'End-stage' hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is one of the most serious manifestations of HCM, yet its etiology remains poorly understood. Here, Yacoub et al. discuss recent advances in our ...

Objective Overweight and obesity have been shown to be related to multiple chronic conditions, leading to a heavy economic burden on society throughout the world. This study aims to estimate the ...

But it’s critical for new moms to keep an eye out for signs of postpartum complications because in rare cases, a serious form of heart disease known as peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM) can develop ...

Cardiomyopathy is rare in children but, once diagnosed, carries a substantial risk of morbidity and mortality. 1,2 Cardiomyopathy is the primary indication for heart transplantation during childhood, ...

Background Obesity is a growing public health challenge worldwide with significant health and economic impacts. However, much of what is known about the economic impacts of obesity comes from ...

The researchers found that the risks for obesity-related cancers and all-cause death were lower during a mean follow-up of 3.9 years (adjusted hazard ratios, 0.93 and 0.92, respectively) in ...

Eli Lilly is counting on Camurus and its long-acting delivery technology to help take its portfolio of obesity and diabetes drugs to the next level with a licensing deal worth up to $870 million.

That still represents a minute fraction of the estimated 23,000 out of every 100,000 teens in the country who are living with obesity, and is far slower than the uptake among U.S. adults.

Even after scrapping its lead obesity candidate due to liver toxicity, BioAge Labs is not shying away from the weight loss space. The Bay Area biotech has entered an option agreement with Chinese ...

How obesity is connected to anxiety “Several studies have pointed to a link between obesity and anxiety, though it is still unclear whether obesity directly causes anxiety or if the association is ...

American teens are increasingly turning to the weight-loss drug Wegovy as more families and their doctors gain confidence in its use for young people with obesity, new data shared with Reuters shows.