What to do when the doctors refuse to treat obesitas patients (INTERVIEW)

How is it that a doctor can discriminate against a patient being overweight or obese? Is that possible? “Unfortunately, not only possible, but occurs frequently. The doctors are concerned about the high risk they take in accessing care for a patient with morbid obesity,” explains Dr. Michael...

Obesitas patients with type 2 diabetes do not benefit from leptin

According to a new study, obese people with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes do not receive benefits of the hormone leptin, independently of much heavier and lose pounds or kilos. The researchers found that a treatment based on this hormone does not alter the insulin sensitivity in these cases. Ever heard...