Bariatric Surgery News

• Bariatric Surgery Leads to Better CV Function in Pregnancy The cardiovascular adaptation of pregnant women after bariatric surgery suggests better hemodynamic function through lower blood pressure, heart rate, and cardiac output, new data show.
  Medscape Medical News, June 23, 2021
• ASMBS 2021 Bariatric Surgery's Cardiovascular Benefit Extends to 7 Years Patients with obesity who had bariatric surgery had a lower risk of having a major adverse cardiovascular event (MACE) or dying from all causes during a median 7-year follow-up, compared with similar patients who did not undergo surgery.
  Medscape Medical News, June 22, 2021
• ASMBS 2021 Those With Class 1 Obesity Should Be Eligible for Bariatric Surgery A new study supports updating bariatric/metabolic surgery criteria to include those with a BMI of 30 to 35 when comorbidities are present; having surgery sooner rather than later improves outcomes, say surgeons.
  Medscape Medical News, June 22, 2021
• ASMBS 2021 Bariatric Surgery Tied to 22% Lower 5-Year Stroke Risk Patients with obesity who underwent bariatric surgery had 46% lower odds of stroke 1 year later, similar odds of stroke 3 years later, and 22% lower odds of stroke 5 years later.
  Medscape Medical News, June 21, 2021
• ASMBS 2021 Insurers Delay Bariatric Surgery for 'Reprehensible' Reason Some US health insurers are restricting access to bariatric surgery to patients with a BMI < 40 based on the intensity of their antihypertensive treatment, which is 'extremely frustrating and dangerous.'
  Medscape Medical News, June 18, 2021
• ASMBS 2021 Bariatric Surgery Cuts Insulin Needs in T1D With Obesity Patients with type 1 diabetes and obesity who underwent bariatric surgery saw their daily insulin needs nearly halved.
  Medscape Medical News, June 17, 2021
• ASMBS 2021 Bariatric Surgery Tied to Fewer HFpEF Hospitalizations This retrospective analysis "adds an important article to the literature where there is a true void in trying to discern the effect of bariatric surgery on HFpEF."
  Medscape Medical News, June 15, 2021
• ASMBS 2021 New Protocol Reduces Opioid Use After Bariatric Surgery Reducing opioid abuse after bariatric surgery could save more lives than eliminating the most common postoperative complications, and a new quality initiative could lead the way, say researchers.
  Medscape Medical News, June 11, 2021
• DDW 2021 Semaglutide Boosts Weight Loss Following Endoscopic Gastroplasty Weekly GLP-1 agonist injection combined with minimally invasive endoscopic procedure produces greater weight loss than procedure alone in patients with obesity and overweight who also have diabetes.
  Medscape Medical News, May 27, 2021
• Water-Soluble Vitamin D: Better for Those With Malabsorption? Calcifediol, a new oral formulation of vitamin D3, is better absorbed by people with obesity or malabsorption than standard vitamin D3, according to a small pilot study.
  Medscape Medical News, May 25, 2021
• ECO 2021 Semaglutide New Drug Combo Well-Tolerated, Leads to Weight Loss A combination of cagrilintide with semaglutide in people with a BMI over 27 was well-tolerated, had a good safety profile, and led to more weight loss than semaglutide alone.
  Medscape Medical News, May 19, 2021
• ECO 2021 Lower BMI Thresholds for Diabetes in Non-White Populations A study has redefined BMI cutoffs for obesity and determined new thresholds based on type 2 diabetes risk in ethnic minority groups equivalent to a BMI cutoff of 30 in Whites.
  Medscape Medical News, May 17, 2021
• Consider Risk for Barrett's Esophagus After Bariatric Surgery Patients who underwent sleeve gastrectomy show high prevalence of Barrett's esophagus in long-term follow-up.
  Medscape Medical News, April 29, 2021
• New AHA Guidance on Obesity and Cardiovascular Risk An updated American Heart Association scientific statement on the role of obesity in cardiovascular disease provides the first new guidance in 15 years.
  Medscape Medical News, April 23, 2021
• Severe Obesity Persists, Takes High Cardiovascular Toll "This research highlights the high cardiovascular toll exacted by continuing failure to tackle obesity, particularly among more socio-economically deprived populations," say study authors.
  Medscape Medical News, April 21, 2021
• AGA Guidelines: Intragastric Balloons in Obesity Management For patients with obesity, the combination of intragastric balloon placement and lifestyle modifications may be preferable to lifestyle modifications alone, according to new guidelines.
  Medscape Medical News, April 19, 2021
• Bariatric Surgery May Cut Cancer in Obesity With Liver Disease Among working adults with severe obesity and fatty liver disease, rates of cancer were lower for those who had bariatric surgery, especially those with obesity-related cancer, during a 10-month median follow-up.
  Medscape Medical News, April 07, 2021
• Coffee Could Be the Secret Weapon Against NAFLD "I do recommend at least two to three cups of coffee per day for my patients with NAFLD [nonalcoholic fatty liver disease]," said Manal F. Abdelmalek, MD, MPH.
  Medscape Medical News, April 06, 2021
• Semaglutide for Meaningful Weight Loss in Obesity and Diabetes? "This is by far the best result we had with any weight loss medicine in patients with diabetes," says the senior author of the STEP 2 clinical trial of weekly subcutaneous semaglutide 2.4 mg.
  Medscape Medical News, March 05, 2021
• Sensitivity to Sweets Tied to Weight Loss After Bariatric Surgery 'We showed, for the first time, that preoperative sweet [taste] intensity predicts [greater] weight loss after surgery,' but surprisingly, hedonic hunger foretold the opposite, said a study author.
  Medscape Medical News, February 23, 2021