Weight-Loss Surgery Drops Death Risk for Diabetics
TUESDAY, Sept. 3, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- For people who are obese and have type 2 diabetes, weight-loss surgery leads to more than a slimmer figure. It also reduces the risk of heart complications and premature death by about 40% compared to standard medical care, new research says.....
Exercise prevents bone loss after bariatric surgery
Women with severe obesity who underwent Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery followed by a 6-month exercise program did not experience the bone loss observed in similar women who underwent gastric bypass followed by standard care, according to findings published in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.....
New Guidelines to Expand Obesity Care
Stacy Brethauer, MD, a surgeon at Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center in Columbus, who helped draft the new guidelines for bariatric surgery, said millions of obese patients could benefit from surgical approaches to their condition if payers would cover the procedures.....
BAROnova shuttling towards less invasive weight loss surgery
A new option for weight loss is BAROnova's TransPyloric Shuttle (TPS), which was recently approved by the FDA. Similar to gastric balloons, the TPS is a device for adults with obesity that is inserted into a patient's stomach using an endoscope.....
Scientists want to change criteria for bariatric surgery eligibility
Experts at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and 45 worldwide scientific and medical societies are pushing to change national guidelines that would allow more patients with the chronic diseases of obesity and diabetes to be eligible for bariatric surgery.....
Exercise for Weight Loss Surgery Patients
The more important reason exercise for bariatric surgery patients works is by boosting your metabolism, which is especially important considering your body's natural tendency to slow down your metabolism as you lose weight. A higher basal metabolic rate means that your body will automatically burn calories at a faster rate even while you are resting, thus leading to additional weight loss.....
Walking
Walking may be the simplest way to work out. You can do it almost anywhere, and it's a snap to get started: Just put one foot in front of the other. There are many great reasons to walk. Your heart will get stronger, you'll lower your blood pressure, and your bones will get stronger. Walking also eases stress, helps you sleep better, and can boost your outlook on life.....
Bariatric Surgery Could Become More Common Treatment, Help Prevent Life-Threatening Diseases
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) - Bariatric surgery could soon become a more common treatment for obesity, even for people who aren't extremely overweight. CBS2's Dr. Max Gomez says earlier surgery could prevent life-threatening diseases.....
Weight loss before bariatric surgery may increase infection risk
Weight loss before bariatric surgery was not associated with overall 30-day rates of readmission, reoperation, mortality or intervention, but may have increased the risk for superficial surgical site infections, according to findings published in Obesity Surgery.....
Deaths from drugs, alcohol triple after weight-loss surgery
A new study offers some sobering news about weight-loss surgery. People who undergo a gastric bypass procedure called Roux-en-Y are three times more likely than those in the general population to die of drug- or alcohol-related causes, according to researchers at the University of Pittsburgh.....
Researchers question implanting IVC filters on prophylactic basis before bariatric surgery
There are currently more than 200,000 bariatric surgeries being performed in the United States each year according to estimates from the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery. Blood clotting is of particular concern during and after these procedures given that obesity and post-surgical immobility are risk factors for developing blood clots, including venous thromboembolism (VTE), which is a blood clot that starts in a vein-often in the deep veins of the leg, groin or arm.....
Bariatric Surgery May Have Significant Benefits for Adolescent Patients
Adolescents are more likely to have remission of diabetes and hypertension after bariatric surgery compared with adults and have similar weight loss outcomes, according to study results published in The New England Journal of Medicine.....
After weight loss surgery, another challenge: excess skin
ATLANTA (FOX 5 Atlanta) - Shara Conway of Stockbridge, Georgia, made a decision 5 years ago that changed her life. The weight came off quickly. Within about a year, Conway was down 120 pounds. But she lost so much, so fast, she was left with rolls of excess skin around her waist, which her surgeon warned her could happen.....
How to naturally lose weight fast
While there are endless diets, supplements, and meal replacement plans claiming to ensure rapid weight loss, most lack any scientific evidence. There are, however, some strategies backed by science that do have an impact on weight management.....
