A major study finds teens with abdominal obesity have enlarged brain areas linked to learning and emotion, raising concerns that excess weight and inequality may disrupt cognitive development and ...

May 27, 2025 — A new study suggests that boys who become overweight in their early teens risk damaging the genes of their future children, increasing their chances of developing asthma, obesity ...

The obesity drug price wars are finally starting. After being publicly lambasted for the high cost of their weight-loss shots, two of world’s biggest drugmakers — Eli Lilly & Co. and Novo ...

The FDA has freed Amgen’s mysterious early-stage obesity asset from a clinical hold, with the phase 1 study now enrolling participants. The historically tight-lipped Amgen execs remain judicious ...

However, individuals with obesity can become insulin resistant, which causes the pancreas to secrete more insulin to try to keep up. This occurs through an inter-organ neuronal signal relay ...

Obesity, knee injury, and occupational factors such as shift work and heavy lifting are major contributors to knee osteoarthritis. Women have about twice the risk compared to men.

Driven largely by increasing childhood obesity, this silent but serious condition poses long-term heart risks. For many years, high blood pressure was mostly a problem for adults. But today ...

For patients with overweight or obesity and symptomatic knee osteoarthritis, the researchers found that the mean change in VAS pain was −31.3 and −18.9 mm in the metformin and placebo groups ...

Obesity is a condition in which excess fat has accumulated in the body, such that it can have an adverse effect on health. Obesity is defined as a body mass index (BMI) of greater than 30 kg/m2 ...

England's obesity crisis continues to deepen despite billions spent on treatment and prevention, new data shows. Nearly a two-thirds of adults were overweight, with an extra 260,000 people ...

Amgen has gotten caught up in the broader market decline, but its business is unscathed. Its obesity drug sales are about to boom, making the stock look like a buy.