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Compounded Weight Loss Medications: What are They and What are Their Risks?

Jack Mountain, PharmD

March 18, 2025

Over the past few years, weight loss medications have become very popular, thanks in part to a class of drugs called glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1RAs). GLP-1RAs like semaglutide (Wegovy) and tirzepatide...

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Life's Essential 8: Improve Your Heart Health and More

Karen Aspry, MD

February 18, 2025

For decades, the American Heart Association was focused on reducing the risk factors for preventable cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) first established in the 1960s. However, in 2010, it introduced a new framework or construct...

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Managing Social Gatherings on a Healthy Weight Journey

Kellie Armstrong, MSN, RN, FASMBS-IH, CBN

November 19, 2024

Social gatherings, such as holiday parties, birthday celebrations, or weddings, can feel overwhelming when you are on a healthy weight journey. These situations often center around food and drinks, and it is easy to feel...

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Managing Diabetes During the Holiday Season

Krystal Bevilacqua, PharmD, CDCES, CDOE, CVDOE

November 14, 2024

Holiday festivities are usually filled with a wonderful spread of delicious food. This should be a time for joy and celebration, but it may also be a difficult time to navigate if you have diabetes. Here are a few tips to...

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Small Changes = Big Difference on the Scale

Andrew R. Luhrs, MD

November 1, 2024

Are you trying to maintain a healthy weight for yourself – and your family too? A few simple changes in your eating...

Live Longer and Healthier with the Blue Zone Lifestyle

Brown University Health Blog Team

July 23, 2024

We all hope for a long and healthy life. That’s exactly what is happening for the people who live in certain areas of...

Does Stress Cause Weight Gain?

Kristy Dalrymple, PhD

June 4, 2024

The idea of "stress eating" is not new, and it's understandable. When we're stressed, we crave familiar, comforting...

Know Your Numbers: How BMI Impacts Your Health

Sheenagh Bodkin, MD

May 23, 2024

BMI stands for Body Mass Index. It is a calculation that uses a person’s height and weight to identify a weight category...

Top 10 Foods to Lower Cholesterol

Brown University Health Blog Team

May 16, 2024

The old adage “ you are what you eat” dates back to the 1930s (and another version even earlier), but its essence still...

The Role of Diet in Prostate Health

Sari Khaleel, MD

March 29, 2024

Many men experience problems with the prostate gland, with risk increasing as they age. Benign prostatic hyperplasia...

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Coconut Oil: The Facts

Katy Macqueen, MS, RD, LDN, CDOE

October 24, 2018

If you pay attention to the news, you may be confused about coconut oil. For a long time, we did not hear much about...

How Much Sodium a Day Do You Need?

Greg Salgueiro, MS, RD, LDN

July 1, 2020

You’ve probably heard that you should consume less sodium. And maybe you have read that you should stop using the salt...

The Keto Diet: Just Another Fad?

Brown University Health Blog Team

October 11, 2023

It seems like there is always something new when it comes to diet and weight loss. One of those hot topics lately is the...

Almond, Oat, Soy and Other Milk Alternatives – The Health Benefits

Brown University Health Blog Team

February 23, 2021

Most people have heard about the many brands of non-dairy milk. You have probably seen the variety of options on...

Intermittent Fasting: Does It Work and Is It Safe?

Brown University Health Blog Team

September 14, 2023

Intermittent fasting is a dietary approach to weight loss that has recently gained popularity. It focuses on limiting...