Losing weight can help a person with obesity -- especially those with diabetes -- fend off serious infections, new data shows ...

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Losing weight can help a person with obesity -- especially those with diabetes -- fend off serious infections, new dat ...

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The use of antipsychotics for schizophrenia was associated with higher risk for severe cases of COVID-19 and non–COVID-19 respiratory infections but not mild infection.

Obesity seemed linked to a higher risk for severe infection, the team found. Every 5-point increase in BMI -- for example, from a BMI of 30 (the threshold for obesity) to 35 -- incurred a 30% rise ...