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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The World Health Organization (WHO) has announced its official guidance on the use of GLP-1 drugs for treating obesity.GLP-1 drugs are medications that mimic the natural hormone glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1), which are most commonly used for type 2 diabetes and medical weight loss.The first guideline, released on Dec. 1, aims to address the "growing global health challenge of obesity," WHO wrote in a press release.WEIGHT LOSS DRUGS COULD ADD YEARS TO AMERICANS' LIVES, RESEARCHERS PROJECTObesity affects more than one billion people globally and was associated with 3.7 million deaths. The number of people with obesity is expected to double by 2030.While GLP-1 medications were added to the WHO’s Essential Medicines List for managing type 2 d...

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! This story discusses suicide. If you or someone you know is having thoughts of suicide, please contact the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline at 988 or 1-800-273-TALK (8255).Honoring America's veterans means more than reflecting on their service now and then. It means supporting those still fighting battles that are largely unseen by others. Advocates are spotlighting a nationwide effort to end veteran suicide. The effort is 24/7. The Ad Council and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) are partnering on a campaign called "Don’t Wait. Reach Out." It encourages veterans to seek help and connect with the resources they deserve.VETERANS DESERVE 'NATIONAL MOMENT OF GRATITUDE' ON VETERANS DAY TO HELP HEAL 'UNSEEN WOUNDS'The campaign strongly urges ...

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Previous research has found that the human brain reaches maturity sometime in the 20s, but a new study suggests that it never stops developing.Neuroscientists at the University of Cambridge have identified "five major epochs," or stages, of brain structure, according to a press release from the university.Over the lifespan, the brain "rewires to support different ways of thinking while we grow, mature and ultimately decline," the researchers noted.BRAIN HEALTH WARNING SIGN COULD BE HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT, SAY RESEARCHERSThe study, published in the journal Nature Communications and led by Cambridge’s MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, examined the brains of 3,802 people between birth and 90 years old.They were compared using a specialized...

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Certain people who use cannabis tend to drink less alcohol, a new study found.Researchers from Brown University’s Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies set out to determine whether cannabis use has an effect on alcohol craving and consumption — specifically, whether smoking marijuana can reduce alcohol use in heavy drinkers.The randomized, controlled study included 157 adults between the ages of 21 and 44 who reported heavy drinking and regular cannabis use (at least bi-weekly). ALCOHOL DEATHS HAVE MORE THAN DOUBLED IN RECENT YEARS, ESPECIALLY AMONG WOMENEach participant completed three two-hour "lab sessions" with different types of cannabis use. They received one of two levels of THC or a placebo, and then were given the choice to drin...

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! People with "beer bellies" may have an increased risk of heart damage, raising fresh concerns about the health risks tied to extra weight around the midsection.German researchers found that men with fat deposits around the abdomen showed clear signs of early heart damage, even when their overall weight wasn’t especially high.Scientists wanted to better understand whether abdominal fat — the kind stored deep around internal organs — is more harmful to the heart than general body fat.WANT BETTER HEART HEALTH? START BY TACKLING YOUR WEAKEST LINK, CARDIAC SURGEON SAYSDoctors have long suspected that fat distribution, not just total pounds, plays a major role in heart disease. This study tested that idea using cardiac MRI scans."Abdominal obesit...

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Scientists at UCLA have developed an "off-the-shelf" cell-based immunotherapy that was able to track down and kill pancreatic cancer cells even after they had spread to other organs.In a mouse study, the treatment slowed cancer growth, extended survival and remained effective even within the harsh environment of solid tumors."Even when the cancer tries to evade one attack pathway by changing its molecular signature, our therapy is hitting it from multiple other angles at the same time. The tumor simply can’t adapt fast enough," lead author Dr. Yanruide Li, a post-doctoral scholar at UCLA, said in a press release.CANCER SURVIVAL APPEARS TO DOUBLE WITH COMMON VACCINE, RESEARCHERS SAYTo build the therapy, researchers took human stem cells and ...

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Dick Van Dyke turns 100 this year, and he says he feels "really good." In a recent conversation with People, he credits his attitude for both his age and the fact that he has "no pain, no discomfort.""I’ve always thought that anger is one thing that eats up a person’s insides – and hate," Van Dyke said, explaining how people often ask what he did right.He added that he’s "rather lazy" and never felt driven by the kind of resentment that can harden over time.ADDING LAUGHTER TO YOUR LIFE CAN BOOST HEALTH AND HEALING, EXPERTS SAY Dick Van Dyke credits his longevity largely to avoiding anger and hate rather than following any strict lifestyle regimen. (Gilbert Flores/Variety via Getty Images)"Sometimes I have more energy than others – but I ne...

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A new study published in the Journal of Lipid Research suggests that soybean oil, the most widely consumed cooking oil in the United States, may play a direct role in promoting obesity, and the effect appears tied to how the body processes one of its main components.Researchers fed mice a diet rich in soybean oil and tracked how they metabolized linoleic acid, an omega-6 fatty acid that makes up a large share of soybean oil.Linoleic acid is broken down in the body into molecules called oxylipins, and eating a lot of linoleic acid can raise the amount of these oxylipins. The study shows that certain oxylipins are linked to weight gain in mice.YOUR DNA COULD BE STOPPING YOU FROM LOSING WEIGHT, NEW STUDY SUGGESTS"This may be the first step tow...

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Nutrition can be the key to warding off disease — even fatal conditions like cancer.That's according to medical doctors like Dr. Frank Dumont, an internal medicine physician and executive medical director of Virta Health, a Colorado-based group that tackles metabolic health through diet.In an on-camera interview with Fox News Digital, Dumont shared that Americans have experienced an increase in obesity, diabetes, autoimmune diseases and cancers in the last several decades, which "probably has a lot to do with our lifestyle."WANT BETTER HEART HEALTH? START BY TACKLING YOUR WEAKEST LINK, CARDIAC SURGEON SAYS"We know food is a big part of that … our diet has changed dramatically over the past few decades," he said. "A lot of the foods we're ea...