In doing so, clinicians and researchers may more fully expand the growing armamentarium of personalized medicine for patients with obesity and comorbid asthma
In more severe cases, side effects can include stomach paralysis, pancreatitis, thyroid problems including cancer, and gallbladder problems
We additionally accounted for sex, race, ethnicity, BMI prior to starting the GLP-1, change in BMI upon starting the GLP-1 as well as throughout their usage, use of osteoporosis medications, steroid use, smoking history, and comorbidities including hyperparathyroidism, chronic falls, cancer, CKD, malabsorption, IBD, and eating disorders in our analysis
On sequencing the gene, she and Goodman were surprised to learn that it not only contained a code for glucagon, but one extra glucagon-related coding sequence
There is an ongoing clinical trial called SURMOUNT MAINTAIN that specifically studying this question