The Florida Supreme Court also recently rejected his claim that he shouldn't be executed because he was "morbidly obese" and had sciatica, which could cause unconstitutional levels of pain.

This virus causes the Coronavirus disease COVID-19 that has spread to multiple countries across the world.1 2 The most severely ill patients have required intubation and ventilation, which will likely ...

Setting Any clinical setting. Patients Patients under 18 years who were overweight/obese. Interventions Patients taking ibuprofen for any indication, dose or regimen. Main outcome measures The ...

"These presentations highlight our progress towards advancing obesity care with an automated solution that’s designed to be safe, effective, and accessible for both patients and clinicians.

The results are published in the Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology. The researchers compared Roux-en-Y gastric bypass with two other metabolic and bariatric surgery types in 1,346 patients. They were ...

Glucagon-Like Peptide 1 Receptor Agonists (GLP-1 RAs) may provide a more effective and less invasive alternative to bariatric surgery for improving cardiovascular (CV) outcomes in obese patients, ...

In court documents, lawyers for Michael Tanzi, 48, say he is morbidly obese and suffers from sciatica, a condition that causes pain along the back's sciatic nerve. Tanzi's lawyers argued that ...

The patient received a transplant from a hospital across the state border in Ohio’s Lucas County in December, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services said in a statement Wednesday.

While people today have a wealth of information at their fingertips, it’s increasingly difficult for patients to differentiate between fact and fiction. Taking concrete steps to address ...

The experts, who ran an experiment with 75 individuals, found this effect was stronger in those who are obese. Their findings are said to have wide implications given how many turn to 'diet' or ...