Just in case you missed any news in July 2015, these were the 10 most read articles on bariatricnews.net in July 2015 including the latest research, product & industry news, policy news and more...
LGP results in blood glucose control in T2DM patients
Twelve month outcomes from a study assessing the impact of laparoscopic gastric plication (LGP) on remission of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) has concluded that the procedure ameliorates overall blood glucose control of T2DM in morbid obese patients with minimal physiologic changes in the gastrointestinal tract. The study by researchers from Sina Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran, was published in the journal Journal of Diabetes & Metabolic Disorders...(more)
Medication could improve gastric bypass results
New findings about the mechanisms involved - or not involved - in the effects of the most common form of bariatric surgery suggest that combining surgery with a specific type of medication could augment the benefits of the procedure. In a report entitled ‘Weight loss after RYGB is independent of and complementary to serotonin 2C receptor signaling in male mice’, that has been published online in the journal Endocrinology, Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) investigators report that the effects of Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) do not utilise neurologic pathways controlled by the serotonin 2C receptor. Since that receptor is a proven target for the FDA-approved anti-obesity drug lorcaserin, the findings imply that the two methods could have complementary effects, producing even more weight loss than achieved with either one alone...(more)