24/05/13 - News

Genetics

Metabolic improvements after bariatric surgery

A new study has concluded that Munc18c gene expression is associated with short-term metabolic improvement after bariatric surgery. According to the study published online published in the journal Plos One, Munc18c gene expression in human adipose... (more)

23/05/13 - News

Owen Haskins

Insulin sensitivity

Insulin sensitivity improves following adipokines changes

Changes in adipokines are related to improvements in post-surgical insulin sensitivity and was predicted by weight loss after LRYGB even in low BMI patients with type 2 diabetes, according to a study, published online in the International Journal of Endocrinology.

23/05/13 - News

Owen Haskins

Obesity predisposition

Mexicans may have obesity predisposition

Young Mexican adults may have a genetic obesity predisposition, according to a study published in the Open Journal of Genetics. According to Margarita Teran-Garcia, a professor of food science and human nutrition at the University of Illinois, the FTO gene is associated with a... (more)

22/05/13 - News

Owen Haskins

DDW 2013

Study identifies CP risk factors after surgery

Low levels of high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol and high levels of C-reactive protein, age and BMI are significant predictors of cardiopulmonary (CP) complication following bariatric surgery, according to a study presented at the Digestive Disease Week conference, in... (more)

Mortality predictor

Waist-to-height ratio is a better predictor of mortality than BMI

14/05/13

Waist-to-height ratio is a better predictor of mortality risk than BMI, according to research presented as this year's European Congress on...

21/05/13 - News

Owen Haskins

Patent ruling

Ethicon ES ordered to pay US$176.5 million to Covidien

A federal court in the US has awarded Covidien a US$176.5 million verdict in a patent infringement case that it brought against Ethicon Endo-Surgery. In the lawsuit, Covidien claimed that Ethicon Endo-Surgery had infringed on its ultrasonic cutting and coagulation technologies... (more)

20/05/13 - News

Owen Haskins

kidney transplant

Robotic kidney tranplant offers hope to obese patients

Obese patients who were previously denied a kidney transplant had fewer wound complications following minimally-invasive robotic kidney transplants than patients who received traditional open transplant surgery, according to surgeons a study published in the American Journal... (more)

20/05/13 - News

Owen Haskins

DDW 2013

GERD: prompt pH monitoring test preferred to PPI use

More objective testing may substantially reduce the cost and risk of managing gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (GERD), according to a study presented at Digestive Disease Week in Orland, FL. Researchers from New York Presbyterian Hospital and Weill-Cornell Medical College,... (more)

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14/05/13 - Policy

NICE consultation

NICE issues EndoBarrier consultation document

The UK’s National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) issued a consultation document about safety and efficacy concerning the “Implantation of a duodenal-jejunal bypass sleeve for the management of obesity and/or type 2 diabetes”, in March 2013. The document states that: NICE’s Interventional... (more)

14/05/13 - Research

Mortality predictor

Waist-to-height ratio is a better predictor of mortality than BMI

Waist-to-height ratio is a better predictor of mortality risk than BMI, according to research presented as this year's European Congress on Obesity in Liverpool, UK. The study found a clearer correlation between waist-to-height ratio and mortality rates than BMI and mortality rates, after the... (more)

14/05/13 - Research

Gut bacteria

One species of gut bacteria reverses T2DM

One specific type of gut bacteria has been shown to reverse type 2 diabetes and dramatically decrease fat mass, according to researchers from the Catholic University of Leuven in Belgium. The research, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, showed that Akkermansia muciniphila... (more)

13/05/13 - Research

Obesity and dementia

Rise in obesity rates will increase dementia

The continuing rise in obesity rates will lead to an increase in dementia rates, according to a study presented the European Congress on Obesity, in Liverpool, UK. "We've known for a long time about the risks to cardiovascular disease, stroke, cancer, type 2 diabetes, so this is a new concern,”... (more)

10/05/13 - Research

Product release

Bariatric Advantage releases Multi-Formula Crystals

Bariatric Advantage has released a new and improved Complete Multi-Formula Crystals with calcium in berry and citrus flavours. Drinking a glass of water with the soluble multi-crystals provides bariatric patients with calcium, vitamin D, B12, potassium and much more for broad nutritional support in... (more)

10/05/13 - Research

New study

Investigation of bariatric surgery on NAFLD in diabetics

Researchers at Sheba Medical Center, Israel, are investigating the effect of weight loss rate on liver steatosis, steatohepatitis and fibrosis at different stages before and after roux-en-y gastric bypass or sleeve gastrectomy in 30 diabetic patients. In addition, the investigators are to study the... (more)