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BioWorld - Friday, April 17, 2026

Women's health

Home » Topics » Disease categories and therapies » Women's health
  • Woman exercising with hand weights
    April 13, 2026
    By Nuala Moran

    Fit and fat: Study shows no such thing as metabolically healthy obesity

    There are new data to chew over in the ongoing controversy about obesity being diagnosed as a disease from a study tracking 157,159 participants in the UK Biobank over 13 years. This shows that even in the absence of any metabolic disturbance such as elevated lipids, high blood pressure or diabetes, there is an increased risk of heart attack, stroke, peripheral arterial disease, heart failure and liver disease in people with a body mass index over 30.
  • Woman exercising with hand weights
    April 10, 2026
    By Nuala Moran

    Fit and fat: Study shows no such thing as metabolically healthy obesity

    There are new data to chew over in the ongoing controversy about obesity being diagnosed as a disease from a study tracking 157,159 participants in the UK Biobank over 13 years. This shows that even in the absence of any metabolic disturbance such as elevated lipids, high blood pressure or diabetes, there is an increased risk of heart attack, stroke, peripheral arterial disease, heart failure and liver disease in people with a body mass index over 30.
  • April 1, 2026

    Changchun Genescience Pharmaceuticals discloses new 17β-HSD1 inhibitors

    Changchun Genescience Pharmaceuticals Co. Ltd. has prepared and tested new steroid compounds acting as estradiol 17-β-dehydrogenase 1 (HSD17B1; 17β-HSD1) inhibitors that are potentially useful for the treatment of endometriosis.
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  • Annette Boyle
  • Nuala Moran
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  • Lee Landenberger
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