The prevalence of obesity is steadily rising and has huge health and financial implications for society. Weight gain is due to an imbalance between dietary intake and energy expenditure and research ...

LAS VEGAS -- Obese patients who continue to have "thyroid symptoms" even when their levels are normalized may have a hypothalamic dysfunction, researchers reported here. In a single-center study of 50 ...

Obesity is increasing at an alarming rate throughout the world, particularly among children. Epidemiological and experimental data have suggested that suboptimal nutrition and growth during prenatal ...

Collaborating with scientists from New York, Toronto, and Tokyo, Harvard Stem Cell Institute (HSCI) researchers have devised two methods for using stem cells to generate the type of neurons that help ...

Specialized brain cells in the hypothalamus act as a disposal route for tau protein, shuttling it from cerebrospinal fluid into the bloodstream. When those cells break down, tau accumulates in the ...

Obesity associated with hypothalamic dysfunction was initially described in patients with craniopharyngioma. Hypothalamic obesity may also result from brain radiation, infection (eg, tuberculosis), ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Setmelanotide was linked to reduction in BMI at 52 weeks compared with placebo for patients with acquired ...

Findings showed patients on setmelanotide saw a mean BMI reduction of 16.5% from baseline compared with a 3.3% increase for those on placebo at week 52. Topline data were announced from a phase 3 ...

BMI reduction achieved in all patients (N=142) at 52 weeks, including 12 Japanese patients and 10 supplemental patients with ...

We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have this issue please contact customerservice@slackinc.com. Setmelanotide reduced BMI by a mean 18% for children and ...

Hypothalamic obesity (HyOb) is a type of obesity caused by damage to the brain’s hunger-regulating function. While there’s no cure, proper treatment can help improve your daily life and prevent ...