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Latest findings from the IFSO Global Registry

Registries offer opportunities to make meaningful comparisons between countries on the demographics, characteristics, operation types and...

Latest findings from the IFSO Global Registry

Looking forward to IFSO 2024

This year’s 27th IFSO World Congress returns to Australia for the first time since the 11th World Congress in Sydney in 2006. We caught...

Endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty more cost-effective than with semaglutide

Latest findings from the IFSO Global Registry

US researchers to assess the impact of physical activity after bariatric surgery

Research

The evolution of the UK’s National Bariatric Surgery Registry

In October 2023, Mr Omar Khan was appointed as the Chair of the British Obesity & Metabolic Surgery Society’s (BOMSS) National Bariatric...

Endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty more cost-effective than with semaglutide

An economic evaluation comparing endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty (ESG) with semaglutide for treating class II obesity has suggested ESG is...

Looking forward to IFSO 2024

This year’s 27th IFSO World Congress returns to Australia for the first time since the 11th World Congress in Sydney in 2006. We caught...

No association between suicidal, self-injurious thoughts and actions and GLP-1s

The available evidence does not support a causal association between the Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1) – dulaglutide,...

Latest findings from the IFSO Global Registry

Registries offer opportunities to make meaningful comparisons between countries on the demographics, characteristics, operation types and...

Tirzepatide associated with a potential targeted effect on visceral fat and liver fat

Exploratory analysis from the SURPASS-3 MRI study has shown a significant reduction of both visceral- and liver fat z-scores, and a shift...

CMS' semaglutide coverage expansion could save millions of lives

A group of 44 health care and advocacy organizations is urging the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to expand coverage and...

Journal Watch 10/4/2024

Welcome to our weekly round-up of the latest bariatric and obesity-related papers published in the medical literature. As ever, we have...

Nerve stimulation for sleep apnoea less effective for people with higher BMIs

Hypoglossal nerve stimulation (HGNS) treatment for obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) drops significantly as a patient's weight rises above a...

Rare gene variants associated with six-fold increase in risk of obesity

Genetic variants in two genes have some of the largest impacts on obesity risk discovered to date. The discovery of rare variants in the...

No significant differences between LigaSure and Harmonic in LSG outcomes

There are no significant differences between LigaSure (Medtronic) and Harmonic (Ethicon Endo-Surgery) devices in terms of operative time,...

5HT2A antagonist to combat fatty liver disease

Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) is a burgeoning global health concern, posing a significant threat to...

Industry

Phenomix Sciences launches three-in-one obesity phenotyping test

Entera Bio reveals data for oral GLP-2 peptide for short bowel syndrome patients

FDA approves Wegovy for CVD risk reduction in people with overweight or obesity and established cardiovascular disease

Epitomee files weight loss capsule for FDA clearance

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3rd IFSO MENAC & 20th ESBS 2024 Meeting

Fifth IBC Oxford World Congress

31st European Congress on Obesity

BOMSS ASM 2024

XXVII World Congress IFSO MELBOURNE 2024

IFSO-EC 2024

International Congress on Obesity 2024

Global Meeting of the MGB-OAGB

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