On Friday, the state’s Medicaid administrator, MassHealth, ends coverage of GLP-1s and other medications when they’re ...

A Lancet study found older adults with obesity now often record blood pressure and cholesterol levels close to normal-weight ...

The late 1900s ushered in a medicine renaissance. But as the nation marks its 250th anniversary, the foundation of healthcare ...

A protein called “Mitch” may hold the key to a new generation of obesity treatments. Researchers found that disabling it in human cells boosts fat burning, increases energy use, and makes it harder ...

bCenter for Outcomes Research and Evaluation, Yale–Yale New Haven Health, New Haven, CT, USA cDepartment of Biomedical Informatics and Science, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA dDepartment ...

The Medicare GLP-1 Bridge will start July 1. Regardless of the balance sheet, the responsible choice, says Dr Amy Faith Ho, is not to wait until obesity becomes a heart attack, a dialysis chair, or ...

It might seem like semantics. But whether a health condition qualifies as a disease can have a huge impact on patient experiences and treatment options.

Starting Wednesday, millions of Medicare-qualifying adults will have access to popular medications for weight loss at deep ...

It is possible you are wondering what the disease is all about since a lot of people just know about fatty pancreas. To know ...

New data shows obesity rising fastest among the young and the poor, while it’s mainly the better off who are seeing the ...

Even as health care issues rise in the 2026 campaign debate, new data show that far more House Republicans than Democrats ...

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