Category Archives: Obesity Medical Treatment

Increasing awareness regarding health, couple with an increase in disposable income, is set to drive the global detox products market on to a high growth trajectory. It is significant to make note here of the fact that health awareness is growing and the growth is manifesting itself in people hitting the gyms and exercise studios more often than before, and taking to detoxification activities on a war scale Continue reading →

Thamonwan Imerbtham,1 Piyanuch Thitiwuthikiat,1 Jirapas Jongjitwimol,2 Teonchit Nuamchit,1 Teerapat Yingchoncharoen,3 Duangduan Siriwittayawan1 1Department of Cardio-Thoracic Technology, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, Naresuan University, Phitsanulok, Thailand; 2Department of Medical Technology, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, Naresuan University, Phitsanulok, Thailand; 3Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand Correspondence: Duangduan SiriwittayawanDepartment of Cardio-Thoracic Technology, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, Naresuan University, Phitsanulok 65000, ThailandTel +66 55 966 417Fax +66 55 966 234Email duangduans@nu.ac.th Purpose: The purposes of this study were to use speckle tracking echocardiography to confirm the influence of obesity on cardiac functions and to assess their relationships with leptin and uric acid levels in obese adolescents.Methods: Eighty-one participants aged 16 19 years were recruited and classified as either non-obese (n = 30) or obese (n = 51). Continue reading →

According to the United States CIA, the U.S. has the 12th highest obesity rate in the world as of 2016, with about 32.6% of the population considered obese. While this is an issue across the entire country, the areas most affected by obesity are the South (33.6%) and the Midwest (33.1%), based on research done by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. Continue reading →

The COVID-19 is a relatively new disease and it might take time to gather adequate information. But, a recent NHS survey suggested that over 60% of COVID-19 patients under intensive care are either overweight or morbidly obese Continue reading →

It all started when she had just given birth to her second child. Her weight began to escalate and as a result, she began experiencing chronic back problems. Continue reading →

XconomyNew York Kallyope, one of New Yorks best funded biotechs, has secured more than $100 million to move two of its programs into the clinicincluding its most advanced, an experimental drug designed to treat obesity. The company was founded in 2015 with $44 million to leverage new learnings about the gut-brain axispings of communication between our guts and our central nervous systemto make drugs for a range of diseases. Since then the company has raised $199 million more across two subsequent rounds of funding, including a $112 million Series C financing announced Wednesday, and advanced two programs to the cusp of human testing Continue reading →

It has been known for a while that the United States has a serious obesity problem. An estimated 160 million American adults some 60% of women, and nearly 75% of men are overweight at minimum Continue reading →

The Insight Partners delivers well-researched industry-wide information on the Obesity Management market. Continue reading →

The report from the London-based Intensive Care National Audit and Research Centre looked at the data of 196 patients admitted to critical care with confirmed COVID-19 up to 19 March 2020. Of these, 57 were female and 139 were male, with an average age of 64. Only 23 of the patients previously required some assistance with daily activities prior to the onset of acute illness Continue reading →

When seeking a causative factor for the onset of insulin resistance and low-grade inflammation that usually accompanies obesity and diabetes, in the past scientists have turned to bacterial lipopolysaccharide (LPS) as a triggering factor. However, the causal role of gut microbiota in obesity and type 2 diabetes (T2D) remains elusive. Continue reading →