Diuretics (sometimes called “water pills”) have long been used by people hoping to lose a few pounds, but are they truly an effective supplement for weight loss? With the rise in popularity of weight ...

A recent study by researchers at the Pennington Biomedical Research Center’s Metamor Institute suggests that metabolic ...

Researchers find metabolic surgery lowers heart failure risk factors, offering promising insights for heart health.

Pennington Biomedical Research Center researchers at the Metamor Institute, along with colleagues from Our Lady of the Lake and LSU Health-New Orleans, have recently determined that metabolic surgery ...

Thiazide diuretics and angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors typically cause a transient loss of 1 2 kg body weight in the first 6 8 weeks of therapy secondary to salt and water diuresis.

Furthermore, the weight loss was accompanied by a 65 percent decrease in diuretic use at 24 months after surgery. “With the high incidence of heart failure and obesity in South Louisiana ongoing ...