Bariatric Surgery News

The article, published in Philly Magazine, focuses on helping weight loss surgery patients to keep the weight off post-op. They mention several eating habits that can be adopted in order to help jump start or to length weight loss following surgery. Always eat breakfast. Studies show that regular breakfast eaters tend to jumpstart their metabolism […]

According to the results of a new study, bariatric surgery may not only lead to improved health through weight loss and a better metabolic profile, but it may also improve nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) in patients. The senior author of the study, Michel Murr, MD, professor of surgery and director of Tampa General Hospital

The manufacturer of this weight loss device, which could be available as early as next year pending Food and Drug Administration approval, hopes to lure obese individuals who do not want to undergo weight loss surgery or cannot do so safely to slim down by moving, eating less and exercising. The ReShape Duo balloon works

According to a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, newer anti-obesity drugs such as Lorcaserin and Phentermine have helped patients drop between 3-9% of their body weight. Each drug however does come with some precautions such as oily stool, possible birth defects or gastrointestinal lipases. The study’s researchers report that Orlistat

According to a pilot study, a new weight loss surgery procedure that folds the stomach itself produced excellent weight loss success. The study’s researchers believe that the new procedure remains a great choice for weight loss treatment in the morbidly obese. The gastric plication procedure uses a minimally-invasive technique that dramatically reduces a patient’s stomach

Researchers from the University of Cincinnati, the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center and University of Gothenburg in Sweden report that it’s not just the size of a patient’s stomach that causes weight loss after a bariatric surgical procedure, but the change in their gut metabolism makeup. Published in Nature, an online medical journal, on March

According to Counsel and Heal, people who have bariatric surgery may have a reduced risk of uterine cancer development. In a new study published in Gynecologic Oncology, researcher looks at information from 7.4 million patients in the University Health System Consortium. This database collects information from various affiliated hospitals and academic medical centers across the

According to a recent study, losing or gaining weight can both affect the success of joint-replacement surgeries. The new study found that patients who lost weight after knee-replacement procedures had better results with pain as well as function and activity levels compared to those that gained or maintained their weight. However with knee or hip-replacement

A new study reports that patients who have metabolic syndrome prior to having bariatric surgery is more likely than other patients to have pulmonary complications post-op. A previous study from Tufts Medical Center in Boston found that 1% of patients experience postoperative pulmonary complications including atelectasis, pneumothorax and pneumonia. However the latest study was the

Penn State College of Medicine scientists looked at how gastric bypass surgery changes the nerve cell properties that regulate the digestive system in the body. They report that the surgery helps to restore many properties that tell people that they are full. Their results predict which patients will keep weight off surgery and which won’t.