For how we live.
In TRIUMPH-1, a triple hormone-receptor agonist produced a 25% average weight loss at the top dose over 80 weeks, and also eased knee pain and sleep apnoea. The trial was funded by Eli Lilly.
Occasional snoring is common in young children and often harmless. Loud, habitual snoring with pauses in breathing can mean obstructive sleep apnoea — a treatable problem that surgery can improve.
Nocturia is usually blamed on the prostate, but the commonest driver is the kidneys making too much urine overnight. In one trial, low-dose desmopressin trimmed nightly voids and bought about 40 extra minutes of sleep.
A Lancet review triangulates the evidence linking adiposity to multisystem disease and finds robust trial support in a short list — while an expert panel argues the drugs must be lifelong.
A systematic review of longitudinal MRI after CPAP for sleep apnoea finds changes reported in every domain and reproducible effects in none — a useful map of what the evidence does not yet show.
A 4,066-person survey series across Funafuti and the outer islands links second-hand smoke exposure — reported by 61% of participants — to obesity and elevated STOP-Bang scores.
Applying prevalence figures to UN population data yields 852 million adults with insomnia. Only 31 of 237 countries had a usable national estimate of their own.