Metabolic Disorder

The FDA has approved Lamzede, an enzyme replacement therapy for non-central nervous system manifestations of alpha-mannosidosis in adult and pediatric patients, Chiesi Global Rare Diseases announced in a press release.

Updates to the 1991 NIH statement on gastrointestinal surgery for severe obesity include recommendations for metabolic and bariatric surgery, BMI threshold adjustments and consideration of surgery for children and adolescents.

In girls with premature adrenarche, early uterine and breast gland tissue changes were detectable with imaging, and endometrial thickness was positively associated with insulin levels, according to study findings.

In this video exclusive, Yehuda Handelsman, MD, FACP, FNLA, FASCP, MACE, talks with Vivian A. Fonseca, MD, about new multispecialty practice recommendations developed by the Diabetes, CardioRenal Metabolic Diseases Task Force.

The presence of metabolic disorders appeared significantly linked to cognitive deficits among individuals with schizophrenia, according to results of a systematic review and meta-analysis published in JAMA Psychiatry.

The FDA approved fosdenopterin injection, a first-in-class treatment to reduce risk for death due to molybdenum cofactor deficiency type A, a rare, genetic, metabolic disorder that typically presents in the first few days of life.

LOS ANGELES — A brain counter-regulatory mechanism may be at play in weight loss plateaus with GLP-1 receptor agonists.

Metabolism is the term for a set of chemical reactions that occur in the cells of living organisms to sustain life. The metabolic processes lead to growth and reproduction and allow living organisms to maintain their structures and respond to the surrounding environment. All chemical reactions that occur in living organisms, from digestion to the transport of substances from cell to cell, can be part of metabolism.