A new study confirms that treatment with bimagrumab, an antibody that blocks type II activin receptors and stimulates the growth of skeletal muscle, is safe and effective for the treatment of excess adiposity and metabolic disorders in adult patients with obesity and type diabetes 2. The research “These exciting results suggest that there…
Prediabetes is not the same in every person, in the early stages of type 2 diabetes, there are six clearly distinct subtypes, that differ in how they develop the disease, in the risk of diabetes, and in the development of secondary diseases. The study This was validated in a study conducted by the…
Daniel Cox, UVA professor of psychiatry and internal medicine, is testing a new approach to managing type 2 diabetes, which relies on continuous glucose monitoring to help people understand how food choices affect their blood sugar levels. The study Cox, a University of Virginia School of Medicine researcher is testing what he calls…
However, it helped solve some cases of metabolic syndrome. Mixed results were observed after a fecal microbiota transplant (FMT) with oral capsules in obese adolescents, according to a randomized trial. Fecal transplants in children: results When looking at 87 children from New Zealand, those who underwent a single cycle of FMT with oral…
Children of African descent, who have a genetic variant that reduces the production of leptin in the body, are at higher risk of being overweight. Leptin plays a key role in controlling children’s weight. Children of African descent are at higher risk of developing obesity if they carry a genetic variant that reduces their…
For years, researchers have debated over whether brown fat continues to grow after birth. MMRI’s Lin Lab has become the first to prove it actually does. What is the brown fat? Brown fat, also known as brown adipose tissue, is a special type of fat that “turns on” (activates) when it chills to…
Periodontal or gum disease is known to be a significant risk factor for metabolic syndrome – a group of conditions that increase the risk of heart disease and diabetes. In a new study, researchers from the Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU) discovered that infection with Porphyromonas gingivalis – the bacteria that causes periodontal disease…
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Saxenda (liraglutide) for chronic weight control in obese patients aged 12 and older. Saxenda has been approved for chronic weight control in adults with a BMI of 30 kg/m2 or more, or in adults with a BMI of 27 kg/m2 or more who have at least…
Researchers from the Rutgers Medical School, New Jersey have reported that vitamin D regulates calcium in a section of the gut that was previously thought not to play a key role. The findings have important implications on how gut disease, including ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease, can alter calcium regulation. The study This…
Researchers have found that a treatment with icodec insulin once a week successfully reduced blood sugar and had a safety profile similar to that of glargine U100 insulin administered once a day in patients with type 2 diabetes, according to a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine. It is often thought…
A common weight loss surgery for obese teenagers called sleeve gastrectomy has damaging effects on bones, according to a new study. “Childhood obesity is a major public health problem that has increased over the past 10 years,” lead researcher Miriam A. Bredella, MD, said. She is professor of radiology at Harvard Medical School in…
Gut hormones Gut hormones play an important role in the regulation of fat production in the body. A key hormone released a few hours after eating shuts down fat production by regulating gene expression in the liver. Nevertheless, this regulation is abnormal in obesity, researchers from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign found in a…