Real world data showed clinically meaningful BMI reductions with setmelanotide in 62 adults with 12-month data living with acquired ...

LAS VEGAS -- Obese patients who continue to have "thyroid symptoms" even when their levels are normalized may have a hypothalamic dysfunction, researchers reported here. In a single-center study of 50 ...

Obesity associated with hypothalamic dysfunction was initially described in patients with craniopharyngioma. Hypothalamic obesity may also result from brain radiation, infection (eg, tuberculosis), ...

The updated analyst narrative on Rhythm Pharmaceuticals centers on how firms are adjusting price targets around a steady US$137.67 fair value anchor. Some analysts are lifting or trimming targets as ...

Pediatric patients (n=10) with acquired hypothalamic obesity achieved sustained reductions in BMI and BMI-Z at 2.5 years of setmelanotide ...

Setmelanotide treatment over a 16-week period leads to a consistent decrease in both bodyweight and hunger among patients with hypothalamic obesity, according to the results of the first known study ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The FDA approved an expanded indication for setmelanotide for acquired hypothalamic obesity. The drug conferred ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Once-daily bivamelagon conferred significant reductions in BMI at 14 weeks. Participants receiving bivamelagon ...

Selective regions of the brain, including the hypothalamus, are capable of gathering information on the body's nutritional status in order to implement appropriate behavioral and metabolic responses ...

In a recent review published in the European Journal of Endocrinology, researchers discussed current research on the relationship between human obesity and inflammation of the hypothalamus. In 2022, ...

Hypothalamic amenorrhea can be defined as the cessation of menstruation due to a dysfunction of hypothalamic signals to the pituitary gland, resulting in a failure of ovulation. Typically, young women ...