According to research presented recently at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, obese patients looking to get a joint replacement are more likely to have success with ...

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The California Technology Assessment Forum (CTAF) has been requested to review the scientific evidence for the use of sleeve gastrectomy (SG) also known as vertical sleeve gastrectomy (VSG) or ...

More people are using glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonist medications for weight loss, with fewer choosing to undergo metabolic bariatric surgery. New data published in JAMA Surgery show ...

Molly Madore had been overweight her entire life, she says. She’d tried different diets and exercise programs, but kept regaining weight. She tried GLP-1 medications, but didn’t see them as a ...

There’s a relatively new weight loss procedure, and a few doctors and hospitals in Connecticut are offering it. Hartford ...

The popularity of GLP-1 drugs has created a new generation of body contouring patients and a new set of challenges for ...

Gastric bypass patients had a lower rate of major adverse cardiac events than sleeve gastrectomy patients over 5 years. This was driven by a 40% risk reduction for myocardial infarction among gastric ...

Black patients are more likely to experience minor complications after metabolic and bariatric surgery than White patients, according to new study presented today at the American Society for Metabolic ...