Connect The Official News Magazine of ASMBS 2018-08-13T12:50:26Z https://connect.asmbs.org/feed/atom WordPress Connect Editor <![CDATA[Monday, August 13, 2018]]> https://connect.asmbs.org/?p=715 2018-08-13T12:50:26Z 2018-08-13T12:50:26Z   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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]]> Connect Editor <![CDATA[Monday, July 30, 2018]]> https://connect.asmbs.org/?p=712 2018-07-30T13:07:29Z 2018-07-30T13:07:29Z   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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]]> Connect Editor <![CDATA[Monday, July 23, 2018]]> https://connect.asmbs.org/?p=684 2018-07-23T14:11:03Z 2018-07-23T12:18:52Z 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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]]> Connect Editor <![CDATA[Monday, July 16, 2018]]> https://connect.asmbs.org/?p=604 2018-07-16T13:57:59Z 2018-07-16T13:47:43Z 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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]]> not-admin <![CDATA[Monday, July 9, 2018]]> https://connect.asmbs.org/?p=433 2018-07-10T12:32:19Z 2018-07-09T14:24:22Z 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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]]> Connect Editor <![CDATA[Monday, July 2, 2018]]> https://connect.asmbs.org/?p=371 2018-07-10T12:32:38Z 2018-07-02T13:07:47Z 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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]]> Connect Editor <![CDATA[American Diabetes Association Report: Diabetes is the Most Expensive Chronic Disease in America]]> https://staging.connect.asmbs.org/?p=206 2018-06-27T14:52:32Z 2018-06-26T11:00:12Z 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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]]> Connect Editor <![CDATA[Bariatric Surgery Cuts Risk of Developing Melanoma by More than 60%]]> https://staging.connect.asmbs.org/?p=192 2018-06-27T14:52:54Z 2018-06-26T10:00:05Z 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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]]> Connect Editor <![CDATA[A Note From the President: Towards a More Inclusive Society]]> https://staging.connect.asmbs.org/?p=317 2018-06-27T15:34:06Z 2018-06-26T09:00:03Z 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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]]> Connect Editor <![CDATA[Integrated Health President’s Corner – July 2018]]> https://staging.connect.asmbs.org/?p=247 2018-06-27T14:55:06Z 2018-06-26T08:00:16Z 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…

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