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…
Cover StoriesFeatured StoriesJuly 2018
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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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Cover StoriesFeatured StoriesMay 2018
Obesity Medicine Specialty Grows in Response to Obesity Epidemic
More than 2,650 physicians are now board certified in obesity medicine in the United States and Canada, making obesity medicine one of the fastest growing fields in medicine. In 2013,…
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Patients with severe obesity may add years to their lives after bariatric surgery as the pounds come off and their diabetes, hyperlipidemia and hypertension resolve or improve, according to a…