Recent research found that BMI is not a good predictor of mortality, adding to a growing body of evidence against the health ...

Thyroid cancer burden attributable to high BMI was increasing between 1990 and 2021 in the US, especially among men and older ...

Women who developed a cardiovascular disease or type 2 diabetes were at a higher risk of developing breast cancer post ...

It's common knowledge that obesity is a global epidemic, particularly in industrialized countries, and that it is a major ...

Stratifying body mass index (BMI) categories by waist circumference (WC) thresholds improves mortality risk prediction in postmenopausal women.

Former Minister of Health, Dr Bernard Okoe Boye, has urged men aged 30 and above to undergo regular medical check-ups to ...

U.S.-based Kailera Therapeutics and Chinese firm Jiangsu Hengrui Pharmaceuticals' experimental weight-loss drug has helped overweight patients lose up to 17.7% of body weight in a late-stage study in ...

Adrenal adenomas were associated with attenuated weight loss among patients with obesity or overweight using GLP-1 or GIP/GLP ...

Women with cardiovascular disease (CVD) have a substantially higher adiposity-associated risk for breast cancer, according to a study.

THEY’VE been hailed as miracle weight-loss jabs – but the effects of Ozempic-style drugs could go far beyond the waistline. New research suggests these so-called “skinny pens” may also ...

Weight loss jabs such as Wegovy and Mounjaro may offer a protective effect against dementia and stroke, according to a new ...