Obesity

What are the pros and cons of bariatric surgery, and how do results affect renal and cardiovascular outcomes?

Patients with obstructive sleep apnea are at higher risk for developing type 2 diabetes, and the proper treatment may lower the risk. 

Body mass in adolescence affects risk of developing type 2 as an adult. 

A large UK study investigates which patients may be likely to discontinue metformin therapy. 

Study of BMI and ESRD suggests obesity may provide a health benefit when it comes to end-stage renal disease.

Weight loss apps are new, so features that promote adherence and have the greatest effect are still being discovered.

Hypertension, obesity, and diabetes found to be the most prevalent comorbidities among 5700 hospitalized patients with COVID-19 in the New York City Area. 

Of the many ways diabetes can complicate a person's life, metabolic syndrome is one more thing to add to the list, especially in women. 

Researchers may have found a new way to detect hypertension and diabetes in people with obesity: an alteration in the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis. 

Eliminating childhood obesity, one injection at a time.