Obesity treatment

Split Protein Builds the Infrastructure for Weight Loss

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Summary: While current weight-loss blockbusters like GLP-1s focus on suppressing appetite, researchers have uncovered a completely different strategy: increasing energy expenditure by “building out” the body’s natural heat-generating tissue. The study reveals how a protein called SLIT3 acts as a “split signal” to grow the essential nerve and blood vessel networks within brown fat. Without … Read more

Semaglutide Use Could Prevent Up to 2 Million MACE in 10 Years, Model Suggests

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Nearly 2 million major cardiac events could be avoided through the use of semaglutide at its indicated dose among eligible patients, according to the researchers of a new modeling study published in Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism.1 While the modeling showed that semaglutide at a dose of 2.4 mg could significantly reduce the incidence of and … Read more