Severe obesity in childhood and adolescence more than triples the risk of MS, and obesity treatment does not seem to reverse it, a study finds.

Finding it hard to breathe when you lay down is medically called orthopnea. Find a list of potential causes to help narrow down your overall risk here.

Eberhardt, 37, is now the first actor with Down syndrome to star in an action film, and he spoke alongside the film's ...

What is Cushing's syndrome? Cushing's syndrome is a hormonal disorder. It’s caused when you have high levels of the hormone cortisol over a long time. Cushing's syndrome is fairly rare. It most often ...

The problem is that BMI doesn’t break down how much body fat someone ... body fat percentage, and obesity-related health conditions like type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and metabolic syndrome ...

LONDON – Medical experts proposed a radical overhaul of how obesity is diagnosed, moving away from relying on body mass alone and adding broader measurements such as heart health. The ...

The newest weight-loss drugs, Wegovy and Zepbound, are incredibly popular. But doctors are still learning about all of the ways they affect the body—both helpful and harmful—beyond reducing ...

The Lancet medical journal’s Diabetes & Endocrinology Commission last week proposed a new definition and method for diagnosing obesity, beyond simply looking at a person’s Body Mass Index (BMI), the ...

Will Medicare end Novo Nordisk's obesity drug boom? It's not surprising that CMS chose Ozempic, Wegovy, and Rybelsus for Medicare drug price negotiations. Between November 2023 and October 2024 ...

If an adult has a BMI of 30 or above, they are considered to have obesity, based on this measurement. The problem is that BMI doesn’t break down how much body fat someone has—it just looks at ...

When children with obesity undergo weight-loss treatment, the effects have repercussions later in life and the risk of serious health problems and premature death is lower as they reach young ...

A group of 58 researchers is calling for a new, better way to measure obesity. The global team’s recommendations were published in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology on Jan. 14. Body mass index ...