What Happens When People Stop Taking the Weight Loss Drug Zepbound
As a new generation of highly effective weight loss drugs hits the market, doctors are still trying to figure out how long people will need to take them for the best results.
A new study offers a clue. Writing in JAMA, researchers report on what happens when people stop taking the weight loss drug tirzepatide, known as Zepbound. Tirzepatide can help people lose double digit percentages of their body weight, compared to single digit percentages with diet and exercise.
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The study, sponsored by the drug’s manufacturer, Eli Lilly, included 670 people with a body mass in...
Source: TIME: Health - December 11, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Alice Park Tags: Uncategorized healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
Thousands of kidney disease patients set to benefit from £1-a-dose diabetes drug which can reduce the need for dialysis and a transplant
Kidney disease is usually triggered by the damage caused by another illness, such as type 1 and type 2 diabetes or high blood pressure. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - December 9, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Changes in Cardiac Structure ID'd in Latinas With Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy
FRIDAY, Dec. 8, 2023 -- Hispanic/Latina women with a history of de novo hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDP) have detectable subclinical alterations in cardiac structure, according to a study published online Dec. 4 in Hypertension.
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Evaluating the Evolving Treatment Landscape for Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Evaluating the Evolving Treatment Landscape for Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
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Source: Medscape Today Headlines - December 8, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Roundtable Source Type: news
Pneumonia on CT? Consider additional imaging so as not to miss cancer
Organizing pneumonia can hide underlying lung cancers in up to 10% of cases, and repeat imaging in the form of PET/CT -- and additional biopsy -- should be considered in patients with high clinical suspicion of malignancy, researchers have reported.
Suspicion of malignancy may be prompted by avid uptake of the radiopharmaceutical FDG on PET/CT imaging, according to study results delivered on November 27 at the RSNA meeting. But it can be tricky to catch potential cancers once organizing pneumonia has been diagnosed, said presenter Charissa Kim, MD, PhD, of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in New York City.
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Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - December 8, 2023 Category: Radiology Authors: Kate Madden Yee Tags: Subspecialties Chest Radiology Nuclear Radiology Source Type: news
The relationship between physical activity level and balance parameters, muscle strength, fear of falling in patients with hypertension - Özler N, Malkoc M, Angin E.
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Source: SafetyLit - December 7, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Ergonomics, Human Factors, Anthropometrics, Physiology Source Type: news
Being married can raise your blood pressure - but not for the reason you think
In an international study, 47 percent of older couples in England were found to both have high blood pressure. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - December 7, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Panera Bread Faces Second Wrongful Death Lawsuit Over Caffeinated ‘ Charged Lemonade ’
Panera Bread is confronting a second wrongful death lawsuit after a customer allegedly died from consuming its popular caffeinated “charged lemonade” beverage. The lawsuit, filed on Monday, details the death of Dennis Brown, a 46-year-old Florida man who passed away in October after consuming three servings of the drink.
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According to the wrongful-death lawsuit filed by Brown’s family in Superior Court in Delaware, Brown suffered a “cardiac event” while walking home from a Panera Bread in Fleming Island, Fla. on Oct. 9. The lawsuit alleges that P...
Source: TIME: Health - December 6, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Nik Popli Tags: Uncategorized News Desk Source Type: news
Concordant Hypertension Observed in Heterosexual Couples
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 6, 2023 -- Within heterosexual couples, concordance of hypertension is seen consistently across four countries, according to a study published online Dec. 6 in the Journal of the American Heart Association.
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Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - December 6, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
As One Spouse's Blood Pressure Rises, So Does the Other's: Study
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 6, 2023 -- In sickness and in health -- and in blood pressure, too?
A new international study finds that if your blood pressure rises with time, your spouse ' s might, also.“Many people know that high blood pressure is common... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - December 6, 2023 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
It's not an old wives' tale - being married really CAN raise your blood pressure, scientists say
Compared to wives married to husbands without high blood pressure, those with husbands with high blood pressure were 9 per cent more likely to have high blood pressure. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - December 6, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Many couples around the world share high blood pressure, study says
New research from the American Heart Association reveals that many spouses or partners in heterosexual relationships also may have a dangerous health problem in common -- high blood pressure. (Source: Health News - UPI.com)
Source: Health News - UPI.com - December 6, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Doc Set Home on Fire? High Blood Pressure in Couples; WHO: Raise Alcohol, Soda Taxes
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Pennsylvania doctor Amy Cohen, MD, is facing charges for allegedly trying to set fire to a home belonging to the grandmother of an ex-boyfriend's romantic partner... (Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry)
Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry - December 6, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Panera hit with another wrongful death suit over caffeinated lemonade
Panera is being sued again after another customer is said to have died after consuming the chain’s caffeinated lemonade. Dennis Brown was a 46-year-old man with a chromosomal deficiency disorder, ADHD and high blood pressure who avoided energy drinks, according to a wrongful death complaint filed…#panera #dennisbrown #sarahkatz #klinespecter #katz (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - December 6, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Panera is being sued for negligence after a customer drank its caffeinated lemonade that allegedly caused him to die from cardiac arrest
The family of a 46-year-old Florida man has filed a wrongful death and negligence lawsuit against one of the biggest fast-casual restaurant chains in the U.S., claiming Panera Bread Company’s caffeine-filled lemonade drink led to his death. David Brown had high blood pressure and didn’t drink…#florida #panerabreadcompanys #davidbrown #superiorcourt #delaware #panerabreadcompany #flemingisland #panera #publixsupermarkets #sarahkatz (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - December 6, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
