! A daily roundup of news on COVID-19 and the rest of medicine Jul 30, 2021
Dexcom's CGM Interoperability Expands; Warfarin and Osteoporosis; Maine Bans PFAS News and commentary from the endocrinology world Jul 18, 2021
Vascular Function: Another Benefit of Bariatric Surgery Macrovascular, microvascular gains accrue for nearly all patient groups Jul 12, 2021
Adults With Obesity See Increased Risk for Crohn's Disease Growing obesity burden may contribute to rise in Crohn's incidence, researcher suggests Jul 08, 2021
Genetics, Socioeconomic Factors Each Tied to Diabetes and Obesity People with highest risk genetics more than 15 times more likely to have T2D Jun 30, 2021
Liraglutide and Insulin Come Out on Top for Glycemic Control in GRADE study Head-to-head comparison could help individualize treatment Jun 29, 2021
Food Insecurity Tied to More Liver Disease Deaths Social determinants of health play a key role, study found Jun 28, 2021
Dads With Obesity Mostly Cleared in Their Children's NAFLD U.K. study confirms it's mainly mom's fault Jun 28, 2021
Combo GIP/GLP-1 Drug Superior for HbA1c Reduction in T2D 40-week trial compared tirzepatide head-to-head with injectable semaglutide Jun 25, 2021
Best Pediatric Endocrinology Hospitals; Standards of Diabetes Care Updated News and commentary from the endocrinology world Jun 20, 2021
Obesity Ups Risk of Erosive Esophagitis in Middle-Age Adults Japanese study researchers note it may also increase risk for GERD Jun 16, 2021
Nearly a Five-Fold Difference Between States in Use of Bariatric Surgery Weight loss procedure underutilized in areas with highest obesity prevalence Jun 13, 2021
Patients with Class I Obesity Still Benefit from Weight-Loss Surgery It may be time to update NIH-established indications for bariatric surgery, experts say Jun 12, 2021
Bariatric Surgery Tied to Decreased Stroke Risk Out to 5 Years "Clinically important" finding, says researcher Jun 11, 2021
More Insight on Which Kids Are Most at Risk for Severe COVID-19 Large database helps inform differences in pediatric illness patterns Jun 07, 2021
COVID-19 in Diabetes: What Mediates Risk? Certain clinical factors tied to higher chance of severe infection May 28, 2021
Getting Competitive Boosted Physical Activity in Diabetes Competing for top spot increased mean daily step counts in gamified study May 24, 2021
FDA Draft Guidance on T2D Devices; New GLP-1 Drug Succeeds in Trial News and commentary from the endocrinology world May 23, 2021
