Medical tourism for bariatric and weight-reduction surgery needs urgent regulation to protect recipients' health, especially as the data show that tourist numbers are increasing despite the advent of weight loss drugs, say ...
Jul 15, 2025
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Scientists have produced the first detailed characterization of the changes that weight loss causes in human fat tissue by analyzing hundreds of thousands of cells. They found a range of positive effects, including clearing ...
Jul 9, 2025
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Self-esteem scores more than doubled within one year of weight-loss surgery, according to a new study presented today at the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS) 2025 Annual Scientific Meeting.
Jun 19, 2025
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The higher a person's body mass index (BMI), the higher their risk for complications after bariatric surgery, especially those with BMI of 50 or more, according to a new study presented today at the American Society for Metabolic ...
Jun 17, 2025
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Black patients are more likely to experience minor complications after metabolic and bariatric surgery than white patients, according to a new study presented today at the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery ...
Jun 17, 2025
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People who have metabolic and bariatric surgery are significantly less likely to develop psychiatric disorders compared to those who take weekly injections of GLP-1 anti-obesity medications, according to a new study presented ...
Jun 17, 2025
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New research shows that weight stigma—and not weight itself—has the biggest impact on mental health and healthy behaviors in the years after weight-loss surgery.
Jun 5, 2025
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For patients with a body mass index (BMI) of 70 or higher, metabolic surgery is a highly effective treatment for this form of extreme obesity. In preparing for this minimally invasive surgery and to increase perioperative ...
Jun 3, 2025
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Weight-loss surgeries for adolescents increased 15% in the U.S. between 2021 and 2023, even as the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved effective new weight-loss medications for this age group, a study led by UT Southwestern ...
May 5, 2025
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Having lost a great deal of weight appears to offer some protection against ill health even for those who have regained some of their weight loss. This is shown in a study at the University of Gothenburg of people who have ...
Mar 21, 2025
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