Bariatric surgery for diabetes requires lifelong nutrition follow-up
Bariatric and metabolic surgery has been shown to be safer than many other surgeries, such as gallbladder, cardiac and spine surgery, but because of the nature of bariatric surgery, certain nutritional guidelines must be followed. Bariatric and metabolic surgery is not "the easy way out" to lose weight, nor is it a "magic bullet." Patients must understand that the surgery is just one component of a healthy lifestyle that one must adopt to have long-term success.....
Bariatric surgery may lower AF recurrence before ablation
SAN FRANCISCO - Bariatric surgery should be recommended for morbidly obese patients with atrial fibrillation before ablation to reduce AF recurrence, according to findings presented at the Heart Rhythm Society Annual Scientific Sessions.....
New Treatment For Obesity Promotes Safely Controlled Weight Loss And Appetite Suppression
Patients receiving a new, minimally invasive procedure for obesity experienced measurable weight loss and appetite suppression for up to one year according to a new clinical trial led by Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers. The findings add to evidence of the safety and effectiveness of an experimental procedure, bariatric embolization, which can be a potential tool to combat obesity.....
Unlocking "Fast Burning" Fat Cells May Help Weight Loss
Researchers have discovered differences in fat cells that could potentially identify people predisposed to metabolic diseases such as diabetes and cardiovascular and fatty liver disease. The world-first discovery also identified 'fast burning' fat cells that if unlocked might help people lose weight.....
This Man Had a 50-Pound Weight Loss Transformation by Meal Prepping on Sunday Nights
After his best friend died of a sudden heart attack, Alex Lee battled grief and then his own weight.....
Magnetic System Aims to Make Bariatric Surgery Less Invasive
The first-of-its-kind system facilitates surgical exposure while decreasing the size and number of incisions in a variety of procedures, which can lead to enhanced patient outcomes.....
How an Injection of Tiny Beads into Stomach Arteries Might Help with Weight Loss
An experimental obesity treatment that involves injecting tiny beads into the arteries of the stomach may help some people lose weight and keep it off for at least a year, according to a new study.....
Wide variation in quality at U.S. weight loss surgery centers
(Reuters Health) - Quality varies widely at U.S. centers of excellence for bariatric surgery, with serious complication rates of less than 1 percent at some places and more than 10 percent at others, a recent study suggests.....
Delaying Weight-Loss Surgery Is Harming People with Obesity, Study Shows
Severe, or morbid, obesity is classified as a BMI of 40 or higher. And, the benefits of surgery extend beyond reducing BMI. The researchers found patients who had weight loss surgery earlier were able to reduce or discontinue medications prescribed by doctors to manage conditions such as high cholesterol, diabetes and hypertension. "If bariatric surgery can cure diabetes, why limit this treatment to people with severe obesity?"....
Current Bariatric Procedures Stunt Cancers in Women
Researchers found a significantly reduced risk for obesity-related cancers, including colon cancer, among women who had bariatric surgery, but not men. The results are reported in the January 2019 edition of Annals of Surgery (269[1]:95-101).....
Weight-loss surgery can bring lasting improvement in sexual function
(Reuters Health) - Weight-loss surgery has more benefits than simply slimming a patient down, it may also result in lasting improvements to sexual functioning, a new study suggests.....
If You Want to Lose Belly Fat Forever, a Dietitian Says to Ditch These 3 Foods
Getting rid of the fat around your tummy isn't just about looks. "Belly fat is also referred to as visceral fat, and is a major risk factor for type 2 diabetes, heart disease, and other conditions," NYC-based registered dietitian and certified diabetes educator Rachel Stahl, MS, CDN, told POPSUGAR. That's why it's important to lose it.....
Scientifically proven ways to lose weight and improve health
A number of studies have shown the Mediterranean diet reduces the risk of heart disease and may have numerous other health benefits, including reduction of LDL, or "bad," cholesterol, as well as a decreased risk of Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease and cancer. One study published in British Journal of Nutrition even found following a Mediterranean diet was associated with a 25 percent lower chance of death from any cause.....
