When a patient with obesity reports a new symptom, many physicians are quick to focus on the excess weight without exploring alternative reasons. Wrong approach, experts said.

Obesity is a chronic disease influenced by genetics, hormones, and metabolism, not merely overeating. Disruptions in leptin and ghrelin signaling, along with metabolic adaptation, contribute to ...

The drug manufacturer will no longer study and test danuglipron after a participant in a clinical trial was injured.

Diego Anazco, Maria A. Espinosa, Lizeth Cifuentes, Blake Kassmeyer, Tara M. Schmidt, Sima Fansa, Alejandro Campos, Elif Tama, William S. Harmsen, Maria D. Hurtado ...