Patients who have had RYGB have significantly fewer pumps in the small pouch formed during surgery ... a RYGB = Roux-en-Y gastric bypass, Mct1 = monocarboxylic acid transporter 1, UGT ...

For teens undergoing bariatric surgery, weight loss and remission of coexisting conditions are durable after 10 year ...

They have several key differences in benefits, risks, and recovery. Bariatric surgery is a procedure that helps you lose weight. It’s an option when you need to lose a lot of weight, especially ...

The national use of weight loss drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy more than doubled as bariatric surgery frequency dropped by ...

"Our study provides one of the first national estimates of the decline in utilization of bariatric metabolic surgery among privately insured patients corresponding to the rising use of blockbuster ...

During the same period, there was a 25.6% decrease in patients undergoing metabolic bariatric surgery to treat obesity. The study is published in JAMA Network Open. "Our study provides one of the ...

It found that between 2022 and 2023, as prescriptions for GLP-1 drugs more than doubled, rates of bariatric surgery fell by 25.6%. The findings, published Wednesday in JAMA Network Open ...

“When we compare bariatric surgery to bariatric endoscopy, endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty and transpyloric shuttle offer a ...

Bariatric surgery typically costs between $17,400 and $22,850, according to the study. While that sounds (and is!) pretty steep, it's important to remember that it's a one-time cost. What's more ...

The scourge of scurvy, which is caused by vitamin C deficiency, may be re-emerging amid the cost of living crisis and the rise in weight loss (bariatric) surgery, suggest doctors in the journal ...

Catch up on more research from ObesityWeek here. Bariatric surgeries plunged 26% from 2022 to 2023 amid a rise in ...