GENEVA: No difference in 30-day morbidity and mortality of SG, RYGB and OAGB patientsThere is no significant difference in the 30-day morbidity and mortality of sleeve gastrectomy (SG), Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB), and...
LSG and LAGB comparable at ten yearsWeight loss and conversion rate are comparable between laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) and laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding...
Journal Watch 15/12/2021Welcome to our weekly round-up of the latest bariatric and obesity-related papers published in the medical literature. As ever, we have...
One in five thyroid cancers associated with excess weightAvoiding excess weight should be a priority for thyroid cancer prevention, according to the first study to evaluate future thyroid cancer...
Metabolic deficits play key in anxiodepressive disorders in people with obesityMetabolic deficits, in particular inflammation and resistance to insulin or leptin (a hormone that also regulates appetite), are...
Post-smoking cessation weight gain driven by compounds released by their gut microbesGaining weight after smoking cessation in mice may be driven by the weight-modulating compounds released by their gut microbes, according...
Fabkin hormone may be a critical driver of type 1 and type 2 diabetesA newly discovered hormone named fabkin helps regulate metabolism and may play an important role in the development of both type 1 and...