Year in Review: Obesity
(MedPage Today) -- This year's headlines featured new FDA approvals, investigational drugs that scored success in major trials, new bariatric surgery benefits, and questions on the clinical utility of body mass index (BMI).
New Approvals, Indications... (Source: MedPage Today Endocrinology)
Source: MedPage Today Endocrinology - December 1, 2023 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: news
GERD Is Common Indication for Revisional Bariatric Surgery
FRIDAY, Dec. 1, 2023 -- For patients who have undergone bariatric surgery for gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), revision surgery is common and is mainly with a Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB), according to a study published online Oct. 31 in... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - December 1, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Bariatric Surgery Still Best Option for Some With Obesity Bariatric Surgery Still Best Option for Some With Obesity
Despite the rapid emergence of glucagonlike peptide-1 agonists for treating obesity, bariatric surgery may still be a better choice for some individuals, two experts say.Endocrine Society (Source: Medscape Diabetes Headlines)
Source: Medscape Diabetes Headlines - November 27, 2023 Category: Endocrinology Tags: Diabetes & Endocrinology News Source Type: news
Long-Term Weight Regain Common After Body Contouring Surgery
MONDAY, Nov. 27, 2023 -- For patients undergoing trunk-based body contouring (BC) surgery, long-term weight regain is common, especially in those who have previously undergone bariatric surgery, according to a study published in the November issue... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - November 27, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
When is adolescent bariatric surgery necessary?
(Source: MayoClinic.com Full Feed)
Source: MayoClinic.com Full Feed - November 16, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
GLP-1 RAs Plus Bariatric Surgery:'Promising' for Obesity GLP-1 RAs Plus Bariatric Surgery:'Promising' for Obesity
Liraglutide combined with endoscopic bariatric therapy can provide weight loss on par with bariatric surgery alone, raising the question of whether the GLP-1 RAs might one day replace surgery.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Diabetes Headlines)
Source: Medscape Diabetes Headlines - November 15, 2023 Category: Endocrinology Tags: Gastroenterology News Source Type: news
Ozempic Can ’ t Fix America ’ s Obesity Crisis
What is obesity?
Some people will tell you it’s a fancy word for being fat; others might say it’s a slur that pathologizes bigger bodies. And yet others will insist it’s a moral failing—one of laziness and poor willpower.
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For the past decade, however, the medical community has recognized that obesity is a chronic disease, much like cancer, diabetes, and high blood pressure. Obesity triples the risk of hospitalization due to COVID-19, is linked with hundreds of medical complications, and accounts for 4 million preventable deaths every year.
Obesi...
Source: TIME: Health - November 8, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Fatima Cody Stanford and Simar Bajaj Tags: Uncategorized freelance Source Type: news
Should We End Obesity?
It’s unusual for a medication to become a household name; even more uncommon for its branding to become, like Advil, shorthand for an entire class of products; and rarest of all, for it to change not just U.S. medicine, but U.S. culture.
Ozempic has done all three.
Approved in 2017 as a type 2 diabetes medication, Ozempic has largely made its name—and a fortune for its manufacturer, Novo Nordisk—as a weight-loss aid. Novo Nordisk knew early on that diabetes patients often lost weight on the drug, but even company executives couldn’t have guessed how widely it would eventually take off as both ...
Source: TIME: Health - November 7, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jamie Ducharme Tags: Uncategorized Drugs feature healthscienceclimate Magazine TIME 2030 Wellbeing Source Type: news
Bariatric Surgery at 16
If childhood obesity is an ‘epidemic,’ how far should doctors go to treat it? (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - October 31, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Helen Ouyang Tags: Obesity internal-sub-only Surgery and Surgeons Teenagers and Adolescence Diet and Nutrition Children and Childhood Diabetes internal-great-read Source Type: news
Bariatric Surgery Linked to Fracture Risk Bariatric Surgery Linked to Fracture Risk
A study of a largely male veteran population reinforces observations in younger women and underscores concerns about osteoporosis in men.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Diabetes Headlines)
Source: Medscape Diabetes Headlines - October 24, 2023 Category: Endocrinology Tags: Diabetes & Endocrinology News Source Type: news
GLP-1s After Bariatric Surgery? How and When GLP-1s After Bariatric Surgery? How and When
In this video, obesity experts Holly Lofton, MD, and Marina Kurian, MD, discuss how clinicians can use the new weight loss medications to improve their patients ' outcomes after bariatric surgery.Medscape Internal Medicine (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - October 23, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Internal Medicine Commentary Source Type: news
Medical Device Makers See Limited Hit From Weight-Loss Drugs Medical Device Makers See Limited Hit From Weight-Loss Drugs
US medical device makers do not see a big impact of new weight-loss treatments on the sales of equipment used in procedures such as bariatric surgery.Reuters Health Information (Source: Medscape General Surgery Headlines)
Source: Medscape General Surgery Headlines - October 23, 2023 Category: Surgery Tags: Diabetes & Endocrinology News Source Type: news
What Happened To My 600-Lb Life's Mark Rutland?
What Happened To My 600-Lb Life's Mark Rutland? Most of the participants on "My 600-lb Life" aim to lose some weight on their own so that they qualify for bariatric surgery with Dr. Younan Nowzaradan. However, Season 11's Mark Rutland wanted to pursue a different path. He refused surgery against…#markrutland #younannowzaradan #rutland (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - October 21, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Kidney Disease Impacts Weight Loss After Bariatric Surgery
FRIDAY, Oct. 20, 2023 -- Early-stage chronic kidney disease has a negative impact on short-term weight loss outcomes after bariatric metabolic surgery, according to a study published online Oct. 10 in Obesity Surgery.
Jo ão Pereira, from the School... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - October 20, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Regaining Weight After Bariatric Surgery Did Not Lead to Excess Mortality
(MedPage Today) -- DALLAS -- There were no differences in mortality after bariatric surgery whether patients regained weight or maintained the loss, according to an analysis of the Swedish Obese Subjects study.
Over a post-surgical 26-year follow... (Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular)
Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular - October 17, 2023 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
