Obesity
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Diabetes boosts bariatric surgery complications
LAS VEGAS – In addition, patients with insulin-dependent diabetes had significantly higher rates of these and other complications, compared with...
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Evidence builds for bariatric surgery’s role in cancer prevention
LAS VEGAS – Some patients are trying to reduce their future risk for cancer with the procedure.
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Bariatric surgery candidates show high prevalence of thrombophilia
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Score predicts bariatric surgery’s benefits for obesity, type 2 diabetes
LAS VEGAS – The calculator can estimate the 10-year risk for death and cardiovascular disease events for patients if their clinical status...
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Nearly 25% of U.S. adults take an obesogenic prescription drug
The 2013-2016 analysis also showed a strong link between obesogenic drug use and increasing obesity severity.
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Bariatric surgery tied to fewer cerebrovascular events
PHILADELPHIA –
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Reward, decision-making brain regions altered in teens with obesity
CHICAGO – Degradation in these key areas was associated with higher insulin and leptin levels.
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Bariatric surgery should be considered in individuals with class 1 obesity
Nonsurgical interventions via lifestyle modifications and pharmacotherapy have not demonstrated success.
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Effective NASH medications are coming ‘sooner than you think’
SAN ANTONIO – New NASH drugs will transform clinical practice.
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Women with obesity need not boost calories during pregnancy
LAS VEGAS – Contrary to IOM recommendations, women with obesity have the best gestational weight gain when they eat no extra calories.
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TARGET-NASH: One-third of NAFLD, NASH patients lost weight, but not all kept it off
BOSTON – With no approved pharmacologic treatments for NAFLD and NASH, weight reduction remains one of the mainstays of treatment.