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Researchers identify Brown adipose tissue’s 'off-switch'

Professor Jan-Wilhelm Kornfeld from the University of Southern Denmark/the Novo Nordisk Center for Adipocyte Signaling (Adiposign) and...

Nearly two-thirds of people stop taking weight loss drugs due to side effects and cost

The majority of patients prescribed weight loss drugs for obesity stop taking them because of side effects and cost, according to the...

Lessons from insulin - curbing the price of novel diabetes and obesity medications

For years, Dr Kasia Lipska, associate professor of medicine (endocrinology) at Yale School of Medicine (YSM), has been advocating for...

Standardisation of OAGB is key to reducing surgical errors and ensuring consistent patient outcomes

The 7th Annual Consensus Conference on MGB/OAGB (Mini Gastric Bypass/One Anastomosis Gastric Bypass) in Goa, India, concluded by...

Banded-RYGB outcomes show maintenance of weight loss out to ten years

The addition of a silicone ring to a Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (banded- RYGB) results in the maintenance of weight loss ten years...

The cellular mechanisms of obesity-induced inflammation and metabolic dysfunction

Researchers from Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH) has uncovered the mechanisms governing inflammation and metabolic...

Obesity, Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery - A Comprehensive Guide (2nd Edition)

Following a fantastic response (>250,000 combined chapter downloads) to the publication of ‘Obesity, Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery - A...

Journal Watch 24/04/2024

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

Medtronic launches new AI analysis for laparoscopic and robotic-assisted procedures

Medtronic has announced the launch of new AI algorithms for post-operative analysis, providing AI surgical insights across laparoscopic...

LSG and RYGB-induced upregulation of apoA-IV is beneficial for insulin secretion and energy expenditure

Chinese and Singaporean researchers have discovered that apolipoprotein A-IV (apoA-IV) was significantly increased in diabetic patients...

Preoperative antihypertensive drugs and visceral fat area can predict hypertension remission and recurrence post-LSG

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Muscle-preserving weight loss drug ASC47 plus semaglutide is superior to semaglutide monotherapy for weight loss

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Racial and ethnic groups face barriers to obtaining OMMs

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