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Ireland to assess metabolic surgery for T2Dm treatment and obesity

The Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) in Ireland has begun a health technology assessment (HTA) of metabolic surgery for...

ADA recommendations for obesity and weight management for T2DM prevention and treatment

The Professional Practice Committee of the American Diabetes Association (ADA) has published the latest recommendations for obesity and...

High post-bariatric weight loss and male sex associated with better chance of hypertension remission

There is an association between high postoperative weight loss and male sex with better chance of hypertension remission, while there is...

How the Diabetic Surgery Summit contributed to define the protocols for the metabolic surgery again

Dr. Francesco Rubino took the stage again on the second day of the XXI Bariatric Surgery Congress to discuss the role of the Diabetic...

STAMPEDE Trial: Surgery boosts patients’ long-term QoL compared with medical therapy alone

The latest analysis from the STAMPEDE (Surgical Therapy and Medications Potentially Eradicate Diabetes Efficiently) trial shows that over...

Metabolic surgery positively changes gut microbiota

Metabolic surgery results in a positive phenotypic improvement that occurs simultaneously with gut microbiota changes, but these changes...

Ten-year RCT outcomes demonstrate metabolic surgery more effective than medical therapy in the long-

The first ever outcomes from ten years of follow-up from a randomised controlled trial assessing metabolic surgery vs. conventional...

Covid-19: Delaying bariatric and metabolic surgery puts patients at risk

An international team of experts has issued a guidance paper that identifies patients with the greatest need for bariatric and metabolic...

IFSO issues COVID-19 recommendations for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery

The International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders (IFSO) has issued recommendations to its global...

Increasing access to surgery and preventing post-op weight regain

In a wide-ranging interview, Bariatric News talked to Mr Shaw Somers, upper gastrointestinal and bariatric (metabolic) Consultant Surgeon...

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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