According to the Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program (MBSAQIP), 41.9% of U.S.

SAN FRANCISCO — Patients who use GLP-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RAs) both before and after undergoing bariatric surgery experience greater weight loss than with surgery alone, new data suggested. The ...

Even after dramatic weight loss and surgical changes to the gut, underlying exposure to PFAS may limit how much improvement ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients who received preoperative semaglutide had lower postoperative total weight loss at 12 months compared ...

A new USC study shows teens with higher blood levels of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) measured before bariatric ...

In a retrospective study, semaglutide use leading up to bariatric surgery was not linked with greater weight loss a year after surgery. Rates of diabetes remission and complications were also ...

Rachel Feltman: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Rachel Feltman. While the use of weight-loss drugs is on the rise, they join a suite of already-common interventions known as bariatric ...

Almost 60% of patients with obesity and preexisting anemia recovered from anemia within 6 months after bariatric surgery. Female sex, older age, and sleeve gastrectomy (SG) as the surgery type were ...