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  • License to deliver: Some midwives break the law to assist with home births
    on May 16, 2026 at 2:20 am

    In a midwife’s suburban Atlanta home with a playground and chicken coop outside, Madie Collins lay on an examination table while the midwife measured her pregnant belly. Unlike at many a doctor’s office, no crinkly paper sheet covered the table and no antiseptic chill lingered in the air. The room next door, where Collins’ appointment began, was filled with children’s toys and scented candles and warmed by a wood-burning stove.

  • Analysis shows how using obesity drugs for weight loss is associated with a clinically relevant drop in blood pressure
    on May 16, 2026 at 1:20 am

    A meta-analysis of 32 studies and 43,618 adults presented at the European Congress on Obesity in Istanbul, Turkey (May 12–15) shows that use of new classes of obesity drugs for weight loss is associated with a clinically relevant drop in blood pressure (BP): a 0.34 mmHg reduction in systolic BP per 1% weight loss.

  • New obesity guidance urges dietitian-led care as GLP-1 drugs reshape treatment
    on May 16, 2026 at 12:00 am

    Obesity and dietitian societies have joined forces to issue a new consensus statement on recommendations surrounding the use of obesity drugs for weight loss treatment. The consensus statement was presented at the European Congress on Obesity (ECO 2026) in Istanbul, Turkey, and co-authored by lead author Dr. Laurence Dobbie, Department of Population Health Sciences, School of Life Course & Population Sciences, King’s College London, UK as part of an international team of 26 authors.

  • Trial shows rapid weight loss is much more effective than gradual weight loss, challenging prevailing beliefs
    on May 15, 2026 at 10:40 pm

    New research presented at the European Congress on Obesity (ECO 2026) in Istanbul, Turkey, shows that rapid weight loss (RWL) is much more effective than gradual weight loss (GWL) in both achieving higher weight loss and also sustained weight loss at one year.

  • What to know about new Ebola outbreak that has killed 65 people in Congo
    on May 15, 2026 at 8:40 pm

    Africa’s top public health body has confirmed a new Ebola outbreak in Congo’s Ituri province, the 17th since the disease first emerged in the country in 1976.