"There’s a procedure doctors should be following first before they resort to weight-loss drugs" when a child is overweight or obese, Decotiis said. For one, you need to find out if andhow much junk foodthe child is consuming, she said. "I would first recommend getting...
What It Means:When doctors talk about "whole grains," they mean grains that haven't been refined. The grains in white bread and white rice have had their nutrient-dense outer layers removed. What's left behind is mainly empty carbs. ...
After being diagnosed, Randy turned to doctors to learn everything he could about the disease,including potential side effectslike heart disease, blindness or even nerve damage (and possible amputation) if left unchecked. "I realized a lot of things that can happen if you don't manage it, wh...
Ozempic, a Novo Nordisk drug approved to treat diabetes in 2017, skyrocketed in use after celebrities and ordinary people on TikTok reported that their doctors prescribed it “off label” for weight loss. Wegovy, a higher dose version of the same medication, called semaglutide, was approved ...
It can be prescribed alone, but many doctors prefer to use it in combination with topiramate, a migraine medication that helps to balance out some of the stimulating properties of phentermine, which otherwise might cause a rapid heart rate, high blood pressure, or insomnia. Interestingly, ...
Others, such as physiologist Lindo Bacon,say(that the contribution of weight to health is complex and that the root cause of disease is more likely to be an intersection of the patient's genetics, life habits and environment.) In some cases,data have shown(thata higher body weight can actu...
In fact, although doctors and public health authoritiesregularly remind us to drink more water, very few studies give any insight intowhat our ideal quantity may be. [4]The new results todaysuggest that many people could indeed stand to drink a little more water thanthey do. But if you'...
Ozempic is approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to treat Type 2 diabetes, but some doctors prescribe the medication "off-label" for weight loss, as is permissible by the FDA. Wegovy, a medication that contains the same main ingredient, semaglutide, as Ozempic, is FDA-approve...
Combining different drugs could be a way of expanding the effects of GLP-1s further still. Doctors such as Perkovic envisage a possible future treatment regime for chronic kidney disease patients that combines existing drugs with GLP-1s to drastically reduce the risks of organ failure. ...
When doctors urge overweight kids to pick up more activities,reading probably isn’t what they have in mind. Yet a new study by fatness researchers at Duke University finds that the simple act of reading—depending on the choice of material—can cause weight loss in teenage girls. The study...