A new tool, OBSCORE, is meant to better define who's at risk for obesity complications, going beyond BMI to include family ...

People with obesity face a significantly increased risk of atherosclerosis, and consequently heart attack and stroke. This ...

People who live with obesity are "tagging" a memory of being overweight on a key part of the immune system—leaving people ...

Can weight loss reverse heart failure? A new study shows that heart muscle cells regain strength and muscle contractions ...

Twelve million people lost coverage for Zepbound over the last year. The same number of people lost coverage for Wegovy, ...

Elaine Chen covers biotech, co-writes The Readout newsletter, and co-hosts STAT’s weekly biotech podcast, The Readout Loud. You can reach Elaine on Signal at elaineywchen.70. Eli Lilly’s ...

Amgen has launched a late-stage program to test the feasibility of switching patients from weekly GLP-1 injections to its own ...

Childhood obesity remains a major health challenge, and effective interventions often depend on more than nutritional advice ...

While GLP-1 drugs for weight loss and diabetes have become transformative for both patients and health systems, it comes with ...

Increasing screen time, reduced physical activity and ultra-processed foods in everyday diet is driving childhood obesity in ...

Topline Phase 3 results of survodutide—licensed to Boehringer Ingelheim from Zealand Pharma—are more comparable to Novo ...