weight loss
Surgery, GLP-1 Combo Can Optimize Outcomes, Expert Says
Weight-loss medications such as glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists are occasionally maligned by surgeons, ...
JUNE 25, 2025
Debating the Best Approach to Obese Patients With Ventral Hernias
Surgeons debate how best to serve obese patients with ventral hernias, discussing the role of weight loss and ...
MAY 27, 2025
Multimodal Meds Boost Pre-op Weight Loss In High-BMI Patients
A combo of multimodal medications and medically supervised weight loss is significantly more effective in ...
AUGUST 16, 2024
Anti-Obesity Medications: Their Current and Future Role in Bariatric Surgery
Overweight and obesity have steadily increased in prevalence over the past several decades worldwide.
JUNE 28, 2024
Bariatric Updates: Weight Loss Meds, Magnet Anastomosis
Ann Rogers, MD, the president-elect of the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery, shares her ...
JANUARY 17, 2024
New Study Links GLP-1 Agonists to Serious GI AEs
The popular drugs are associated with serious GI adverse effects such as pancreatitis, gastroparesis and bowel ...
JANUARY 16, 2024
Endoscopic Sleeve Gastroplasty for Weight Loss Impressive In Trial
People in the United States who seek treatment for obesity may soon have improved access to a reversible endoscopic ...
SEPTEMBER 20, 2022
Study Compares Roux Duodenal Switch With SADI-S
According to results from a matched cohort study, weight loss is better with Roux duodenal switch compared with ...
JULY 21, 2021
Weight Loss Foreshadows Pancreatic Cancer Well Before Diagnosis
The diagnosis of pancreatic cancer is often preceded by clinically significant weight loss, even at its early ...
MARCH 6, 2021
Weight Loss Durable After Endoscopic Sleeve Gastroplasty
San Diego—Five years after endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty, most patients have sustained weight loss, ...
SEPTEMBER 2, 2019
After Intragastric Balloon Placement, Online And In-Person Support Maintain Weight Loss
Care delivered online for intragastric balloon recipients is as effective as in-person meetings in promoting weight ...
APRIL 29, 2019
Weight Loss Can Lead to Reduction in Global Pain
Losing excess weight may have benefits of relieving global pain and associated somatic symptoms such as fatigue, ...
MAY 10, 2018
