Research to be presented at Digestive Disease Week shows people 65 and older face increased risks following bariatric surgery, according to a report from Medical News Today. Researchers found that ...

Bariatric surgery increases the likelihood of kidney transplantation among older obese patients with end-stage kidney disease, but also increases their risk for death. Patients aged 65 years or older ...

For older adults with obesity, bariatric surgery does not appear to significantly reduce the risk for obesity-related cancer and cardiovascular disease (CVD), as it does in younger adults. Bariatric ...

Among patients eligible for MBS, GLP-1 RA prescriptions increased from 2018 to 2025, while MBS use decreased beginning in 2023.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Overall, 15.5% of patients who had bariatric surgery achieved kidney transplant vs. 3.3% of controls. Patients ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Bariatric surgery did not reduce risk for obesity-related cancer or cardiovascular disease among people aged at ...

Bariatric surgery significantly reduces the incidence of obesity-related comorbidities compared to weight management programs. Despite its benefits, bariatric surgery is underutilized due to ...

Bariatric surgery significantly reduced long-term risk for decompensation and adverse outcomes in patients with obesity and compensated metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH)-related ...

A team of researchers led by Pennington Biomedical Research Center's Dr. Florina Corpodean has confirmed through a data ...

Some people don’t lose enough weight after bariatric surgery, but a new study shows that adding a daily shot of GLP-1 drug liraglutide can help patients shed extra pounds and may reduce the need for ...

From 2023, there was a decrease in use of metabolic and bariatric surgery, with stronger decline for sleeve gastrectomy.