• Weight Loss Surgery Rising for Kids and Teens
  
  New research published Tuesday in JAMA Pediatrics showed that the number of bariatric and metabolic surgeries among U.S. youth ages 10 to 19 has risen dramatically since 2016 - even during the pandemic, when cases of adult weight-loss surgeries plummeted. Between 2020 and...
• FDA Warns Against Compounded Wegovy, Ozempic
  
  Patients taking semaglutide for type 2 diabetes or weight loss should be careful about where they're getting the medication, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration warned Tuesday. Shortages of the drug, commonly sold as Wegovy and Ozempic, has led to the making of compounded...
• Afternoon Exercise Most Effective for Type 2 Diabetes
  
  If you're one of the millions of folks living with type 2 diabetes, you know that regular exercise can help you keep your blood sugar in check. Now, new research suggests that working out in the afternoon may help maximize these benefits. The new study wasn't designed to say...
• Diabetes Before 60 Increases Risk for Later Dementia
  
  Prediabetes often precedes type 2 diabetes, the form of the disease most closely tied to obesity. A new study suggests that the timing of this transition may set the stage for dementia in later years. Prediabetes refers to blood sugar or glucose levels that are higher than...
• The Truth About Energy Drinks
  
  If you routinely reach for an energy drink to give you a boost during the day, you may be doing your body more harm than good. The main sources of energy in these beverages are sugar and caffeine. And while they may provide that short burst of power, in the long run you'll...
• Weight Loss Drug Ozempic May Stop Addictions
  
  People taking the trendy drug Ozempic for weight loss say they've also stopped drinking, smoking, shopping and even nail biting. Semaglutide, the main ingredient in Ozempic and Wegovy, was marketed as an injectable type 2 diabetes treatment before people zeroed in on its...
• Signs You Are Fighting Chronic Inflammation
  
  Some inflammation in your body is good. It's a sign that your body is trying to heal itself. Symptoms of redness, warmth, swelling and pain that are short-lived mean that your immune system is activating and sending inflammatory chemicals to the wound or injured site to...
• Fatty Muscles More Harmful to Health Than Obesity
  
  It's well known that it's unhealthy to have belly fat accumulating around your abdominal organs, but there's a more insidious form of fat that could be even more hazardous to your health, a new study says. Fat that infiltrates your muscles appears to dramatically increase...
• Swallowable Gastric Balloon Effective for Weight Loss
  
  Combining a swallowable gastric balloon with a weight loss drug may be a way to lose significant body weight, a new study suggests. In about eight months of combination treatment, participants lost an average of 19% of their body weight, and significantly reduced their body...
• WHO Warns Against Using Artificial Sweeteners
  
  Artificial sweeteners, used to replace sugar in a vast range of products, do not help in losing weight and can have serious health effects, according to the World Health Organization. The United Nations' health agency released new guidelines on Monday advising against using...
• Study: Best Diabetes Medications for Heart Health
  
  There are many medications for type 2 diabetes, but one class may stand out for protecting the heart, a new study suggests. The study, of thousands of U.S. veterans with diabetes, found that those who added drugs called GLP-1 receptor agonists to their usual regimen were...
• New Procedure Manages Diabetes Without Insulin
  
  Could a one-hour procedure that involves zapping a part of the intestines mean no more insulin for millions of folks with type 2 diabetes? Maybe, according to a small study scheduled for presentation next week at the Digestive Disease Week meeting in Chicago. The new...
• Adderall, Ozempic, Other Med Shortages Continue
  
  Shortages of drugs like Adderall are growing in the United States, and experts see no clear path to resolving them. For patients, that can mean treatment delays, medication switches and other hassles filling a prescription. In recent months, unexpected demand spikes,...
• What to Know About Medications Promising Weight Loss
  
  Obesity is a major and growing problem around the world, but especially in the U.S., where more than 40% of adults and about 20% of children now meet the criteria for what doctors say has become an intractable chronic disease. Rates of the disease have soared in recent...
• Mounjaro Leads to 16 Percent Weight Loss in Diabetics
  
  A large trial showed that a high dose of Eli Lilly and Co's Mounjaro helped people with type 2 diabetes who were also obese or overweight to lose nearly 16% of their body weight, or over 34 pounds (15kg) on average, the company said on Thursday. Lilly reported last year that...
• Coffee, Tea Boost Longevity in Adults With Diabetes
  
  Put down that sugary soda. It could be deadly, particularly if you have type 2 diabetes. A nearly two-decade-long study linked high intake of sugar-sweetened beverages - soda, lemonade and fruit punch - with premature death in people with type 2 diabetes. The link was found...
• Poor Food Choices Driving Rise in Type 2 Diabetes
  
  Most cases of type 2 diabetes can be linked to making poor food choices, a new study finds.Researchers from Tufts University in Boston linked poor diet to 14 million cases of type 2 diabetes - about 70% of new diagnoses globally - in 2018. The biggest impact came from...
• Weight-Loss Surgery Reduces Diabetes Complications
  
  While the immediate goal of bariatric surgery is to help obese patients shed significant weight, new research shows it may also reduce diabetes complications, including nerve damage. Investigators followed 127 weight-loss surgery patients for two years. They found the...
• Fasting Beats Low-calorie Diet at Preventing Diabetes
  
  Intermittent fasting is all the rage due to its laundry list of potential health benefits -- from weight loss to longevity. Now, new research suggests that it may beat low-calorie diets when it comes to preventing type 2 diabetes in high-risk people. Folks who only ate...
• Procedure Converts Veins to Arteries, Spares Amputation
  
  Cynthia Elford had recently lost her left leg to type 1 diabetes, after a sunburned big toe turned nearly black and forced an amputation. Now, Elford was being told the same thing was happening in her right leg. "I went to clip the toenail on the big toe of my right leg and I...
• Diabetes Medication Slashes Long COVID Risk
  
  Early treatment with the diabetes drug metformin reduced the risk of long COVID by almost half in a study of more than 1,100 adults. Researchers at the University of Minnesota followed the participants for 10 months. Data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...
• Beware of Cheaper Versions of Ozempic, Wegovy
  
  The exorbitant cost of the current trend in weight loss drugs has driven some diehard dieters to try generic versions of the drugs compounded by pharmacists. But experts warn that while these copycat versions of Ozempic and Wegovy may have a more reasonable price tag, they...
• Study: Diabetes Drug Lowers Risk for Osteoarthritis
  
  Metformin may help reduce the risk of osteoarthritis (OA) in people with Type 2 diabetes. A study of nearly 21,000 adults with diabetes found that those who were taking metformin had a 24% lower risk of developing OA compared to those taking a sulfonylurea, a different...
• Lower-Carb, Plant-Based Diet Best for Diabetes
  
  Cutting some carbohydrates may help people with type 2 diabetes live longer - as long as they are swapping sugar for vegetables instead of steak, new research suggests. The study, of more than 10,000 U.S. adults with type 2 diabetes, found that those who ate relatively fewer...
• Diabetes Drug Ozempic Back in Supply After Shortage
  
  Novo Nordisk's best-selling diabetes treatment drug Ozempic is back on the shelves in the United States after months of shortage, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) website showed on Friday. The main active ingredient in Ozempic is semaglutide, also the key...

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