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A new publication from the Swedish Obese Subjects (SOS) study found that obese patients who had bariatric surgery were less likely to experience a heart attack or stroke–or die from one—in comparison with patients who were managed without surgery. The study was made-up of just over 4,000 obese patients, treated at 500 surgery departments and […]

The Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy is a lesser-known weight loss procedure, but one that is gaining in popularity. The sleeve is an irreversible procedure that limits the amount of food that can be eaten by removing a large portion of the stomach. At the Obesity Society’s annual meeting this month, there were two posters about the […]

A recent study conducted by the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis found that weight loss surgery is a cost-effective treatment for people who are mildly obese to severely obese. The study found that because people who undergo bariatric surgery are more likely to keep weight off in the long term, as well […]

Bariatric surgery has shown encouragingly positive and sustainable weight loss success, which has prompted researchers to investigate just how exactly surgery works with the hormones that control appetite, according to a recent article published on MSNBC News.  Dr. Sunil Bhoyrul, expert weight loss surgeon at Olde Del Mar Surgical in La Jolla, California explains that […]

A new study presented this week at the Endocrine Society’s 93rd Annual Meeting suggests that weight loss after Gastric Bypass Surgery reduces the expression of Alzheimer’s genes.  Previous research has demonstrated that obesity and Type 2 diabetes increase the chance of getting Alzheimer’s disease. ScienceDaily reported that the study looked at 15 morbidly obese patients […]

A new study from the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary in the UK revealed that obese patients have far more complications after hip surgery than normal weight patients. The study found that about one out of five overweight patients suffer complications, such as infections or dislocation, after a hip operation, adding increased costs, further surgeries and longer […]

MyHealthNewsDaily posted an article this week with new research shedding light on why weight loss surgery often reverses diabetes, while losing weight through diet and exercise do not. The study was conducted by researchers at Duke University Medical Center and was published in the journal Science Translational Medicine. The researchers studied two groups of obese […]

The Wall Street Journal recently published an article about a new study showing that bariatric surgery may improve memory function.  The findings of this preliminary study were published in Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases. The study looked at 150 people, and found that those who received surgery showed significantly improved memory performance three months […]

MedPage today published an article this week about a randomized study finding that in non-diabetic, severely obese patients, adding omentectomy to laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass provides some short-term metabolic benefits, in addition to the weight loss.  An omentectomy is a surgery to remove part or all of the omentum, a layer of fatty tissue which […]

Two articles were published this week about the benefits of weight loss surgery for obese people with Type 2 Diabetes. The results of the groundbreaking research studies were presented at the 2nd World Congress on Interventional Therapies for Type 2 Diabetes. The first article from ScienceDaily discusses a study finding that bariatric surgery is an […]