As with many neurological disorders, there are many things we do not understand about Fragile X Syndrome. But after years of studying this disorder, Lynne E. Maat’s lab learned two important things. AKT, an enzyme that plays an important role in cell growth and survival, and a quality control pathway known as NMD (nonsense mutation-dependent … Read more
SAN FRANCISCO and SUZHOU, China, June 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Innovent Biologics, Inc. (“Innovent”) (HKEX: 01801), a world-class biopharmaceutical company that develops, manufactures and commercializes high-quality medicines for the treatment of oncology, autoimmune, metabolic, ophthalmology and other major diseases, announces that phase 1b study results of mazdutide (IBI362), a glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) and glucagon receptor … Read more
Obesity has had an overwhelming presence in the US over the past few decades, but the problem has been exacerbated by the pandemic. The latest CDC data shows that 42% of Americans were obese in March 2020. A survey From the American Psychological Association, conducted last year, found that nearly half of Americans said they … Read more
Tracy Frey has deteriorating circulation in her legs, and her kidneys are on the brink of failure. But the 54-year-old high school librarian from McAllen remains optimism. That’s because she was among the first given tirzepatide, a newly approved diabetes medication that in clinical trials showed tantalizing results. Sold under the brand name Moonjaro, the … Read more
Watch: Married couple lose 27st between them after vowing to get healthy together A couple have seen an incredible 27st 8lb (175kg) joint weight loss after vowing to get healthy together following a type 2 diabetes diagnosis. Kieron Buxton, 50, and his wife Helen, 51, from Nottingham, decided to get in shape in February 2020 … Read more
Although men are known to have higher rates of diabetes and cardiovascular disease (CVD), women with diabetes often have a greater risk profile regarding adverse events. A recent presentation given at the 6th Annual Heart in Diabetes meeting, accumulated the known data on these sex differences, from observations on less controlled LDL-C and blood pressure … Read more
Lifestyle modifications are still the foundation of therapy for patients with type 2 diabetes, but in everyday practice, they are rarely successful. At the same time, highly effective medicinal therapy options are available. Should healthcare professionals simply stop advising people to eat less and become more active and instead prescribe one of the ever more … Read more
Switching back-and-forth between calorie restrictive and normal diets may be more harmful for a person’s health than never adopting a healthy diet, a new study finds. Researchers at Georgetown University, in Washington DC, found that an unstable, changing, diet can cause long term harm to a person and even put them at an increased risk … Read more
Kunal Shah, an assistant professor of endocrinology at Rutgers University’s Robert Wood Johnson Medical School specializing in the treatment of obesity for more than a decade, sees hope in newly approved diabetes medications on the market. Obesity rates have climbed steadily over the years: The Centers for Disease Control estimate about 42 percent of American … Read more
India is home to many alternative ways of treatment. So, it is natural for people to ask if they can find a cure for a given disease. While practitioners will debate the pros and cons of each form of treatment, all of them will advise a change in the individual’s lifestyle to help manage the … Read more