The term bariatric is derived from the Greek words for “weight” and “to treat.” Originally, as its name denotes, this form of surgery was aimed at helping people manage obesity. But as medical science ...

Randomized clinical trial data showed continued long-term improvement in diabetes outcomes with bariatric surgery compared to medical/lifestyle intervention in people with type 2 diabetes and a ...

We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have this issue please contact [email protected]. Adults with obesity who underwent bariatric surgery had ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Adults with type 2 diabetes and obesity maintained a 19.3% body weight reduction 12 years after bariatric ...

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"Bariatric surgery and GLP-1 receptor agonist medications are currently the most effective weight-loss interventions for ...

Bariatric surgery far outperformed GLP-1 weight loss drugs in a new real-world comparison of more than 50,000 patients. Two ...

New data show that sleeve gastrectomy, but not Roux-en-Y gastric bypass, is linked with better disease-specific outcomes in morbidly obese patients who have inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Previous ...

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 ...

HbA1c decreased by 1.6% from a baseline of 8.7% in the bariatric surgery group compared with 0.2% from a baseline of 8.2% in the medical/lifestyle group for a between-group difference of -1.4% at 7 ...

Study participant Judge Parker, who exhibited the same diabetes and obesity present in his family history, underwent bariatric surgery in December 2008 by Dr. Schauer. Since the surgery, and with ...

"We can see patients lose as much as 40% to 50% of their total body weight with bariatric surgery, and also put conditions ...