Glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonist therapy over a 12-month period is safe and effective in treating weight regain ...

In the long term, bariatric surgery is more cost-effective than new anti-obesity medications, research finds, triggering a ...

The rapid increase in the use of glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists for weight loss, diabetes management and ...

Two common GLP-1 medications that are approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) specifically for weight loss are ...

GLP-1 drugs are blockbuster medications for weight loss and Type 2 diabetes. Now doctors are trying them for lymphedema, swelling that can be caused by cancer treatment.

Morbidly obese patients remain an unsolved clinical problem,” explained co-author Gwo-Chin Lee, M.D., a hip and knee replacement surgeon at HSS. “Traditional weight loss measures have had mixed ...

“To minimize risks of delayed emergence from anesthesia, aspiration, aspiration pneumonitis, and conversion to intubation, ceasing GLP-1 RA 14 days before surgery is optimal,” the authors write.

Pennsylvania and Connecticut are looking to tighten guidelines for people who want to use GLP-1s solely for weight loss.

Dayan believes a combination of reconstruction procedures and GLP-1 drugs may be "the path to a cure" for lymphedema caused by surgery.

Dr. Michael Greger is famous for several books including “How Not to Die,” and for his website nutritionfacts.org. He ...

known informally as GLP-1 drugs, had about a 12% lower risk of hospital readmission within a month of surgery, a 29% lower risk of wound re-opening within six months of surgery, and about a 56% ...