The company said that 28% who received the drug discontinued treatment in the trial, compared to 18% among those who received ...

Subcutaneous injections are a method of administering medication just under the skin, between the fatty tissue and muscle. It allows medication to be absorbed slowly over a longer period of time.

Enthusiasm for its weight loss medications is intensifying, and several companies are preparing oral formulations.

Viking Therapeutics reported positive Phase 2 results for VK2735, showing significant weight loss and safety in obesity ...

You see very typical middle-age men who have otherwise relatively skinny arms and legs, but a really tight beer belly – ...

Subcutaneous fat is pinchable and can exist anywhere on the body, but is most common in the lower body. This means it is less harmful than the deeper alternative in your abdomen, Cypess says.

Subcutaneous fluids Administration of subcutaneous (s.c.) fluids may be necessary for rehydration and for delivery of certain medications (within the fluids) 4, 5.

Computational models of the glucoregulatory system constitute a powerful tool for preclinical evaluation and mechanistic insight into therapeutics. However, in the case of diabetes, there is a dearth ...

Subcutaneous fat mass was calculated by measuring skinfold thickness at 15 sites and using a modification of the equation derived by Skerjl, Brozek, and Hunt. The main modification to this equation ...

Totally subcutaneous vascular access is theoretically attractive in that transcutaneous egress of a prosthetic device is avoided. Assuming appropriate aseptic technique during access, this should ...