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Nonmedical factors drive up to 60 percent of health outcomes, and for people with type 2 diabetes (T2D), social determinants of health factors like poverty, food insecurity, and unstable housing can derail even the best treatment plans. Now, a long-term study led by investigators at Joslin Diabetes Center finds that bariatric metabolic surgery is more effective at glycaemic and weight control than medical and lifestyle interventions for people with T2D, even in the setting of

Bariatric surgery results in a sustained increase in the probability of being a paid employee from four months after surgery over the five-year follow-up period, leading to increased earnings, according to a study by UK researchers. The researchers noted that there is substantial evidence that living with obesity can affect an individual’s pay and employment however, there is little evidence on the impact of weight-management interventions, such as surgery, in improving labou

Bariatric surgery, initiates "substantial weight loss and improves lung function, according to researchers from the University of...

Bariatric surgery leads to reverse remodelling and improvement in cardiac geometry and function driven by metabolic and haemodynamic...

Bariatric surgery is associated with lower all-cancer and obesity-related cancer incidence among and cancer mortality was significantly...

Bariatric surgery was associated with a 42% lower risk of major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE), including heart failure, heart...