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The notion of weight loss to many people who are faced with obesity is not only about looks but also about health, confidence ...

Bariatric surgery is a key offering for many ASCs and gastroenterology practices, despite declines in inpatient surgical volumes for the procedure. Here are five things to know about the recent ...

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 ...

Credit: Getty Images Our easy-to-read fact sheet provides an overview of weight loss surgical procedures, such as gastric sleeve and gastric bypass. Our easy-to-read fact sheets provide clinicians ...

Reductions in measured GFR after bariatric surgery were positively correlated with baseline measured GFR before surgery, ...

A new study has confirmed that weight loss or bariatric surgery is safe and very effective, and, for a large percentage of people who were diabetic before the surgery, meant that they didn’t require ...

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What Is a Bariatric Surgeon? A bariatric surgeon is a doctor who performs gastric bypass and other types of surgeries that help you lose weight. They’re sometimes called metabolic surgeons. Your ...

In recent years, GLP-1 medications like Ozempic and Wegovy have made headlines for their effectiveness in weight management.

Bariatric surgeries can help people with severe obesity lose weight by restricting the amount of food the stomach can hold, reducing the absorption of nutrients, or both, depending on the type of ...

A newly enacted law now requires insurance companies operating in Arkansas to cover critical weight loss procedures. Bariatric surgery as well as pre- and post- ...