PROMS: Significant differences found between patients and healthcare practitioners for bariatric surgery
There are significant differences between patients and healthcare practitioners, as well as between pre- and post-surgical groups, and...
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Diabetes severity using the IMS score can predict semaglutide induced weight loss
Diabetes severity, as assessed by the individualised metabolic surgery (IMS), can help predict the weight loss outcomes achieved by...
Previous bariatric surgery can lower risk of any life-threatening morbidity for acute allergic reaction and anaphylaxis
Prior bariatric surgery is independently and significantly associated with a 36% lowered risk for any life-threatening morbidity and a...
Liquid-biopsy-like could determine cardiometabolic risk in in patients living with obesity
Researcher at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel, have proposed a "liquid-biopsy-like" alternative to surgery by measuring...
Bariatric surgery reduces widespread pain for ethnic minorities
Surgical weight loss reduces pain in Black and Hispanic patients, yielding the greatest benefit for pain reduction within the first three...
RYGB with BPL length ≥100cm results in better outcomes
Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) with a biliopancreatic limb (BPL) length ≥100cm resulted in higher odds of achieving ≥ 25% total weight...
Risk of PPI use higher after LSG vs. LRYGB
The risk of initiating and continuing proton pump inhibitors (PPI) treatment was significantly higher after laparoscopic sleeve...
Journal Watch 24/7/2024
Welcome to our weekly round-up of the latest bariatric and obesity-related papers published in the medical literature. As ever, we have...
BMI as a measure of obesity and how this influences perceptions and patient care
In two new papers published in Annals of Internal Medicine, social justice and obesity experts weigh in on the Body Mass Index (BMI) and...
Positive Phase 1 data shows potential of CK-0045 to improve cardiometabolic risk factors
Cytoki Pharma has revealed positive data from a Phase 1 study evaluating the safety, tolerability and pharmacokinetics of CK-0045, its...
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