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
I'm a morbidly obese woman who is suing my health insurer for $700,000 because they refused to cover my weight-loss surgery
Luci 'Lynette' Solorio, from Washington, is suing Regence Blueshield for charging her more than $700,000. She underwent bariatric surgery in 2017, covered by her insurer at the time. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - October 10, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Suicide attempts after bariatric surgery: comparison to a nonsurgical cohort of individuals with severe obesity - Miller-Matero LR, Yeh HH, Ahmedani BK, Rossom RC, Harry ML, Daida YG, Coleman KJ.
BACKGROUND: The rate of suicide is higher among individuals following bariatric surgery compared with the general population; however, it is not clear whether risk is associated with bariatric surgery beyond having severe obesity. OBJECTIVE: To com... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - October 2, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Risk Factor Prevalence, Injury Occurrence Source Type: news
Do New Weight Loss Meds Mean the End of Bariatric Surgery? Do New Weight Loss Meds Mean the End of Bariatric Surgery?
The volume of bariatric surgeries may be down, but that doesn ' t render this treatment option any less crucial, surgeon Miguel A. Burch, MD, tells Anne L. Peters, MD.Medscape Diabetes & Endocrinology (Source: Medscape Diabetes Headlines)
Source: Medscape Diabetes Headlines - September 28, 2023 Category: Endocrinology Tags: Diabetes & Endocrinology Commentary Source Type: news
Bariatric Surgery Linked to Reduced Incidence of Hematologic Cancer
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 27, 2023 -- Bariatric surgery is associated with reduced incidence of hematological cancer, especially for women, according to a study published online Sept. 13 in The Lancet Healthy Longevity.
Kajsa Sjöholm, Ph.D., from the... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - September 27, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Weight-Loss Surgery Tied to Lower Blood Cancer Risk in Women
(MedPage Today) -- Bariatric surgery for obesity was associated with a reduced risk of hematologic cancers in a prospective Swedish study spanning more than three decades.
In individuals treated for obesity from 1987 to 2001, bariatric surgery... (Source: MedPage Today Endocrinology)
Source: MedPage Today Endocrinology - September 16, 2023 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: news
Depression, Inflammation Linked in Obese Patients Undergoing Bariatric Surgery
FRIDAY, Sept. 8, 2023 -- For individuals with obesity undergoing bariatric surgery, depression is associated with higher inflammation before and after surgery, according to a study published online Aug. 31 in Psychological Medicine.
Anna P.... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - September 8, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Outcomes After Adolescent Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Outcomes After Adolescent Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery
Is metabolic and bariatric surgery a safe and effective therapeutic option for adolescents with severe obesity? Long-term follow-up sheds light on the postoperative outcomes.Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - September 7, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Diabetes & Endocrinology Journal Article Source Type: news
