Obesity medicine could alter the field of orthopedics in 2025, as GLP-1s like Ozempic and Wegovy can help patients lose weight, making them candidates for procedures they previously could not receive, ...

“Patients will lose 30 to 40 percent of their excess weight and have multiple benefits from that,” says Parel. “Lowering their blood pressure, lowering their cholesterol, good effect on diabetes, ...

A winter storm will continue to bring snow to parts of New Mexico through Thursday. Dangerously cold wind chills will ...

New study calculated the effects of body mass on joint arthroplasty surgery facility costs/resource utilization.

Walmart stores in the region will be participating in a Wellness Day from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday.

A comprehensive review found that being out of shape greatly increased the risk of dying prematurely — regardless of age or ...

“These findings suggest that BMI and obesity prevalence in the U.S. decreased in 2023 for the first time in more than a decade,” the authors write. “The most notable decrease was in the South, which ...

Lindora, a leader in medically guided weight loss and metabolic health solutions, is excited to announce complimentary body composition assessments have begun this month in celebration of National ...

Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have discovered sex-specific differences in how fat accumulates in muscle and ...

Over her three-decade career, weight management physician Dr. Sarah Ro has seen hundreds of patients. Many of them are on ...

Surgeons are collaborating with obesity medicine physicians, turning to GLP-1s to help high BMI patients qualify for surgery.

Fast subjective walking speed is associated with lower odds of metabolic diseases among individuals with obesity.