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Fiber comprising a lot of an overall healthy diet may have resulted in weight loss for two groups of people in a recent study- those who ate only during a shortened period while they were awake, so-called time restricted eating …

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Is there any benefit at all to time restricted eating, or TRE, for losing weight when compared to a usual eating pattern? That’s the question addressed in a recent Johns Hopkins study headed by Nisa Maruthur, a primary care expert, …

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If you’re thinking of using time restricted eating, where you only consume food for a shortened part of your waking hours, for weight loss, results of a new study from Johns Hopkins may inform. Nisa Maruthur, a primary care physician, …

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Time restricted eating, or TRE, seems like it might help people lose weight, many studies in animal models suggested. So Nisa Maruthur, an internal medicine expert at Johns Hopkins, and colleagues designed a study to assess this strategy in people. …

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Will restricting how many hours while you’re awake you allow yourself to eat help you lose weight? So called time restricted eating looked promising based on some studies, so Nisa Maruthur, an internal medicine expert at Johns Hopkins, and colleagues …

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Metformin is a older medication used for type 2 diabetes that’s now being evaluated for improving longevity. Another diabetes medicine called a GLP-1 agonist is being used to treat obesity. Diabetes expert Rita Kalyani at Johns Hopkins says possible expanded …

Several diabetes medicines are being eyed for use outside of this condition, Elizabeth Tracey reports Read More »

Yet another study has come out recommending the class of medicines called GLP-1 agonists for type 2 diabetes. These medicines are already in the news to treat obesity, both in those with diabetes and those without, and more conditions that …

Will everyone soon be taking a medicine first developed to manage type 2 diabetes? Elizabeth Tracey reports Read More »

Diabetes medicine known as GLP-1 agonists and SGLT-2 inhibitors are recommended for people with type 2 diabetes in a recent large study that aggregated data from other studies. Rita Kalyani, a diabetes expert at Johns Hopkins, says while there’s no …

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Let’s say you’ve just been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, but outside of that condition you have no other health issues. Should you take a newer class of diabetes medicine or will one of the older ones serve you just …

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If you have type 2 diabetes, what are the best medicines to manage it? A new meta-analysis looks at aggregated data from a number of studies and comes out in favor of the newer classes of drugs. Rita Kalyani, a …

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