Weight loss surgery changes the way our bodies sense food
Researchers have long known that bariatric surgery changes how the food you eat is digested and absorbed down the gut. They also knew that hormone-producing cells in the gut, such as GLP-1 and peptide-YY (PYY) are elevated afterwards. But they did not know the precise connection between these facts.....
This Genetic Quirk Could Explain Why Some People Stay Thin No Matter What They Eat
Most of us have that one friend who inexplicably manages to stay thin and trim no matter what they eat, but finally scientists might have uncovered one of their secrets. It's not just how active they are or their gut bacteria - some people actually have different genetic coding that helps them stay the same weight for life.....
How The Stigma Against Obesity Harms People's Health
If you're one of the nearly 40 percent of Americans who are obese, you don't need anyone to explain the associated stigma; you've probably experienced it in some form or another - jokes about your weight, teasing, bullying, employment discrimination (which is legal in 49 states), prejudice and unfair treatment.....
Dieting Failing? Here's When to Consider Bariatric Surgery to Protect Your Heart
"Diet alone - although sometimes effective - generally results only in temporary weight loss. The two most common forms of bariatric surgery - laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy and laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass - have been shown to be more effective in losing weight and keeping it off, resolving weight-associated comorbidities and lowering cardiovascular risk," says Raul J. Rosenthal, MD, Director of Cleveland Clinic Florida's Bariatric and Metabolic Institute.....
Medical device stops hunger pangs, aids weight loss
New battery-free, easily implantable weight-loss devices developed by engineers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison could offer a promising new weapon for battling the bulge. In laboratory testing, the devices helped rats shed almost 40% of their body weight.....
New Weight-Loss Device Aids Rats In Losing Nearly 40% Of Their Body Fat
University of Wisconsin-Madison scientists believe they may have come up with a way to stem the tide of obesity-related disease and illness and improve quality of life for hundreds of millions of people worldwide who suffer from weight problems. These scientists have created what they say is a safe and easily implantable weight-loss device that in lab experiments, aided rats in shedding nearly 40% of their body weight.....
Apollo Endosurgery deals Lap-Band to ReShape Lifesciences for up to $17m
Apollo Endosurgery (NSDQ:APEN) said today that it dealt its Lap-Band gastric banding device to ReShape Lifesciences (NSDQ:RSLS) in return for up to $17 million and ReShape's intra-gastric balloon, which Apollo plans to eventually discontinue.....
Stigma may keep people from getting weight loss surgery
(Reuters Health) - - Most obese patients who qualify for weight loss surgery don't seek it out, and that may be due at least partly to stigma, a U.S. survey suggests. Nearly half of randomly-chosen survey participants said they believe the procedure is usually done for cosmetic rather than health reasons, and about 40 percent thought people who choose the surgery have taken "the easy way out," researchers report in JAMA Surgery.....
Why Are We Still So Fat?
Only bariatric surgery reliably leads to long-term weight loss. Now scientists hope to duplicate the effects with a pill.....
Obesity is too dangerous to normalize
As an internal medicine and public-health physician, I was dismayed by the apparent normalizing, if not glorification, of obesity in Robin Givhan's Nov. 28 Critic's Notebook essay, "Still behind the curve"....
High-Obesity States Have Least Weight-Loss Surgery
FRIDAY, Nov. 16, 2018 (HealthDay News) -- Americans in states with the highest obesity rates are less likely to have weight-loss surgery, researchers say. Why? "None of the states with the five highest obesity rates crack the top 20 in terms of bariatric [weight-loss] surgery, and all but one are in the bottom 10 in terms of economic rank," said study co-author Dr. Eric DeMaria.....
Weight-Loss Surgery Data Indicates There Are Actually 4 Types of Obesity
Analyzing data from more than 2,400 obese patients who underwent bariatric weight-loss surgery, researchers identified at least four different patient subgroups that diverge significantly in eating behaviors and rate of diabetes, as well as weight loss in the three years after surgery.....
