Ceramide levels predict T2DM remission following RYGBLevels of ceramides can also be used to assess the likelihood that a gastric bypass patient will have a recurrence of type 2 diabetes...
Outdated guidelines preventing patients with class I obesity from accessing bariatric surgeryOutdated guidelines issued by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) more than 30 years ago may be stopping a large portion of patients...
Benefits of weight loss depends upon initial BMIFor people with obesity, the impact of losing or gaining weight on serious health problems depends on their starting body mass index...
Adult obesity rates in Denmark have trebled in the last 30 yearsResearch being presented at this year's European Congress on Obesity (ECO) in Maastricht, Netherlands (4-7 May), suggests that rates of...
European obesity epidemic linked to over 1.2 million annual deathsThe WHO has said that an "epidemic" of overweight and obesity rates are linked to over 1.2 million deaths annually across Europe, calling...
Machine learning can predict hernia recurrenceMachine learning (ML) models developed by surgeons at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston have shown a high...
Panther Healthcare’s endostapler is safe and effective in RYGB patientsBrazilian researchers have reported that Panther Healthcare’s endostapler is safe and effective in patients undergoing Roux en Y gastric...
Bariatric surgery is associated with reduced all-cause and CV mortalityResearchers from The Netherlands have reported that bariatric surgery is associated with reduced all-cause and cardiovascular (CV)...
First-pass metabolism of alcohol occurs in the stomach's of women who have LSGWhile scientists have broadly agreed that a fraction of the alcohol people consume is broken down before it reaches the bloodstream in a...
LSG associated with rise in GERD but not hiatal herniaApproximately one-third of the patients developed gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) up to two years after laparoscopic sleeve...