Obesity
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Bariatric surgery shows metabolic benefits in lower-BMI patients
LAS VEGAS – Data from 45,000 patients showed that those who had a BMI below 35 kg/m2 benefited as much as those with higher BMIs.
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Greater weight loss with sleeve gastroplasty than with diet therapy
Patients undergoing endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty show significantly greater weight loss than do those in a weight loss therapy program.
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Beyond C. difficile: The future of fecal microbial transplantation
SAN DIEGO – Future directions for microbial transplantation range from multifactorial and functional gut disorders to consideration of the small...
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Formal weight loss programs improve NAFLD
Weight loss interventions were associated with significantly decreased alanine aminotransferase.
From the AGA Journals
Inducible nitric oxide synthase promotes insulin resistance in obesity
The findings could lead to new treatments for metabolic diseases.
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Adding drugs to gastric balloons increases weight loss
SAN DIEGO – Adding weight loss drugs tailored to patients’ particular weight issues at the 3- or 6-month mark while the intragastric balloon was...
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Sustainable weight loss seen 5 years after endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty
The researchers plan to follow the current cohort for the next 10-20 years.
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Type 2 diabetes remission: Reducing excess fat in the liver might be the key
LOS ANGELES – ...
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Canagliflozin after metabolic surgery may aid weight loss, reduce glucose levels
LOS ANGELES – Reductions in adiponectin, leptin, and high–molecular weight adiponectin did not reach statistical significance.
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FMT explored as a potential weight loss treatment
SAN DIEGO – Findings characterized as “an encouraging first step in trying to understand the role that the gut microbiome is playing in the...