Etiket: obesity
Breast cancer and obesity. The correlation
L‘excess weight is an established risk factor for breast cancer. Now a group of researchers coordinated by Stefania Catalanoprofessor of the Department of Pharmacy and Health and Nutrition Sciences of…
Column | Obesity will become a thing of the past
New medicines could ensure that obesity will be eradicated in ten to twenty years. What consequences will that have? Until recently, there seemed to be no cure for obesity. Most…
Hospital psychiatrist Birit Broekman sees a lot of depression in people with cardiovascular disease, diabetes and obesity
Birit Broekman (49), daughter of a general practitioner, knew from an early age that she wanted to become a doctor. The first time she registered for medicine she was rejected.…
Ozempic for 6 to 12 year olds with obesity? Research is also underway in our country | Domestic
Can Ozempic also help obese children lose weight? Research into this is currently being conducted worldwide, including in the university hospitals of Brussels, Leuven and Antwerp. “Hopefully, parents whose child…
Comprehensive treatment of obesity
Obesity may seem easy to explain. If a person consumes more calories than he needs, he will gain weight. But the truth is that it is not that simple. Obesity…
Argentine science: research on cancer, obesity, bacterial resistance, neurons
Every year the Konex Foundation rewards an activity different from Argentine culture, and in 2023 it is the turn of the science and technology. No less than one hundred winners…
Medicated obesity: remedies against diabetes authorized to lose weight
A drug that until the end of July was admitted only for use in people with type 2 diabetes was approved by the National Administration of Medicines, Food and Medical…
Will Ozempic make stomach reductions unnecessary in the future? Obesity expert compares the two options
From now on, people who are obese or seriously overweight must wait three months before undergoing a gastric bypass. This was decided by the RIZIV, the institution that manages health…
In obesity, the brain does not register food in the stomach
In people who are obese, the brain responds less well to signals from the intestines. If they’ve lost weight, it won’t get any better. They don’t feel good that they’ve…
Challenges in the ICU: the challenge of taking care of a critically ill patient with obesity
Madrid 06/07/2023 at 08:56 CEST From “it’s gone” to “we’ll push it forward”: this is the (hectic) day-to-day in a critical unit, with the story of Dr. Juan Carlos López,…