Category: Obesity
If you have bariatric surgery do you decrease your risk for cancer? Elizabeth Tracey reports
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Obesity is known to increase cancer risk, so if someone who is very overweight has bariatric surgery, does their risk for cancer decline? Kimmel Cancer Center director William Nelson at Johns Hopkins describes a new study that examines this question. …
Has a weight loss drug that actually causes fat to be metabolized been found? Elizabeth Tracey reports
A mouse model of obesity and heart problems may point the way to a fat burning medicine, Elizabeth Tracey reports
Timing of Eating
Obesity and COVID
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Anchor lead: Obese men are at especially high risk for severe Covid-19 disease, Elizabeth Tracey reports Obesity is confirmed as a risk factor for severe Covid-19, a study in Annals of Internal Medicine reports. David Kass, a cardiologist at Johns …