Bariatric Surgery Perspective

• Episode 4: Better Ways to Sustain Weight Loss in Type 2 Diabetes   Patients with type 2 diabetes and obesity have more options today than ever before. Join host Dr Silvio Inzucchi and obesity expert Dr Ania Jastreboff as they discuss ways to support weight loss.
  Medscape, May 18, 2022
• Battling Obesity by Breaking Down Barriers Two primary care physicians detail their experiences in treating those with obesity through a community-based dedicated weight clinic after receiving their obesity medicine certification.
  Medscape Diabetes & Endocrinology, April 19, 2022
• Is Saturated Fat or Carbohydrates Worse for the Liver? Dr. Caroline Apovian discusses whether fat or carbohydrate overfeeding is more likely to lead to the development of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease.
  Medscape Diabetes & Endocrinology, April 07, 2022
• Left Upper Quadrant Entry Is Often a Reliable Alternative to Umbilicus It is important to have knowledge of alternate entry points and techniques that consider the patient's current pathology, anatomy, and surgical history to better facilitate a safe initial entry.
  Medscape Ob/Gyn, March 02, 2022
• Get More Sleep, Lose More Weight: A Randomized Trial   The idea of losing weight in bed isn't exactly new, but this one involves sleep rather than -- ahem -- energy expenditure.
  Medscape, February 07, 2022
• Treating NAFLD by Defeating Obesity: What Are the Best Options? Bariatric surgery is often the treatment of last resort, but considering it earlier may be just what patients with fatty liver disease need.
  Medscape Gastroenterology, January 21, 2022
• Obesity in Patients with Heart Failure and LV Assist Devices A look at best management strategies for patients with this condition.
  ACC.org, October 20, 2021
• GI Cancer and Obesity: Fighting One Means Addressing the Other Patient awareness of obesity's link to gastrointestinal cancer is limited. This overview will help you make the case on why weight management may help them avoid serious disease.
  Medscape Gastroenterology, October 06, 2021
• Fatty Liver: Managing a Silent Epidemic in Primary Care   A new roadmap guides primary care clinicians in screening and managing fatty liver disease.
  Medscape Family Medicine, September 30, 2021
• Updates in Migraine, Cluster, and Posttraumatic Headache   Dr Christoph Diener on 7 recent studies focusing on headache research.
  Medscape Neurology, August 17, 2021
• Obesity Treatment in Mental Illness: Is Semaglutide a Game Changer? Dr Dinah Miller discusses psychiatrists' important role in obesity care, an often overlooked aspect of the profession.
  Medscape Psychiatry, July 28, 2021
• With Tirzepatide, a 'Great Future' for Patients With T2D   Dr Juan Frias discusses results from the SURPASS trials and how tirzepatide might eventually be used in the clinical setting.
  Medscape Diabetes & Endocrinology, July 15, 2021
• The Best Way to Prevent Type 2 Diabetes? Change Our Target   Type 2 diabetes prevention strategies need to be focused on environmental changes more than individual changes in order to be effective, argues Dr Hertzel Gerstein.
  Medscape Diabetes & Endocrinology, July 07, 2021
• When Your Patient Undergoes Bariatric Surgery   The Curbsiders share tips about the pre-op and post-op care of patients who have metabolic surgery.
  The Curbsiders, July 06, 2021
• Obesity Hypoventilation Syndrome: Oxygen Isn't Enough   The Curbsiders share what they've learned from an expert on OHS, and what primary care clinicians can do.
  The Curbsiders, June 30, 2021
• ASMBS 2021 Read clinically focused news coverage of key developments from ASBMS 2021
  Medscape Diabetes & Endocrinology, June 11, 2021
• Unhealthy Drinking May Worsen After Weight Loss Surgery Patients undergoing bariatric surgery may feel that they've been given a second chance at life. But research shows that unhealthy behaviors can persist, and even get worse, after surgery.
  Medscape Diabetes & Endocrinology, May 20, 2021
• Counseling Adolescents With Obesity: Lead With the Evidence Dr William F. Balistreri comments on the data surrounding the consequences of obesity in young people and the most effective interventions.
  Medscape Gastroenterology, April 23, 2021
• Lawsuit: Doctor's Doubts Lead to Missed Diagnosis A mysterious illness continues to plague a patient. Could the physician have done anything to reach an earlier diagnosis?
  Cooperative of American Physicians, April 01, 2021
• Can 'Big' Be Healthy? Yes -- and No We can't tell very much about a person's health from their outward appearance, and we should probably stop trying to make such inferences, says one bariatric surgeon.
  Medscape Diabetes & Endocrinology, January 19, 2021