Archive: 20/03/2021

Semaglutide reduces excess body fat in people with obesity

In adults with obesity or overweight, weekly treatment with the glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP1) receptor agonist semaglutide leads to reduced excess body fat and increased lean body mass, according to an industry-sponsored ...

Mar 20, 2021

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Hospitalized COVID-19 patients fare worse when they have high blood sugar

Patients hospitalized with COVID-19 have worse outcomes if they have high blood sugar, or hyperglycemia, regardless of whether they have diabetes, a new study finds. The researchers will present their results, of the first ...

Mar 20, 2021

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Chile records highest daily COVID-19 numbers yet

Chile has reported its highest daily count of new coronavirus infections since the start of the pandemic despite widespread restrictions and widely praised progress on vaccinations.

Mar 20, 2021

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Increased risk of hearing impairment with new thyroid eye disease treatment

More patients than previously reported may experience hearing symptoms such as hearing loss or muffled hearing from a new treatment for thyroid eye disease, teprotumumab (Tepezza), according to a small study presented virtually ...

Mar 20, 2021

'Hunger hormone' ghrelin affects monetary decision making

Higher levels of the stomach-derived hormone ghrelin, which stimulates appetite, predict a greater preference for smaller immediate monetary rewards over larger delayed financial rewards, a new study finds. The study results ...

Mar 20, 2021

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Spanish-speaking children experience higher rate of obesity than English-speaking children

Nearly one in five U.S. children and teenagers has obesity, and statistics show a higher prevalence of obesity in certain ethnicities, such as Hispanics and Blacks. Now results of a study being presented at ENDO 2021, the ...

Mar 20, 2021

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In Brazil, COVID increasingly hitting the young

Leading the morning medical meeting at an intensive care unit in Sao Paulo, Jaques Sztajnbok reviews his COVID-19 patients.

Mar 20, 2021

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Fresh lockdowns in Europe as EU threatens AstraZeneca export ban

France, Poland and Ukraine introduced new lockdown measures Saturday to fight a surge in coronavirus infections, as the European Union threatened to block exports of AstraZeneca jabs in an escalating row over vaccines.

Mar 20, 2021

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UK vaccine drive 'huge success' after jabbing half of all adults

The British government on Saturday hailed its coronavirus vaccination programme as "a huge success" after announcing half of the adult population had now received a jab.

Mar 20, 2021

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As vaccinations lag, Italy's elderly again pay a price

One year ago, Bergamo's state-of-the-art Pope John XXIII Hospital verged on collapse as doctors struggled to treat 600 patients, with 100 of them in intensive care. Army trucks ferried the dead from the city's overtaxed crematorium ...

Mar 20, 2021

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