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What to Know About 'Ozempic Face'
Medications intended for Type 2 diabetes are being used - some say abused - as quick weight loss drugs. These trending medications like Ozempic and Mounjaro may be effective at helping you to drop some pounds, but they can also have an ugly side effect. Taking the drugs...
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40-Year Study Finds Weight-Loss Surgery Boosts Longevity
It's well known that obesity fuels an increase in a person's risk for other chronic health conditions. Now, a new study shows that weight-loss surgery could set that person's health, and longevity, on a different path. Utah researchers who followed patients for up to 40 years...
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Updated Artificial Pancreas Effective at Managing Type 2 Diabetes
An artificial pancreas has long been considered the holy grail for people with type 1 diabetes, and new research suggests a more convenient version of this technology may help the millions of people living with type 2 diabetes. Type 2 is the more common form of diabetes, and...
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Eating Fast Food Linked to Liver Disease
Do your liver a favor and steer clear of fast food, new research urges. People with obesity or diabetes who consumed 20% or more of their daily calories from fast food had severely elevated levels of fat in their liver compared to those who ate less fast food or none. Even...
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New Flavor-Enhancing Cutlery Could Help Users Reduce Sugar, Salt
A team of research students has designed a spoon that stimulates taste buds to produce a sensation of sweetness. This could be helpful for anyone with a sweet tooth, and particularly for those with diabetes, which affects 11.3 % of the population, who need to limit sugar...
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Avoid These 5 Foods for a Healthier 2023
If you want to lose weight this coming year, avoid low-quality "junk" foods. The 2022 State of Obesity Report found that 19 states now have obesity rates topping 35% and that 4 out of 10 U.S. adults are obese, says Eat This, Not That! The report notes that our obesity...
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New Guidelines Call for Drugs, Surgery Earlier for Kids With Obesity
Children struggling with obesity should be evaluated and treated early and aggressively, including with medications for kids as young as 12 and surgery for those as young as 13, according to new guidelines released Monday. The longstanding practice of "watchful waiting," or...
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Drinking Sugary Beverages Linked to Male-Pattern Baldness
A new study provides yet another reason to stop drinking sugary sodas. Scientists at Tsinghua University in Beijing found that men who drink a lot of sugary beverages, ranging from soft drinks to sweetened juices to energy drinks have an increased risk of developing...
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Diabetes Med Ozempic in Short Supply as Americans Use It for Weight Loss
Elon Musk swears by the weight-loss drug Wegovy, and Kim Kardashian is rumored to have used it to shed 16 pounds in three weeks to squeeze into a vintage gown once worn by Marylin Monroe. But the intense public demand for Wegovy has triggered a shortage of the diabetes...
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Retired NFL Players Aging Faster Than Other Men
Former elite football players may age faster than their more average peers, a new study suggests. NFL players, especially former linemen, had fewer disease-free years and earlier high blood pressure and diabetes diagnoses. Two age-related diseases, arthritis and dementia,...
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FDA Approves First Oral Treatment for Cats with a Type of Diabetes
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Thursday approved Elanco Animal Health Inc's drug for cats with a type of diabetes, making it the first oral drug to be approved for the disease in animals. Bexacat helps improve glycemic control in otherwise healthy cats with...
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Study Finds Potatoes Can Help You Lose Weight
A new study finds that despite their bad reputation, potatoes can be a party of a healthy diet. The lowly spud has been associated with weight gain and an increased risk for Type 2 diabetes. People with insulin resistance have been told to avoid eating potatoes. But a new...
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How to Navigate Thanksgiving Dinner If You Have Diabetes
Eating a Thanksgiving feast, while still maintaining healthy blood sugar levels, may seem challenging if you have diabetes, but it's doable, experts say. Nearly 40 million Americans deal with this issue every day, and not just for holiday meals. To start: Don't skip breakfast...
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FDA Approves First Drug to Delay Onset of Type 1 Diabetes
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved the first drug that could delay the development of type 1 diabetes (T1D). Teplizumab (Tzield) targets the autoimmune issues that drive the disease, rather than its symptoms, making the medication a game...
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Study: Exposure to Nighttime Outdoor Lighting Linked to Increased Diabetes Risk
As you get ready to put up the holiday lights, here's something to think about. A new, cross-sectional study in China found that in a sample of 98,658 adults, the prevalence of diabetes was 28% higher among people exposed to the greatest levels of artificial outdoor light...
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Repeat COVID Increases Risk for Complications, Hospitalization, Death
The risk of death, hospitalization and serious health issues from COVID-19 jumps significantly with reinfection compared with a first bout with the virus, regardless of vaccination status, according to a study published on Thursday."Reinfection with COVID-19 increases the...
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Best Surgery Option to Prevent Amputation From Leg Artery Disease
Doctors know a lot about the best ways to treat heart attacks and strokes, but until now they really didn't have this kind of information for peripheral artery disease (PAD). Affecting as many as 10 million people in the United States, PAD is marked by a plaque buildup in...
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New Study Finds Highly Processed Food Linked to Premature Death
A new study from Brazil offers more evidence that eating a diet of highly processed foods is dangerous to your health. Ultra-processed foods such as hot dogs, chips, soda, and ice cream not only trigger obesity and high cholesterol, but they may also cause premature...
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A Low-Carb Diet Could Help Stave Off Diabetes
People at risk for developing diabetes could help themselves now by eating fewer carbs, according to new research. While low-carb diets are a common next step for someone diagnosed with the disease, people who are prediabetic or with diabetes not treated with medication...
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Trigger Finger Linked to Higher Risk for Diabetes
A finger that "locks" can be a telltale sign of another condition: Diabetes. Researchers suspected that this trigger finger, often in the ring finger or thumb, might indicate diabetes after frequently finding the condition in patients who had or developed diabetes. It's...
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Some Diabetes Medications Could Cut Dementia Risk
An older class of type 2 diabetes drugs known as thiazolidinediones, or TZDs, may protect you from dementia down the road, according to new research. Thiazolidinediones, also known as glitazones, cut dementia risk by 22% among folks at high risk who also had mild or moderate...
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Older Adults Who Sleep Poorly at 40 Percent Higher Risk for Illness
As men and women enter their golden years, those who regularly fail to get a good night's sleep face a higher risk for developing not one but two serious chronic illnesses at the same time, new research shows. Researchers from France, Finland and United Kingdom tracked the...
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Diabetes Drug in High Demand for Weight Loss
The search term for the drug Ozempic has more than 300 million views on TikTok as the diabetes medication becomes the latest trend in weight loss treatment, according to NBC's Today. The injectable drug is the hit of weight conscious Hollywood celebrities and...
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More Than 1 Million Americans Are Rationing Insulin Due to High Cost
More than 1 million Americans with diabetes have to ration lifesaving insulin because they can't afford it, a new study shows. Many people delayed picking up their insulin prescription, while others took lower doses than they needed, researchers found. Experts said the...
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Study: This Number of Daily Steps Boosts Health
Taking that often-cited 10,000 steps a day - or even slightly fewer - may indeed be enough to improve your health, a new study suggests. Researchers found that among 6,000 middle-aged and older adults, those who got at least 8,000 to 9,000 steps daily had reduced risks of...