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Liraglutide (a glucagon-like peptide-1, GLP-1) appears to slow cognitive decline by protecting the brain, according to Phase 2b clinical...

Only about half of US employers (52%) say they effectively manage healthcare costs, according to Gallagher's 2024 US Physical & Emotional...

Welcome to our weekly round-up of the latest bariatric and obesity-related papers published in the medical literature. As ever, we have...

There are significant differences between patients and healthcare practitioners, as well as between pre- and post-surgical groups, and...

Diabetes severity, as assessed by the individualised metabolic surgery (IMS), can help predict the weight loss outcomes achieved by...

Prior bariatric surgery is independently and significantly associated with a 36% lowered risk for any life-threatening morbidity and a...

Researcher at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel, have proposed a "liquid-biopsy-like" alternative to surgery by measuring...

Surgical weight loss reduces pain in Black and Hispanic patients, yielding the greatest benefit for pain reduction within the first three...

Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) with a biliopancreatic limb (BPL) length ≥100cm resulted in higher odds of achieving ≥ 25% total weight...

The risk of initiating and continuing proton pump inhibitors (PPI) treatment was significantly higher after laparoscopic sleeve...