What Happens After Bariatric Surgery Makes A Big Difference
Think of bariatric surgery as completing the first quarter in a football game, the first chapter in a book, or the first scene in a movie. The story doesn't end once the surgery is done, as a study just published in JAMA shows.....
BIG NEWS! Several insurers are going to REMOVE pre-surgery supervised diet requirements
Patients, surgeons and integrated health professionals are impacted by this and it is obviously an extremely unusual, pro-patient, action. Here is the Rationale which they published explaining why they are FINALLY eliminating this ridiculous hoop that has caused so many patients so much needless delay in getting medically necessary treatment:....
These obese mice lost a third of their fat using a natural protein - Will it work in humans?
They found that the natural protein FGFBP3 (or BP3) turned out to be a powerful regulator of metabolism, helping obese laboratory mice that were genetically predisposed to eat often lose one third of their fat.....
What Happens After Bariatric Surgery Makes A Big Difference
Think of bariatric surgery as completing the first quarter in a football game, the first chapter in a book, or the first scene in a movie. The story doesn't end once the surgery is done, as a study just published in JAMA shows.....
Obesity surgery may lower heart attack danger in diabetics
Obesity surgery may dramatically lower the danger of heart attacks and strokes in patients with diabetes, new research suggests, reinforcing evidence that benefits extend beyond weight loss.....
Weight loss surgery: How taste influences success
Somewhat surprisingly, a significant number of participants indicated that before the surgery, they had enjoyed the taste of junk foods such as pizza, but that after it, they became more partial to more healthful foods such as salads.....
Why Quitting Junk Food Can Feel Similar To Quitting Drugs
Most people can attest to how hard it is to give up junk food. Sugary, processed foods aren't just delicious (and all-too convenient); they've been shown to be as addictive as cocaine.....
Taste preferences connected to success of long-term weight loss after bariatric surgery
"Most people before their surgery, their favorite foods are just what you'd expect-ice cream, French fries, burgers, pizza," said DiLorenzo. "But afterwards, their favorite food was salad, for example. Twenty percent of people said that their favorite foods were vegetables. Those people-the ones who said they changed their taste preferences-lost the most weight."....
Weight loss surgery restores sex drive in obese men
Weight loss surgery can quickly restore testosterone production and sex drive in morbidly obese men. New research presented at the European Congress on Obesity (ECO), 2018 shows that weight loss following a obesity surgery (sleeve gastrectomy), can rapidly restore sex drive in obese men.....
Dear Abby: Pros and cons of divulging weight-loss surgery
Dear Abby: I have been overweight more than half my life. I have tried many diets and exercise plans, and invariably I gain all those pounds back. I'm planning to have gastric sleeve surgery as soon as my surgeon can fit me into his schedule. Although I have gone through all of the required office visits with my primary care provider, I haven't made a final decision because I'm nervous about it. No one in my family knows except my husband.....
Lorcaserin: From Also-Ran to Holy Grail in the NEJM
Back in July, we told you about a landmark cardiovascular outcomes study with lorcaserin. We only had topline results at that point, but we knew that this would be big. Today, we have a publication in the New England Journal of Medicine, an editorial, and lots of hyperbolic buzz in headlines all over the world. What's really important is the milestone that that this study marks for obesity care. For the first time ever, we have solid data that one of these drugs offers much more benefit than harm for people with obesity - over the long term.....
Weight-loss surgery linked to better job prospects
(Reuters Health) - Obese adults who get surgery to lose weight may have an easier time getting a full-time job than they would without these operations, a French study suggests.....
Wide variation in quality at U.S. weight loss surgery centers
(Reuters Health) - Quality varies widely at U.S. centers of excellence for bariatric surgery, with serious complication rates of less than 1 percent at some places and more than 10 percent at others, a recent study suggests.....
Why bariatric surgery wait times have nearly doubled in 10 years
Eligible patients are increasingly facing longer waits for operations proven to help them safely lose weight that endangers their health, according to a multi-center study. Often driven by insurers, delays in approving weight-loss surgery can deter some patients from the pursuit. And waiting longer doesn't improve safety.....