Bariatric Surgery News

• DDW 2023 Few Patients Take Anti-Obesity Meds After Bariatric Surgery Weight control medications may be needed to prevent weight regain.
  MDedge News, June 01, 2023
• Weight-Control Surgery Surging Among Children, Teens More children in the US are becoming afflicted with severe obesity, with a body mass index 20% higher than the marker for obesity, according to a report in JAMA Pediatrics.
  WebMD Health News, May 31, 2023
• Diabetes, Cholesterol Meds Use Drops After Bariatric Surgery Use of lipid and diabetes medications are lower 15 years after bariatric surgery, compared with patients with obesity who didn't undergo such surgery, in a large population-based study.
  Medscape Medical News, May 25, 2023
• ECO 2023 'Staggering' Weight Loss With Tirzepatide Over 60% of participants achieved the weight-reduction target of 20% or higher and had improved body composition in a phase 3 trial of tirzepatide in overweight/obesity.
  Medscape Medical News, May 19, 2023
• ECO 2023 Half of Teens Drop Below Obesity Cutoff With Semaglutide Semaglutide represents an efficacious treatment option for adolescents with obesity, with the potential to reduce BMI below the obesity threshold.
  Medscape Medical News, May 18, 2023
• Guidelines for Kids With Obesity The goal was to "help patients make changes in lifestyle, behaviors, or environment in a sustainable way and also to involve families in decision-making at every step of the way."
  WebMD Health News, May 17, 2023
• 'Alarming' Levels of Childhood Obesity in Spain Excess weight affects 40.6% of children in Spain, and future predictions are not encouraging, say specialists.
  Medscape Medical News, May 16, 2023
• DDW 2023 ESG Plus Obesity Drugs Add Up to More Weight Loss Although anti-obesity medications and endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty are each associated with weight loss, little is known about the best way to combine them.
  Medscape Medical News, May 11, 2023
• AACE 2023 New Protocol Cuts Fasting Time to Rule Out Insulinoma Stopping the fast prior to 72 hours resulted in hospital cost savings for patients with hypoglycemia in whom doctors used a new test to rule out an insulinoma, a rare pancreatic tumor.
  Medscape Medical News, May 10, 2023
• Rising Interest in Weight Loss Meds Despite Cost Interest in these treatments is soaring among people living with obesity despite the lack of public awareness just a handful of months ago.
  WebMD Health News, May 05, 2023
• Bariatric Surgery May Reverse Peripheral Neuropathy Bariatric surgery may enable peripheral nerve regeneration, making it an effective treatment for individuals with obesity at risk of diabetes and peripheral neuropathy, says a researcher.
  Medscape Medical News, May 03, 2023
• ACP-IM 2023 Medications Yield Best Risk-to-Benefit Ratio for Weight Loss Lifestyle changes result in the least weight loss and may be safest, while surgery provides the most weight loss and has the greatest risk.
  MDedge News, May 03, 2023
• DDW 2023 Bariatric Surgery Cuts Risk for Obesity-Related Cancers: Study Researchers say that lower risk for cancer can be added to the potential benefits of weight loss surgery.
  Medscape Medical News, April 28, 2023
• European Associations Review Dietary Therapies for Obesity A new statement responds to the need to confront a problem with "epidemic overtones" that continues to grow across Europe, according to its authors.
  Medscape Medical News, April 28, 2023
• Lose Weight, Gain Huge Debt The private equity-backed practice has been known to demand more than $100,000 in charges or penalties. One patient is fighting back.
  KFF Health News, April 26, 2023
• Risk for Breast Cancer Reduced After Bariatric Surgery In a recent study, patients who underwent bariatric surgery had better cancer outcomes than patients with lower body mass index.
  Medscape Medical News, April 24, 2023
• Optimal Time Period for Weight Loss Drugs: Debate Continues Newer weight loss drugs are useful tools for patients with obesity, including those who have had bariatric surgery. But debate continues as to how long people should stay on them.
  Medscape Medical News, April 18, 2023
• Social Media and Weight Loss Drugs: Are Regulators Watching? Online platforms are overflowing with testimonials for GLP-1s. The drugs show promise for inducing weight loss, but many aren't FDA-approved for that use.
  Kaiser Health News, April 18, 2023
• AF Catheter Ablation Shown Safe, Effective Despite Obesity Catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation (AF) was safe, improved quality of life, and cut the AF burden regardless of body mass index in a large, single-center, prospective registry with 5841 patients.
  First Look, April 10, 2023
• Guidelines: Don't Delay TJA for Additional Nonoperative Therapies The guidelines also state that obesity alone should not be a reason to delay surgery.
  Medscape Medical News, March 17, 2023