Obesity
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Hispanics bear brunt of NAFLD disease burden
Relative risk of NAFLD is higher in Hispanics, but the risk of death from NAFLD is highest in whites.
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Weight recidivism after bariatric surgery: What constitutes failure?
People regain weight after bariatric surgery at an alarming rate, but the problem may be “obsolete” weight thresholds.
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Antibiotic exposure blunted metabolic improvement following vertical sleeve gastrectomy
The finding raises the question of whether patients with suboptimal outcomes following vertical sleeve gastrectomy may benefit from microbial...
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Low risk of bariatric surgery complications in IBD
Study shows “it is reasonable to carefully proceed with bariatric interventions in obese IBD patients.”
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Many women have unprotected sex in year after bariatric surgery
Results point to a need for presurgical contraceptive counseling.
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Triple therapy for type 2 diabetes goes beyond glucose control
LISBON – All you need to improve poorly controlled diabetes may be a bigger hammer.
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CDC: Forty percent of cancers linked to overweight or obesity
Being overweight or obese was associated with a higher risk of at least 13 cancers.
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Semaglutide aids T2DM weight loss over 2 years
GI side effects do not explain sustained weight loss with semaglutide in patients with type 2 diabetes.
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Obesity paradox slings its weight around in atrial fibrillation
As BMI goes up, mortality unexpectedly dropped in huge registry study.
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Long-term specialist care reduces post-RYGB anemia risk
Patients who underwent Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery (RYGB) without long-term bariatric specialist follow-up experienced a significantly higher...
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Diagnostic laparoscopy pinpoints postop abdominal pain in bariatric patients
Causes of persistent abdominal pain after bariatric surgery can be identified with diagnostic laparoscopy.