Obesity News Today has reported the latest research findings and approaches in the obesity epidemic on a daily basis throughout the past year. As 2015 comes to an end, here are 10 articles ... Read more
“Meet Sabrina: A young woman who has struggled with obesity since childhood. As an internal medicine physician, Sabrina was becoming increasingly uncomfortable talking to her patients about their weight while ... Read more
Laparoscopic gastric bypass and sleeve gastrectomy in obese patients improves pulmonary hypertension in the short term, according to the findings of a recent study published in the journal Surgical Endoscopy. ... Read more
A recent article from the UK focuses on whether bariatric surgery is effective as a treatment for type 1 diabetes mellitus. The article, titled “Bariatric Surgery in Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus: ... Read more
A new study from researchers at Stanford University School of Medicine reports that gastrectomy surgery, a type of weight loss operation, has an impact on testosterone levels in obese men. The results, ... Read more
A recent study entitled “Smoking Habit in Severe Obese after bariatric procedures” published in the journal Tobacco Induced Diseases studied the smoking habits of severely obese individuals following different types of ... Read more
Studies over the last few years have shown several key health benefits that sleeve gastrectomy and weight loss surgery in general can offer obese patients. A more recent study conducted by Italian scientists and published in the ... Read more
In a recent paper published in the BMC Obesity journal entitled “The Sleeve Bypass Trial: a multicentre randomized controlled trial comparing the long term outcome of laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy and ... Read more
Researchers at Rabin Medical Center in Israel recently published in the journal JAMA Surgery that obese patients who underwent sleeve gastrectomy — one type of bariatric surgery — may regain ... Read more
