Obesity

The Weight-Loss Drug Nobody Warned You About: When the Scale Goes Down, and Your Sight Goes With It

You go to sleep one night feeling fine. When you wake up the next morning, something is wrong with one…

3 months ago

Diabetes Is a Major Risk Factor for Dementia. 115 Million Americans Have Prediabetes.

Living in a retirement community, I see many people develop and progress to severe Alzheimer’s disease. This is the disease…

3 months ago

GLP‑1 Medications in Later Life: Why the “Miracle Shot” Needs a Senior‑Specific Safety Lens

When GLP-1 medications like semaglutide began to gain attention, many people saw them as a breakthrough. For some people, these…

7 months ago

GLP‑1 Medications in Later Life: Why the “Miracle Shot” Needs a Senior‑Specific Safety Lens

When GLP-1 medications like semaglutide began to gain attention, many people saw them as a breakthrough. For some people, these…

7 months ago

Stopping Middle-Age Spread

[Reprinted with permission from NIH News in Health]  If you’re an adult in the U.S., you can expect to gain…

8 months ago

The Strange Link Between Light Exposure and Weight Gain

The first time I suspected light could make people gain weight, I was not in a clinic. I was standing…

1 year ago

Skinnier, Sicker? Weight-Loss Meds Raise Concerns

Taking any type of medicine always carries a risk, with some risks being more concerning than others. If you look…

1 year ago

How Chronic Inflammation Accelerates Aging — And 6 Ways to Slow It Down

Most of my career has been spent treating disease—tumors, mostly one patient at a time. However, it was only recently…

1 year ago

AI-Powered Obesity Care: FlyteHealth Delivers Big Wins for Connecticut’s Public Employees

In an era where access to effective obesity care remains mired in controversy over medication costs and payer reluctance, a…

1 year ago

Blending Renaissance Thinking and Collaborative Power to Address Global Health Challenges

When I first encountered Yasushi Yamamoto—musician, philosopher, investor, and Founder and CEO of Corundum—I was struck by how naturally he…

1 year ago

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