Adolescents undergoing gastric bypass or sleeve gastrectomy for obesity have durable reductions in BMI and type 2 diabetes, according to findings from the longest follow-up…
Bariatric surgery numbers have fallen to their lowest level since 2016, with doctors saying the drop could reflect the use of non-surgical options like semaglutide…
Novo Nordisk’s subcutaneous weight-loss drug Wegovy will hit Australian shelves this month, two years after it received TGA approval. The once-weekly injectable semaglutide formulation will…
Patients with a BMI of ≥25kg/m2, a waist-to-height ratio of ≥0.5 and any medical complications should be diagnosed with obesity, according to a new clinical…
Bariatric surgery significantly decreases the conversion from prediabetes to type 2 diabetes, according to a study presented at the annual meeting of the American Society…
A lower BMI threshold of ≥27kg/m² may better identify obesity in patients over 40 than the accepted cut-off of ≥30kg/m², Italian researchers have argued at…
In the short term, bariatric surgery is associated with greater odds for VTE, but after one and five years, the procedure delivers “potentially strong” long…
Telehealth corporate Eucalyptus is making headlines for prescribing off-label compounded semaglutide as part of an online weight loss program that costs up to $599 a…
Roux-en-Y gastric bypass and sleeve gastrectomy are “highly effective” and safe in under-18s with class II or III obesity but can lead to poorer bone…
Gastric bypass surgery is associated with an increased risk for non-alcohol substance use disorder, according to a study in Obesity. Dr Per-Arne Svensson (PhD), from…
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