Weight Loss

A cardiology-driven clinic for outpatients with heart failure appears to be an effective setting for weight loss in patients with obesity and HF, according to a research letter published in JACC: Advances.

PHILADELPHIA — In this Healio video exclusive, Dhruv S. Kazi, MD, MSc, MS, discusses the importance of cardiac rehabilitation, noting that a comprehensive program is “more than just supervised exercise.”

BOSTON — An intensive, advanced practice provider-guided weight loss program helped patients with metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease achieve statistically significant weight loss vs. standard of care.

Weight loss presented as a positive opportunity by physicians was associated with greater uptake of treatment and weight loss, a study published in Annals of Internal Medicine found.

The Healio team is providing live coverage of the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions in Philadelphia.

GLP-1 receptor agonists appear to be an effective way of cutting down on obesity. But there are important adverse events — and ways to avoid them — that patients should be made aware of, according to experts.

Healio and Cardiology Today have aggregated news you may have missed from the 2023 Cardiometabolic Health Congress in Boston.

Obesity is one of the most common chronic preventable comorbidities affecting adults and children in the United States.

DALLAS — People with obesity who are prescribed anti-obesity medications may need to use the agents for life, but intermittent therapy can still confer health benefits, according to a speaker.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Glucagon-like peptide 1 agonists were significantly less effective for weight loss among patients who underwent laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy and regained weight, according to a presenter.