Runner’s Knee: Symptoms, Causes, Treatment

Runner’s Knee: Symptoms, Causes, Treatment

Runner’s knee, or patellofemoral pain (PFP) syndrome, causes pain around and behind your kneecap from repeated…

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Tobacco and asthma: presenting the world health organization (WHO) tobacco knowledge summary | Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy

Tobacco and asthma: presenting the world health organization (WHO) tobacco knowledge summary | Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy

Asthma [fact sheet]. World Health Organization. 2023 [Available from: https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/asthma What is asthma? [website]. National Asthma…

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GLP-1 drugs may offer cost-effective treatment for people with knee osteoarthritis and obesity

GLP-1 drugs may offer cost-effective treatment for people with knee osteoarthritis and obesity

A new study led by investigators at Mass General Brigham finds that adding novel weight loss…

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Half of adults without diabetes taking weight-loss drug discontinue treatment within a year

Half of adults without diabetes taking weight-loss drug discontinue treatment within a year

The new class of anti-obesity drugs, glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1RAs), is proving remarkably effective at…

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Earlier diagnosis and treatment of dementia may help delay progression of the disease: researchers

Earlier diagnosis and treatment of dementia may help delay progression of the disease: researchers

University of Alberta researchers are teaming up with the University Hospital Foundation and patient groups to…

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Trajectory of the body weight after drug discontinuation in the treatment of anti-obesity medications | BMC Medicine

Trajectory of the body weight after drug discontinuation in the treatment of anti-obesity medications | BMC Medicine

A total of 11 studies were included in this meta-analysis, including 6 studies on GLP-1 RA,…

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