Bariatric Surgery Perspective

• Bariatric Surgery in Teens: 7 Things Every PCP Should Know   Bariatric surgery is one of the few strategies shown to be effective in treating severe obesity in children. Dr Elizabeth Parks Prout provides key information, including new AAP recommendations.
  CHOP Expert Commentary, May 20, 2020
• Managing Type 2 Diabetes as Patients Age: Age Considerations   Goals of diabetes management shift as patients age. Experts discuss the increased risk for hypoglycemia and the effect of comorbidities on diabetes treatment.
  Medscape TV, December 20, 2019
• Managing Type 2 Diabetes as Patients Age: Slowing Progression   In their effort to slow diabetes progression, experts emphasize a personalized approach and discuss initiation of insulin therapy as well as bariatric surgery.
  Medscape TV, November 07, 2019
• ACG 2019 Read clinically focused news coverage of key developments from ACG 2019
  Medscape Gastroenterology, October 18, 2019
• Is Mom's Bariatric Surgery Linked With Birth Defects?   Is there an association between bariatric surgery in a woman and the risk of her child having birth defects?
  Medscape, October 16, 2019
• Teens With Obesity 'Deserve' to Be Offered Bariatric Surgery   The evidence is clear. Bariatric surgery provides wide-ranging benefits to adolescents with obesity and type 2 diabetes, says Dr Louise Baur.
  Medscape Diabetes & Endocrinology, October 15, 2019
• Top News From EASD 2019: Slideshow Support for early combination therapy in newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes and "stunning" benefits with dapagliflozin in heart failure featured prominently this year.
  Medscape News Slideshows, October 07, 2019
• Managing Type 2 Diabetes as Patients Age: All-in Regimen   Diabetes experts discuss strategies to help patients meet management goals and stress the importance of patient education to achieve treatment adherence.
  Medscape TV, October 01, 2019
• 'Fat Shaming Is Just Bullying' Healthcare workers have been shaming people for their weight for decades, says Dr Arghavan Salles, and it needs to stop.
  Medscape Diabetes & Endocrinology, September 27, 2019
• The RISE Study: Where Do We Go From Here? Information from RISE sets up the scientific community to ask a number of questions, says Dr Kahn. Hopefully, the answers to those questions will lead to a quelling of the diabetes epidemic.
  Endocrine Society, September 20, 2019
• Gastric Bypass in Teens Improves Health Dramatically A long-term study comparing outcomes in teens and adults treated with gastric bypass surgery provides more support for the procedure.
  Medscape Pediatrics, September 13, 2019
• Slowing the Clock: Managing Type 2 Diabetes as Patients Age   Leading endocrinologists at Montefiore Medical System in New York City discuss strategies to slow progression of type 2 diabetes and manage age-related comorbidities.
  Medscape TV, July 26, 2019
• 3 Cool Things to Know About Obesity: ADA 2019 Poster Pearls Some of the new information gleaned from posters at this year's meeting of the American Diabetes Association may prove very helpful to busy primary care physicians.
  Medscape Family Medicine, June 10, 2019
• Playing the Long Game: Managing Cardiovascular Risk in Young Adults   Notable cardiologists discuss the importance of assessing risk in young adults and convey strategies for long-term risk management for the prevention of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease.
  Medscape TV, May 14, 2019
• Surgeon Wins Again in Lawsuit Appeal; More Decision upholds lower court ruling in favor of surgeon; misdiagnosis tops list of med-mal claims; Florida tries again to institute med-mal caps
  Medscape Business of Medicine, April 16, 2019
• Does Bariatric Surgery Lower the Risk for Incident Cancer? Dr Lowenfels comments on a study that suggests weight loss surgery may lower the risk for obesity-associated cancers (endometrial, colon, pancreatic, and postmenopausal breast).
  Medscape General Surgery, March 22, 2019
• Stop the Patient Blame Game: What Actually Causes Obesity? Is it a lack of willpower? Are people choosing to overeat? Dr Dhurandhar reviews the most common misperceptions about obesity and discusses some of its real causes.
  Medscape Diabetes & Endocrinology, March 01, 2019
• Cirrhosis and Surgery: How Do We Prevent Unnecessary Risk?   Dr David Johnson on a new review's valuable advice for identifying preoperative red flags in patients with cirrhosis.
  Medscape Gastroenterology, February 27, 2019
• Contraception for Women With Chronic Medical Conditions   A new practice bulletin from ACOG guides individualized decision-making about contraception for women with chronic medical conditions.
  Medscape Ob/Gyn, February 15, 2019
• Obesity and Infertility: Impact of BMI on Outcomes of IVF Infertility and obesity are linked, but does body mass index have any effect on the outcomes of assisted reproductive technology?
  Medscape Ob/Gyn, February 14, 2019