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By-Band-Sleeve trial: RYGB betters LSG on weight loss and quality-of-life outcomes
Outcomes from the By-Band-Sleeve trial has confirmed the safety and effectiveness of bariatric and metabolic surgery (BMS) and that...
Researcher 2 Researcher and Bariatric News - The Podcasts
Spend an engaging hour with Researcher 2 Researcher and Bariatric News as we explore a range of topics in Bariatric and Metabolic...
By-Band-Sleeve trial: RYGB betters LSG on weight loss and quality-of-life outcomes
BMS demonstrates superior efficacy over non-surgical treatments in managing obesity and associated metabolic disorders
Persistent organic pollutants are associated with higher blood pressure in teenagers after BMS
Research
SYNT-101 once-daily oral treatment for obesity mimics RYGB
Syntis Bio has announced positive preclinical and first-in-human data for its lead candidate, SYNT-101, an investigational once-daily...
Gastro-Jejunal Ileal Interposition with Bipartition – a salvage procedure for protein-energy malnutrition
Gastro-Jejunal Ileal Interposition with Bipartition (GJIB) may be a viable revision procedure for resolving protein-energy malnutrition...
Researchers collaborate to develop a dual-action nanotherapy for obesity
Scientists at Terasaki Institute for Biomedical Innovation, in collaboration with the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy, have...
Obesity influences brain morphology and cognitive health
Professor Anqi Qiu, Professor of the Department of Health Technology and Informatics at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) and...
Closure of defects may be more effective for preventing internal hernia post-RYGB
A Cochrane systematic review has concluded that the closure of defects may be more effective than the non‐closure of defects for...
Journal Watch 9/4/2025
Welcome to our weekly round-up of the latest bariatric and obesity-related papers published in the medical literature. As ever, we have...
Researcher 2 Researcher and Bariatric News - The Podcasts
Spend an engaging hour with Researcher 2 Researcher and Bariatric News as we explore a range of topics in Bariatric and Metabolic...
TRANSCEND trial meets primary endpoint with -19.8% placebo-adjusted BMI reduction in patients with acquired hypothalamic obesity
Rhythm Pharmaceuticals has announced positive topline results from the pivotal Phase 3 TRANSCEND trial evaluating setmelanotide, a...
Medicare and Medicaid will not expand coverage to anti-obesity medications
The US Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) confirmed that it will not proceed with a Biden administration proposal to expand...
Confronting obesity on World Health Day: A call for a new standard of care
This World Health Day, it is time to confront obesity. Despite advances in obesity treatments, the obesity epidemic continues to...
International Diabetes Federation reports 250 million people are unaware they have diabetes
Nearly one in nine adults (589 million) are now living with diabetes with an estimated 252 million unaware they have the condition,...
Tehran Obesity Treatment Study identifies significant predictors of insufficient weight loss post-BMS
Researchers from Iran, reporting the latest outcomes from the Tehran Obesity Treatment Study, have reported older age, a higher baseline...
Industry
WL Gore launches Gore SYNECOR preperitoneal biomaterial in Europe, the Middle East and South Africa
FDA approves Soleno’s VYKAT XR to treat hyperphagia in Prader-Willi Syndrome
Palatin's oral MC4R Agonist PL7737 receives FDA Orphan Drug Designation for obesity due to leptin receptor deficiency
United Biotechnology and Novo Nordisk agree license for UBT251, a GLP-1/GIP/glucagon triple receptor agonist
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30 May 2025
3rd Annual International Symposium on Magnetic Gastrointestinal and Colon Surgery
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11 May 2025
32nd European Congress on Obesity
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14 May 2025
13th Congress of IFSO-EC
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27 November 2025
6th London International Bariatric Surgery Symposium (LIBSS)
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9 September 2025
XXVIII IFSO World Congress
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16 June 2025
16th BOMSS Annual Scientific Meeting
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9 April 2025
Iberian Bariatric Surgery Course
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8 September 2025
Sixth IBC Oxford University World Congress 2025
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20 February 2025
9th IFSO-APC and 22nd OSSICON meeting
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