Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain New research being presented at the European Congress on Obesity (ECO 2024) in Venice, Italy (12–15 May) suggests that it is possible to predict if someone is going to gain weight based on the size of their fat cells. Individuals with large fat cells tend to lose weight over time, while…
Bob Wilbur thought he’d found a retirement home that would be a place of peace. Nestled against Admiralty Bay on the western edge of Whidbey Island, the three-story house is surrounded by trees and shoreline. It offers the kind of quiet that only an island can provide. Except when the Growlers fly. As often as…
The Brazilian Society of Cardiology (SBC) has just updated its guidelines on hypertension and ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM), ergometry, and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM). The new versions of the recommendations were presented at the SBC’s 1st Meeting of Cardiology Departments in São Paulo. The event was attended by 12 departments of the society and the…
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BALTIMORE — Gene and cell therapies have transformed a handful of devastating disorders in the U.S. and Europe, with more treatments on the way. But those technologies have largely failed to reach most of the world. These lags are ubiquitous in the current drug development system, where new therapies are approved in wealthy countries and…
Credit: CC0 Public Domain New research presented at the European Congress on Obesity (ECO) in Venice, Italy (12–15 May), and published in the International Journal of Obesity, could help explain why type 2 diabetes is more common in men than in women. “Previous studies have shown that men develop type 2 diabetes (TD2) at a…
When it comes to improving the lives of children with genetic conditions, medical research often focuses solely on the children. But there is an equally important population in need of research that a faculty member at the University of Colorado Department of Medicine is highlighting -; the caregivers. We need to think very broadly about how…
Morning exercise offers many benefits, but for people with eczema, hitting the gym and then going to work presents a complex set of challenges. Getting hot and sweaty can lead to flare-ups. The breakfast you eat for post-workout energy may do more harm than good. And after a heavy workout that taxes your body, the…
An alarming lack of compliance with assessments to prevent ophthalmologic and neuropathic complications associated with diabetes has been detected in nine countries in Latin America and the Caribbean. Only three territories (Chile, Brazil, and the British Virgin Islands) had more than 50% of patients with diabetes who had received an eye examination in the previous…
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