Bariatric Surgery in the News Bariatric Surgery Halves Microvascular Risk in Type 2 Diabetes (Medscape) Patients with diabetes and severe obesity who had bariatric surgery were half as likely…
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Bariatric Surgery in the News Bariatric Surgery Slashes Hormone-Related Cancer Risk (MedPage Today) Bariatric surgery was associated with a five-fold reduced risk of developing three hormone-related cancers (breast, endometrium,…
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Bariatric Surgery in the News Weight loss surgery may decrease hormone-related cancer risk, study says (UPI, Oncology Nurse Advisor) Bariatric surgery may reduce a person’s risk of developing hormone-related cancers, according…
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Bariatric Surgery in the News Bariatric Surgery Only Partly Fixes Gut Flora in Severe Obesity (Medscape) In a new study published online in Gut, three quarters of patients with severe obesity “had unhealthy…
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Bariatric Surgery in the News Using mHealth as a Care Management Tool for Bariatric Patients (mHealth Intelligence) A newly launched National Institutes of Health-funded study is examining if an empirically…
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Bariatric Surgery in the News 5 Recent Updates on Bariatric Surgery (Healio/Endocrine Today) A post hoc analysis of the STAMPEDE trial showing first-year weight loss was associated with improved HbA1c…
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Cover StoriesFeatured StoriesJuly 2018
American Diabetes Association Report: Diabetes is the Most Expensive Chronic Disease in America
At a cost of $327 billion, diabetes has become the most expensive chronic disease in the U.S., according to the American Diabetes Association’s (ADA) recently released “Economic Costs of Diabetes…
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Bariatric surgery reduces the risk of developing malignant melanoma, a deadly form of skin cancer by more than 60 percent, according to research presented at the European Congress on Obesity…
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One of the hallmarks of our profession is the multidisciplinary approach that we apply to all stages of patient care. Ouroutcomes have reached unprecedented levels of safety and efficacy, not…
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Let me start off this IH President’s Corner by congratulating and thanking Kelli Friedman, PhD and Connie Klein, ARNP for planning an outstanding agenda for ASMBS Weekend. Many kudos to…