Chronic Diseases

Diabetes Obesity Cardiovascular Diseases Heart Disease Cancer Cardiovascular Health Cardiovascular Disease Type 2 Diabetes Respiratory Diseases Hypertension

Triple-Dose Semaglutide Outperforms Standard Regimen in Weight-Loss Trials

Researchers say the 72-week studies showed greater weight loss with acceptable tolerability, warranting longer-term follow-up.

Pain-Sensing Lung Neurons Found to Restrain Fibrosis-Driving Inflammation in Mouse Study

Long-Running UK Study Links Planetary Health Diet to Lower Diabetes Risk and Emissions

Large EHR Study Links Cannabis Use to Fourfold Higher Type 2 Diabetes Risk

Wegovy Users Report Sharp Drop in ‘Food Noise,’ Survey Presented at EASD Finds

Obesity’s Toll Mounts in Latin America as Mexico Counts 180 Billion-Peso Burden and Therapies Advance

UNICEF: Childhood Obesity Now Outnumbers Underweight Worldwide

GLP-1 Debate Intensifies: Australia Considers Subsidies as India Warns of Misuse Risks

Gene-Encoded Peptides Steer Gut Microbes, Modulating Insulin Resistance in Mice

Chronic-Disease Deaths Fell Worldwide in the 2010s as Progress Slowed, With U.S. Lagging and India Rising

U.S. Death Rate Fell in 2024 as COVID Dropped From Top 10 Causes

Maze Therapeutics Reports Strong Phase 1 Signal for MZE782, Announces $150 Million Private Placement

Cambridge Team Builds Cartilage-Like Hydrogel for On-Demand Arthritis Drug Delivery

Rice Hydrogel Slows Drug Release, Boosts Efficacy in Mouse Studies

Emphysema Seen on Lung Screening CT Predicts Higher Long-Term Mortality, 25-Year Study Finds

Novartis to Acquire Tourmaline Bio for $1.4 Billion to Bolster Heart-Drug Pipeline

Tufts Team Designs Experimental Four-Hormone Obesity Drug Aimed at Bigger, Gentler Weight Loss

FDA Creates 'Green List' for GLP-1 Ingredients as WHO Names the Drugs Essential

WHO Adds GLP-1 Diabetes Drugs to Essential Medicines List

Study Ties Fathers’ Childhood Second-Hand Smoke Exposure to Offspring’s Lung Function Decline