Orlando, Fla. — Fracture risk in people treated for obesity appears significantly lower with semaglutide (Wegovy) vs sleeve gastrectomy, new data suggest. Previous animal studies have suggested a dose ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A polygenic risk score of 12 genomic loci was associated with risk for gastric cancer (HR = 2.54). The odds of ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients with obesity who took semaglutide had lower risk for fractures vs. those who had sleeve gastrectomy.

A large population-based analysis finds no association between prolonged PPI use and gastric non-cardia adenocarcinoma.

"Medical Journeys" is a set of clinical resources reviewed by physicians, meant for the medical team as well as the patients they serve. Each episode of this journey through a disease state contains ...

Bariatric (weight-loss) surgery includes procedures like gastric sleeve, gastric bypass, and biliopancreatic diversion to help individuals with severe obesity (typically BMI, or with co-morbidities) ...

How you digest food doesn't change, so you have a lower risk of malnutrition than with other surgeries such as gastric bypass.You can also get the band adjusted in a doctor's office through a port ...

Center for Weight Loss Surgery explains the differences between duodenal switch and gastric sleeve surgeries for weight loss.