Obesity
Managing Your Practice
Gastric Bypass Benefits Persist at 6 Years' Follow-Up
Major Finding: Six years after undergoing gastric bypass, patients showed a mean weight loss of 28%, a diabetes remission rate of 62%, a...
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Finally! The Dessert-With-Breakfast Diet
Major Finding: Obese, nondiabetic patients assigned to a weight-loss diet emphasizing a high-protein, high-carbohydrate breakfast including a...
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Last 20 Years: U.S. Youth Lipid Profiles Have Improved
Major Finding: Over the 20-year study period, children and adolescents showed a 5-mg/dL decrease in mean serum total cholesterol, an 8-mg/dL drop...
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Weight Loss Through Dieting Increases Insulin Sensitivity
Major Finding: Dietary weight loss plus an exercise training program boosted insulin sensitivity by 86% in 1 year and diet alone improved it by 70...
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Study Debunks 'Andropause' in Aging Men
Major Finding: Mean serum total testosterone showed no significant decline during 5 years of follow-up in a large group of middle-aged and elderly...
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Gastric Bypass Tops Banding in Weight Loss
Major Finding: At 10 years of follow-up, the mean weight among patients who underwent gastric banding was 101 kg, compared with 83 kg among those...
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Modified Bariatric Surgery Tames Diabetes in Small Series
Major Finding: Diabetes went into remission in 20 of 43 adults after laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy with ileal interposition; the procedure also...
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FDA Approves Weight-Loss Drug Qsymia, Despite Cardiac Qualms
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Bariatric Surgery Most Common Elective Surgical Procedure
Major Finding: Between Oct.
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Sleeve Gastrectomy Feasible in Obese Transplant Candidates
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Weight-Loss Drug Hits Diabetes Target Trifecta
Major Finding: At 56 weeks, the composite goal of a greater-than-5% weight loss from baseline, an HbA1c level lower than 6.5%, and a systolic...