The GLP-1 drugs, produced by Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly, have been credited with helping weight-loss, preventing diabetes and other positive effects.

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A Northwestern University professor has been awarded the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences for his historical studies on sustained economic growth through technological progress. Joel Mokyr, who has ...

Micol Bez has three weeks to make a choice. The Northwestern University graduate student has spent years studying political epistemology and abolitionism. Now, she is prepared to risk everything — her ...

More than half of clinics lacked the facilities or equipment to meet basic standards of care for severely obese patients TUESDAY, Sept. 30, 2025 (HealthDay News) — People with severe obesity are ...

Patients weighing 450 pounds or more face barriers and discrimination when scheduling or attending doctor visits at subspecialty practices, reports a new Northwestern Medicine study. The scientists ...

One in 270 Americans (nearly 1 million adults) has a BMI of 60 or greater More than half of surveyed clinics lacked exam tables, chairs and/or gowns for patients weighing 450 pounds Receptionists made ...

NATCHITOCHES, La. — Northwestern State University of Louisiana has been named the No. 1 Top Public School in Louisiana among Regional Universities in the South by the 2026 U.S. News & World Report ...

Some Northwestern University faculty members are calling on campus leaders to stand up to President Donald Trump’s administration, which has frozen $790 million in federal research funding to the ...

The sun beat down on Northwestern University’s lakefront campus Friday, as students hurried to classes in the first week of the academic year. Though the Evanston school has grappled with a flurry of ...