Stories of the Week

  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…

  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,…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Bariatric Surgery in the News The Diabetes Cure That Most Insurance Companies Won’t Pay For (Gizmodo) The story describes a patient who has been in a losing struggle with diabetes…

Surgery in a Pill?… Lower Risk of GERD after Gastric Bypass than Other Procedures… U.S. Obesity Rates on the Rise Again… CDC: Obesity Rates Highest in Rural America… Young Adults…

New Reports of Deaths Linked to Intragastric Balloons… Teens with Mental Health Issues and Obesity Still Benefit from Bariatric Surgery… Risk of Osteoporosis after Bariatric Surgery… Obesity Tied to Adverse…

Bariatric Surgery Reverses Hypogonadism… Teens’ Mental Health Diagnoses Does Not Affect One-Year Weight-Loss After Bariatric Surgery… Bariatric Surgery Linked to Reduced Risk of Acute Kidney Injury… Obesity Influences Likelihood of…