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Newswise — Tufts University has signed a memorandum of understanding with Indian Institute of Science (IISc), a leading research university with more than 40 departments and more than 5,000 students, located in Bengaluru, India, the center of the nation’s high-tech industry. The agreement, signed on June 23 in Bengaluru (formerly known as Bangalore) by Tufts…
Newswise — Kristy Brown, PhD, co-leader of The University of Kansas Cancer Center’s Cancer Prevention and Control research program, has been awarded a prestigious four-year, $800,000 grant from the V Foundation for Cancer Research. The grant will fund her efforts to understand how obesity may contribute to breast cancer risk, and how lifestyle changes like…
Newswise — WASHINGTON—The American Medical Association (AMA) House of Delegates today passed the Endocrine Society’s resolution to improve access to anti-obesity medications. In the resolution, the AMA committed to advocating for reducing the burden of prior authorization, when health care providers must seek insurance plan approval before prescribing anti-obesity medications. Currently, some insurers require approval…
Newswise — Press materials are now available for NUTRITION 2025, the annual flagship meeting of the American Society for Nutrition (ASN). Nutrition scientists and practitioners from around the world will gather to share the latest research findings on food and nutrition during the meeting, held in Orlando, Florida, from May 31–June 3. Journalists are invited…
Newswise — DALLAS – June 05, 2025 – Using a tool called Automated Meiotic Mapping (AMM) that was developed at UT Southwestern Medical Center, a team of researchers has identified a gene that appears to be key for regulating food intake. The findings, published in Science, could lead to new strategies for fighting obesity, a condition that affects…
Newswise — DARIEN, IL – A new study to be presented at the SLEEP 2025 annual meeting found that sleep medicine professionals favor continuous positive airway pressure therapy as treatment for comorbid obesity and obstructive sleep apnea, while patients lean toward treatment with tirzepatide. Results show that more than 75% of patients and clinicians considered…
Newswise — ORLANDO, Fla., June 3, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Each year, 1.3 million women enter menopause—a life stage during which heart disease risk rises significantly. Nearly half of American women are affected by cardiovascular disease, and since women spend up to 40% of their lives postmenopausal, managing heart health is especially important. A new study published in…
BYLINE: Enrique Rivero Newswise — New research finds that self-employed women have fewer risk factors for cardiovascular disease (CVD) compared to non-self-employed women, suggesting that the work environment may play a role in the development of risk factors that can lead to heart attacks. While the findings also showed some positive associations between health outcomes…
Newswise — Four leading organizations in lifestyle medicine, obesity medicine, and nutrition—the American College of Lifestyle Medicine (ACLM), the American Society for Nutrition (ASN), the Obesity Medicine Association (OMA), and The Obesity Society (TOS)—have jointly released a clinical advisory titled “Nutritional Priorities to Support GLP-1 Therapy for Obesity.” Published across four peer-reviewed journals, this consensus-based…
Newswise — Successfully treating type 2 diabetes may involve focusing on brain neurons, rather than simply concentrating on obesity or insulin resistance, according to a study published today in the Journal of Clinical Investigation. For several years, researchers have known that hyperactivity of a subset of neurons located in the hypothalamus, called AgRP neurons, is common in…
