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UEG report reveals major health and economic impacts of digestive diseases across Europe
Data from a pan-European study on the burden of digestive diseases, presented today at United European Gastroenterology Week 2022 and...
Bariatric surgery associated with significant reduction in CVD risk in patients with severe obesity
Researchers from the Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, have report that bariatric surgery, compared with nonsurgical care, was...
LAGB could play a role in creating symptomatic HH, but further research is needed confirm causation
Laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding (LAGB) could play in a role in the creation of symptomatic hiatal hernias (HHs) however, further...
Bariatric surgery patients could have a higher risk of epilepsy
Researchers from the Western University in London, Canada, have reported that patients with a history of bariatric surgery were at...
ICER finds semaglutide more effective, but more expensive
The Institute for Clinical and Economic Review (ICER) in the US has published its revised Evidence Report assessing the comparative...
Study to examine link between obesity and cancer
The National Cancer Institute has awarded more than US$5.2 million to a team lead by researchers from the University of Tennessee Health...
Adolescent bariatric patients maintain weight loss and resolution of comorbidities post-surgery
Adolescents suffering with severe obesity who underwent bariatric surgery before the age of 22 had significant and lasting reductions in...
LABS-2: Bariatric surgery improves pain, physical function and work productivity
Bariatric surgery results in improvements in pain, physical function and work productivity for at least seven years after surgery,...
Researchers identify two distinct types of obesity with physiological and molecular differences
A team led by Van Andel Institute scientists has identified two distinct types of obesity with physiological and molecular differences...
Insufficient insulin processing can cause obesity
Obesity increases the risk of an imbalance in sugar metabolism and even of diabetes, according to researchers at the University of Basel,...
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