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BMS safe and effective for patients living with severe obesity
Bariatric and metabolic surgery (BMS) is largely safe and effective for patients who are living with severe obesity, according to a team...
COVID-19 pandemic: Bariatric surgery patients showed an increase in the percentage of weight regain
Two years after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, bariatric surgery patients showed an increase in the percentage of weight regain and...
BMS reduces obesity-related pregnancy complications but introduces potential risks that may result in adverse outcomes
Whilst bariatric and metabolic surgery (BMS) can reduce obesity-related pregnancy complications, it can inadvertently result in an...
Anaemia remains a significant condition ten years after bariatric surgery
Anaemia remains a significant but still manageable condition five and ten years after bariatric surgery, but despite the prescription of...
BMS may help reduce heart failure-related risk factors
Metabolic surgery on patients with heart failure can result in a reduction in the need for oral diuretics, which are used to manage...
One in five BMS patients benefit from preoperative ultrasound
Almost one in five patients benefitted from a preoperative ultrasound before undergoing bariatric metabolic surgery (BMS) with 15.9% of...
Bariatric patients see post-surgical increase in earnings out to five years
Patients who received bariatric surgery saw a sustained average increase in earnings from six months to five years after surgery among...
GLP-1 use doubles as bariatric surgery declines by 25%
A study by researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital, in collaboration with researchers at Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health and...
Bariatric surgery found to be more cost effective than GLP-1 RAs alone
Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RAs) are cost effective in the long term only when combined with bariatric surgery,...
BMS may lower risk of pancreatic cancer in people with obesity
Bariatric and metabolic surgery may lower the risk of developing pancreatic cancer in people with obesity especially in those who also...
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