Opinión: Sobre los medicamentos para la pérdida de peso, esto es lo que debes saber antes de probarlos
Los medicamentos fueron desarrollados originalmente para tratar la diabetes tipo 2
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Opinion: On weight loss drugs, here’s what you need to know before trying them
With the holidays past and the new year arrived, we look ahead — to losing weight. For some that resolve theoretically involves dieting or gym hips, but for increasing numbers...
Opinion: Santa deserves more credit. His job is a physical one that comes with risks.
Over the years, Santa Claus’ health has been subject to much scholarly analyses, albeit from afar because, like some politicians, he declines to release his medical records. These academic health...
Opinion: Vaccines are still saving scores of lives in U.S., across world
For many of us, hopefully most of us, this is a time of vaccination. There’s the annual flu shot, of course, but also the latest COVID-19 booster and vaccines for...
Opinion: Is there gender discrimination in science and medicine? Ask the females.
If you visit a doctor’s office or venture into a lab these days, you won’t be surprised to see a female scientist or physician. We’re long past the hoary days...
Opinion: Artificial intelligence already improving biomedical research, health care
Out of every 10,000 to 15,000 new chemical compounds identified during drug discovery, just five will make it into human clinical trials. More than 92 percent of these drugs will...
Opinion: Primary care doctors are disappearing. Many are overworked and underpaid.
James Kildare. Marcus Welby. Michaela Quinn. Leonard “Bones” McCoy. These are the names of some of TV’s more famous general medical practitioners. They’re all fictional. So too increasingly are their...
Opinion: There’s a secret to living long and healthy. Just follow this.
Brenner is a physician-scientist and president and chief executive officer of Sanford Burnham Prebys and lives in La Jolla. The idea that aging can be prevented, stopped or reversed is a...
Mistakes and misconduct in science are not synonymous; there are remedies for both
Brenner is a physician-scientist and president and chief executive officer of Sanford Burnham Prebys and lives in La Jolla.From climate change to vaccines, science seems under attack everywhere on every topic,...
Rare diseases affect 30 million Americans. These are the challenges to find their cure.
Brenner is a physician-scientist and president and chief executive officer of Sanford Burnham Prebys and lives in La Jolla.By official definition, a rare disease is a condition afflicting less than 200,000...
Science is advancing past the need for drug testing on animals. Let’s embrace alternatives.
Brenner is a physician-scientist and president and chief executive officer of Sanford Burnham Prebys and lives in La Jolla.In 1937, there was great demand for a new way to treat...
Matthew Perry was open about addiction. Like him, we can’t stop trying to overcome it.
Brenner is a physician-scientist and president and chief executive officer of Sanford Burnham Prebys and lives in La Jolla.As I write this, the official cause of Matthew Perry’s death remains...
How UC San Diego Health Sciences is addressing racism in our classrooms, labs and clinics
Medicine and science are noble endeavors intended for the common good, but both have a history of racist acts, beliefs and behaviors. That past cannot — must not — be...