metabolism

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The approval expands AstraZeneca’s cardiovascular, renal and metabolism portfolio shortly after diabetes drug Farxiga—its biggest product in that therapeutic area and the bestselling medicine in the company’s history—went off patent in the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026

For years, weight cycling has been linked to a wide range of health concerns, including greater fat accumulation, faster muscle loss, slower metabolism, and increased risks of diabetes and cardiovascular disease.

From Science Daily • May 17, 2026

Another concern is that losing muscle could slow down patients’ metabolism, leading to weight regain.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 17, 2026

This type of analysis helps scientists understand how a treatment affects overall metabolism, not just the infected tooth itself.

From Science Daily • May 16, 2026

If sugar was sugar was sugar—if the metabolism of lactose was no different from that of glucose—then one might have expected bacteria fed on the glucose/lactose mix to exhibit the same smooth arc of growth.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee