by UT Southwestern Medical Center Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Anti-obesity medications, including semaglutide (Ozempic and Wegovy), can effectively help patients manage weight regained after bariatric surgery, a study led by UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers shows. The research is published in the journal Obesity. “There was very little published data on how to treat post-bariatric surgery weight gain,” said Jaime Almandoz, M.D.,...
by Digestive Disease Week Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Just 4% of patients with obesity who underwent bariatric surgery developed obesity-associated cancer in a 10-year follow up, compared to 8.9% among those who did not have a weight-loss procedure, according to a study to be presented at Digestive Disease Week (DDW) 2023. “The primary benefit people...
by American Academy of Neurology Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain People who have had bariatric surgery may have an increased risk of developing epilepsy, according to a study published in the September 28, 2022, online issue of Neurology. “Bariatric surgery, which involves altering your digestive system, has become a more common treatment for weight loss,” said study author...
by Cleveland Clinic Credit: CC0 Public Domain A Cleveland Clinic study shows that patients with obesity and advanced fatty liver disease who had bariatric weight loss surgery significantly lowered their future risk of liver disease complications and serious cardiovascular disease compared with patients who did not have surgery. More specifically, at the end of the...
by Washington University School of Medicine Gastric bypass surgery is the most effective therapy to treat or reverse type 2 diabetes in severely obese patients. A longstanding theory has suggested that the operation may have unique, weight loss-independent effects in treating diabetes. But new research from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis indicates...
Every year, about 250,000 people in the U.S. with severe obesity and related health conditions undergo bariatric surgeries. These procedures can help people lose excess weight and rapidly improve high blood sugar, high blood pressure and heart disease. Some of these changes result from restricting the amount of food the stomach can hold. Others arise...
(HealthDay)—For individuals with obesity, bariatric surgery is associated with a reduced risk for skin cancer, including melanoma, according to a study published online Oct. 30 in JAMA Dermatology. Magdalena Taube, Ph.D., from the University of Gothenburg in Sweden, and colleagues examined the correlation of bariatric surgery with skin cancer and melanoma incidence in the Swedish...
