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05
Oct
Changing the terminology to ‘people with obesity’ won’t reduce stigma against fat people
In recent years, there has been a push to change the way we talk about obesity. Some people argue that the term “obesity” is stigmatizi...
05
Oct
The baffling case of metabolically healthy obese people: Are they protected from chronic diseases?
The debate over whether or not obese people can be metabolically healthy has been ongoing for some time. Some studies have shown that o...
05
Oct
How anti-fat bias in health care endangers lives
There's a lot of talk these days about "health at every size" and how we need to end the discrimination against people who are overweig...
05
Oct
We analysed a decade of media coverage of obesity – this is what we found
Medical students need to be taught that obesity is a complex medical condition, because discussing this highly taboo subject with a pat...
05
Oct
Is intermittent fasting actually good for weight loss? Here’s what the evidence says
If you’re like most people, you probably think of fasting as a way to lose weight. And it makes sense—if you’re not eating, you’re prob...
04
Oct
Masks saw more than 90 percent of deaf people struggle to communicate during pandemic, study finds
More than 90 percent of deaf people have struggled to communicate during the pandemic, a new study has found.
The research, carried ou...
01
Oct
Diagnosis of a genetic cause in hundreds of people with motor neuron disease could be missed due to ‘arbitrary age limits and rules’ on genetic testing
In December 2019, researchers at the Mayo Clinic published a study in the medical journal JAMA Neurology that found that nearly half of...
01
Oct
What is the effect of hierarchy on moral behavior?
Hierarchy is a system of ranking in which individuals are ranked according to their status or importance. In many organizations, hierar...
27
Sep
Remdesivir-resistant version of COVID-19 detected in organ transplant recipients
In recent weeks, there have been reports of a more contagious, remdesivir-resistant version of COVID-19 circulating in the United State...
27
Sep
COVID-19 infections increase risk of long-term brain problems
There is growing evidence that people who have had COVID-19 infections are at risk for long-term brain problems. A recent study found t...