However, there are concerns that GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic® and Wegovy® might lead to a loss of muscle mass along with fat mass. This potential side effect highlights a need for new or coinciding treatments that can address obesity while limiting such side effects. Revolutioniz...
Even as Wegovy rides high, interest surges in weight loss drugs that preserve muscle Have you ever seen a mouse with a set of muscles more appropriate for a bodybuilder or comic book superhero? Well, 25 years ago, researchers at Johns Hopkins Universitymade it happen. By silencing a gene r...
“Research from our group and others has previously shown that quantitative and functional decline in thigh muscles is potentially associated with onset and progression of knee osteoarthritis,” Dr. Akkaya said. “On MRI images, this decline can be seen as fatty degeneration of the muscle, where ...
During 2015-2016 it was estimated that 93.3 million adults in the U.S. were obese. With obesity being associated with many other serious health conditions such as heart disease, stroke, type 2 diabetes, and some forms of cancer, there is a need to find ways to decrease the frequency of ...
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