Andres Acosta

Genetic variant increases risk of hypertension in people with severe obesity

New research has found that carriers of a certain genetic variant had a higher risk of hypertension and reported more cardiovascular risk factors compared with noncarriers.

Model for Rare Cancer Results Instead in Obesity

While a typo in a letter or email is a problem it's not a big one, usually. But when that typo is in genetic code, ...

Good Advice on Obesity? Wait for it…

With obesity, good advice only goes so far. What’s good for one person hasn’t turned out to be good for all, and it’s left patients and physicians adrift. ...