ALLMedicine Obesity Center

Jun 2nd, 2020 - The development of cognitive impairment may be related to high levels of plasma cholesterol and obesity. Simvastatin (SV) and lovastatin (LV) are drugs that can potentially be used for the treatment of cognitive deficit. This study aimed to develo...

Jun 2nd, 2020 - Stress negatively impacts adolescent weight status and eating behaviors. Previous research investigating this association has focused on traumatic events in childhood, but little is known about the impact of commonly experienced stressful life eve...

Jun 2nd, 2020 - SLC30A8 encodes the zinc transporter ZnT8. SLC30A8 haploinsufficiency protects against type 2 diabetes (T2D), suggesting that ZnT8 inhibitors may prevent T2D. We show here that, while adult chow fed Slc30a8 haploinsufficient and knockout (KO) mice...

Jun 2nd, 2020 - Both direct and indirect evidence demonstrate a central role for the cAMP-dependent protein kinase (PKA) signaling pathway in the regulation of energy balance and metabolism across multiple systems. However, the ubiquitous pattern of PKA expressio...

Jun 2nd, 2020 - The university stage is a critical developmental period for young adults, where lifestyles can determine future health. A cross-sectional study including 481 college students was conducted, with the following objectives: 1) to examine the prevalen...

Mar 2nd, 2020 - There is a general consensus that overconsumption of sugar-sweetened beverages contributes to the prevalence of obesity and related comorbidities such as type 2 diabetes (T2D). Whether a similar relationship exists for no- or low-calorie “diet” dr...

Feb 24th, 2020 - Psoriasis is a chronic, systemic immune-mediated disease characterized by development of erythematous, indurated, scaly, pruritic plaques on the skin. Psoriasis is frequently associated to comorbidities, including psoriatic arthritis, cardiovascul...

Feb 6th, 2020 - Oral microbiome dysbiosis has been associated with various local and systemic human diseases such as dental caries, periodontal disease, obesity, and cardiovascular disease. Bacterial composition may be affected by age, oral health, diet, and geog...

Jan 16th, 2020 - Heterogeneity of interindividual and intraindividual responses to interventions is often observed in randomized, controlled trials for obesity. To address the global epidemic of obesity and move toward more personalized treatment regimens, the glo...

Dec 31st, 2019 - The Obesity Medicine Education Collaborative (OMEC) is an intersociety initiative that was formed in 2016 with the purpose of promoting and disseminating comprehensive obesity medicine education across the continuum spanning undergraduate medical ...

Jun 2nd, 2020 - The development of cognitive impairment may be related to high levels of plasma cholesterol and obesity. Simvastatin (SV) and lovastatin (LV) are drugs that can potentially be used for the treatment of cognitive deficit. This study aimed to develo...

Jun 2nd, 2020 - Stress negatively impacts adolescent weight status and eating behaviors. Previous research investigating this association has focused on traumatic events in childhood, but little is known about the impact of commonly experienced stressful life eve...

Jun 2nd, 2020 - SLC30A8 encodes the zinc transporter ZnT8. SLC30A8 haploinsufficiency protects against type 2 diabetes (T2D), suggesting that ZnT8 inhibitors may prevent T2D. We show here that, while adult chow fed Slc30a8 haploinsufficient and knockout (KO) mice...

Jun 2nd, 2020 - Both direct and indirect evidence demonstrate a central role for the cAMP-dependent protein kinase (PKA) signaling pathway in the regulation of energy balance and metabolism across multiple systems. However, the ubiquitous pattern of PKA expressio...

Jun 2nd, 2020 - The university stage is a critical developmental period for young adults, where lifestyles can determine future health. A cross-sectional study including 481 college students was conducted, with the following objectives: 1) to examine the prevalen...

May 28th, 2020 - A recurring COVID-19 medical theme is the additional mortality risk conferred by obesity. Although it's far too soon with this new disease to have any real confidence in how much additional risk obesity poses, a recent preprint reported that the h...

May 20th, 2020 - Approximately 125 million people around the world are affected by psoriasis, a chronic, relapsing inflammatory skin disorder. Several clinical variants of psoriasis are recognized, but plaque psoriasis is the most common. Psoriasis is associated w...

May 20th, 2020 - Plaque psoriasis is a chronic inflammatory disease that primarily affects the skin and joints. Globally, approximately 125 million people have psoriasis. Certain medications, infections, skin trauma, obesity, and stress have been recognized as dis...

May 19th, 2020 - Despite an increasing rate of obesity in the United States, sleeve gastrectomy and postoperative antiobesity pharmacotherapy remain significantly underutilized, according to investigators. A retrospective study involving almost 3 million adults wi...

May 19th, 2020 - The risk of death from COVID-19 is significantly increased in people with both main types of diabetes, although this is strongly influenced by age, as well as A1c and obesity, new pre-print data from the UK show. The findings — which have not yet ...