On Jan. 1, North Dakota became the first state in the country where access to drugs like Wegovy is part of the EHB package. About 55,293 of North Dakota's 784,000 residents had coverage through fully ...

Obesity is associated with an increased risk ... an increased risk of VTE among morbidly obese persons receiving standard doses of the drug might become apparent. To our knowledge, the study ...

Kenyan actress Sandra Dacha has opened up about her transformation journey. The actress lost 17 kgs, disclosing that a nurse ...

In nonobese patients, total bodyweight approximates ideal bodyweight. In morbid obesity, lean bodyweight is estimated by increasing ideal bodyweight by 20-30%.

The term overweight is no more a part of the India-specific obesity guidelines that were revised after nearly 15 years and ...

A day after international experts proposed a new approach to define obesity by looking beyond body mass index (BMI), Indian ...

Rescue teams have had to winch patients too fat to move out of their flats. Sometimes walls, windows and banisters must be ...

The family of a 25-year-old man who believe his death in hospital could have been prevented have spent years trying to uncover the facts – now they are speaking publicly for the first time. Chris Burn ...

The Misdemeanor Court has fined a foster mother KD 4,000 for her behavior on social media, which were deemed to harm the ...

The White House on Friday said Novo Nordisk's weight-loss drugs Wegovy and Ozempic were among the 15 medications picked for a round of price negotiations with Medicare. The companies do not have to ...

Registered dietitian nutritionists caring for patients with chronic kidney disease are frequently challenged to help address ...