obesity

New study to explore whether weight loss drugs could boost breast cancer treatment for women with obesity

Posted in Medicine, Science on 21st Nov, 2025
by Alexander Muller

Researchers at the University of Southampton will investigate whether weight loss and diabetes medications such as Ozempic could help boost the effectiveness of immunotherapy.

Study reveals how fat cells can fuel cancer tumors

Posted in Medicine, Science on 29th Aug, 2025
by Alex Muller

The findings may help scientists find ways to treat notoriously aggressive triple-negative breast cancer.

Obesity among men could be increasing prostate cancer deaths, study suggests

Posted in Medicine on 30th May, 2022
by Alex Muller

The more inches added to a man's waistline, and the higher his BMI, the greater the risk of dying, new research concludes.

US Obesity is now over 40% and Black Americans are Nearly 50% Obese

Posted in Medicine on 29th Feb, 2020
by Alex Muller

Obesity is associated with serious health risks. Severe obesity further increases the risk of obesity-related complications, such as coronary heart disease and end-stage renal disease.

America's deadly obesity epidemic

Posted in Medicine on 13th Oct, 2019
by Alex Muller

A public health emergency is shortening lives and supersizing health-care costs.